Threads in G2G on editing limits and controls

[Chris Whitten]

EuroAristos,

There are some threads in G2G that you might want to follow.

First there was my post from a few days ago, which led to an active discussion:

"Should anyone be able to add themselves to the Trusted List of an
Open profile?"
http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/3948

Since anyone on the Trusted List can approve merges, concerns were
raised about protecting the highly-developed, mature, and clean
profiles of historically-significant ancestors.

Lindsay asked a question yesterday about placing some sort of
additional limit on editing historically-significant ancestors.

"Adding profiles over 300 years (or 200??)"
http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/4090

Maybe we could do some sort of "Wiki Historian Honor Code" on top of
the main "Wiki Genealogist Honor Code."

"If there were an Honor Code for editing historically-significant
ancestors what would it include?"
http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/4152

After something that Chris Hoyt said in reply to Lindsay's message, I
posted this:

"Would it be possible to use the ID locking mechanism to identify
historically-signficant ancestor profiles?"
http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/4153

This could lead to the solution to the merging-in worries.

"If a profile is locked/historically-significant who should be able to
merge into it?"
http://www.wikitree.com/g2g/4154

Chris

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