Verify that the people being merged were created as same person and not edited to be same person
If we are going to lose the ability to undo a merge once edits have been made to the surviving person, can we figure out a way to prevent a person from being edited into a person that they were not originally meant to be?
For instance, this person was created in 2018 as William Farquharson. At some point, someone edited him to be an Alexander Edward. And then someone else came along later and merged him with another Alexander Edward. Now everything pertaining to William Farquharson has been lost.
https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/changelog/L1Q6-K8Y
From what I can tell, this original William Farquharson was intended to be William Farquharson who was baptized 19 Jul 1722 at St. Nicholas in Aberdeen. These were the first details entered in this profile when it was created. So how can we make sure that it is clear that this is who he was originally intended to be and any details added should pertain to this William. For instance, if his name is changed, it is only to add a middle initial or suffix. His name should not be changed in a way that makes him an entirely different person.
I have seen this happen so many times where someone is morphed into someone that they are not and then someone comes along later and thinks they are a duplicate, but they actually aren't.
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I reposted this in a different group, but I'm not sure how to delete it from here.
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You can't delete it, but it was fine to post it here.
Just want to correct one comment. We have never been able to undo a merge after the surviving profile has been edited. We have only been able to restore the deleted profile then had to repair the surviving one.
You do raise a good point, though, that it would be great to see that initial information easily.
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