Military Source and Information [31 May 2017]
- Do I need to keep the Muster information about Edgar's Military service on his page. I have never sought it as he had asked me not to.
- Can I remove it our some how make it at least private?
Thank You
--Julie 02:32, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if you are objecting to the posting of the specific details of each muster or the entire military service event. I must admit that I have never been asked to remove someone's military service before. I apologize if it made you uncomfortable. WeRelate only allows Person pages for deceased individuals, and information that is easily found in the public domain will likely end up posted here eventually by someone, since anyone can contribute information to any page. In that way, we are different from other sites where one person controls all the information posted. This concept has many benefits in that you get many hands chipping in to help research people who may be of personal interest to you. It also takes a little getting used to, especially when others edit the pages for people we may have known personally. I do understand your concern and discomfort and have experienced it myself.
- I guess what I am trying to say is that there is no requirement to post the information on the page, but there is also no guarantee that it won't get added again in the future when someone else comes along who does not know of this special request. Then you will have to work it out with that person (or any other future editors of the page). The pages do not belong to one researcher or another.
- If you feel very strongly about keeping his military service off of the page, you could post a note on his main page that explains his personal request and how you know that he made it and hope that others will honor it. I would think that they would.
- So... for now... I personally do not object to your removing the information, if you decide to do so. I hope this explanation was helpful. Best Wishes, User:Cos1776 aka --WRadmin2 13:09, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply!- User:Cos1776
I do understand that this could be posted again and that I might not be around to change the fact that it is added.
I also understand that it is not "my" page to dictate as it were what is posted.
It is the muster roll that gives information that he was not proud of and I don't believe he wanted his children to know.
All of his children are still living and that is why I ask this strange request. I can add a note to the note section and hope that the message is clear enough that it won't get posted for awhile at least.
I do apprecaite the work you went to find the information and post it. Perhaps in time I will even feel at ease to add it back, but for now I am having a hard time between what is good for the community and what a father-in-law asked.
Again thank you so much
--Julie 15:19, 31 May 2017 (UTC)
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