Protected Alert Notes
The alert notes are a great addition to the person page. However, in cases where there are editing wars there needs to be a way to prevent malicious attacks on the alert notes. A workaround is to use the discussion area, which can’t be modified by others, but discussions aren’t nearly as visible as alert notes.
For example, I have an ancestor whose parentage is unknown but a user insists on attaching parents and refuses to provide a reason statement or sources. In fact, a yDNA study has shown their proposed relationship is impossible. I’d like to have an alert note warning other users to at least review the sources before reaching a conclusion about the relationship. However, the user has deleted notes that don’t agree with their opinion, and will not respond to private messages. (Note that Family Search has advised this does not constitute abuse.)
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I agree with this suggestion. I hope it is instituted. However, I realize that there is probably a programming issue with showing multiple alerts. There still may be alert wars because of that.
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