tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post8442149246808313797..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Ancestry Member Tree ImprovementsRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-86031004714990859922009-06-04T22:13:46.418-07:002009-06-04T22:13:46.418-07:00Geolove,
There is another MOAFT, though it is sma...Geolove,<br /><br />There is another MOAFT, though it is small and young. It was built from the ground up to be truly "wiki" where the user determines who is merged and how and can later decide to unmerge with complete control and no information lost. It is open for editing by all, relying on sources and documentation to let the accurate information rise to the top. It is the <a href="http://www.familypursuit.com/resources/index.php" title="free wiki-based online family tree" rel="nofollow">Community Tree</a> at Family Pursuit, and it's free.Beckyhttp://www.familypursuit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-77128370836572832182009-05-28T20:32:27.101-07:002009-05-28T20:32:27.101-07:00Thank you, Randy, for passing on this information....Thank you, Randy, for passing on this information.<br /><br />At the end you note, "I would like to see the Person Pages embrace a true "wiki" format similar to that on WeRelate.org so as to ease collaboration between researchers and creating a MOAFT (Mother of All Family Trees)."<br /><br />Ancestry.com already has one of two MOAFTs - theirs called OneWorldTree that is compiled from the existing trees, with a dose of program glitches that erroneously merge unrelated individuals, or some from different generations. It also of course incorporates already- disproved genealogical mistakes and historical impossibilities. Just how the program chose which errors to incorporate is inscrutable. Garbage in, garbage out.<br /><br />The other MOAFT is the LDS' "New <br />Family Search" tree, based on a somewhat different set of error-riddled databases. The owner of this one has more of a stake in factual accuracy, but it would take a huge amount of work even to begin to approach an overall 'fix.'Geoloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12050268303916428230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-51468381023400302512009-05-28T19:14:26.308-07:002009-05-28T19:14:26.308-07:00Great post Randy - I had not yet seen these detail...Great post Randy - I had not yet seen these details on the enhancements and I'm looking forward to it! However, I'd like to argue that while I'd love to see a collaborative model like WeRelate, I'd hope that they allow WYSIWYG editing as opposed to using Wiki syntax. :-) Can't wait!Taneyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467750664253689462noreply@blogger.com