Responding to invitation requests

[Chris Whitten]

Hi All,

Becky asked me this by e-mail:

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:42 AM, <beck...@aol.com> wrote:
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> Question:   I have been contacted for invitations because I am a manager of
> Mayflower Pligrims.  Should I just issue an invitation to people I don't
> know?  Should I contact them with questions?   Do I assume that they are
> amateur genealogists if they are able to ask for an invitation?

I think this is great. One of the advantages of having the
invitation-only membership system is that it opens the door to
relationships between genealogists who share the same research
interests.

As for how discerning you should be, I am very liberal. The one thing
I want to hear from people is that they agree with the Honor Code. If
I get an e-mail from someone asking for an invitation and they don't
mention the Honor Code I ask them about it. Beyond that, I don't think
we want to be exclusive. Good intentions are enough.

By the way, I'd be sure to take these opportunities to tell users
about the Mayflower user group and ask them to join and participate in
the discussions here.

> as a "Merge Queen" (a/k/a) supervisor, my big concern with newbies
> is how they do merges.  Should there be a link to best practices for merging
> posted on the invitation?

It's up to you, but I figure it's easier for people to learn how to
use WikiTree after they've started. I know, this means they'll make a
few mistakes. But after implementing the "locked ID" system it's a lot
harder to do real damage with merge mistakes.

Thanks!

Chris

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[Lianne Lavoie]

Related to that last bit about how newbies do merges: Someone on G2G requested a tutorial on merging. He said that a lot of people are intimidated by the process, even with the help pages that exist. So I think I'll write something up that sort of ties together the help pages and guidelines in a nice how-to format that's good for people who are totally new to merging. :)

 

~Lianne

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Lianne Lavoie, BCSc
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