User:Rlward/2010 2Q
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Problem Page
Robert:
The page Archive:Some_of_the_Descendants_of_John_and_Elinor_Whitney was indeed very wrong! I corrected two HTML issues which were causing it to display improperly: 1) many font calls which were not closed properly were causing tables to not be closed properly, and 2) one table had an open table row statement when it should have been a close table row. The page is now displaying properly, but I did have to remove all font statements.
- Tim Doyle - Talk to me 08:09, 16 April 2010 (CDT)
30,000 Ft
Robert:
I am editing the website from my flight using the new in-flight wi-fi - makes the time go much faster and feels much more productive than otherwise!
- Tim Doyle - Talk to me 17:08, 26 April 2010 (CDT)
Name Index
Robert:
The import of the children to the name index pages has been completed. The edits made can be seen by selecting "Recent changes" and selecting "show bots", or by going to User:WRG-Robot and selecting "User contributions".
Many new pages were created that need to be added to the index. I am sure that some pages are no longer needed and need to be removed, but I'll have to write a script to get that listing. Note that the bot does NOT edit or use the large name index page, so it is safe to break it up. A future script might edit this page, but that is not coded, and I'll just code it to access the individual pages if we ever desire it to be automated to that degree.
- Tim Doyle - Talk to me 10:55, 11 May 2010 (CDT)
Book Creation
Robert:
Take a look at [1] and view the video at the top. Do you think this would benefit our members? :-)
- Tim Doyle - Talk to me 11:10, 11 May 2010 (CDT)
Pages needing attention
Robert:
Please take a look at Pages needing attention. In an attempt to streamline the process, I am rewriting the scripts to update this page with their results. The current page has a dummy list, but one of the scripts is now running and should update it soon. I would suggest that we both add this page to our watchlist, and the "page changed" email will alert us to changes. If you can add it now, I'd like to make sure that that functionality is working for you.
Further updates might include having the script run automatically on a regular basis.
Thanks!
- Tim Doyle - Talk to me 09:59, 19 May 2010 (CDT)
Maine Whitneys in 1800
Robert:
I was able to identify 5 of the 8 unidentified Whitney households in Maine in 1800. We're down to just three - Elizabeth of Portland, David of Bath, and Humphrey of Waterboro.
- Tim Doyle - Talk to me 13:32, 27 May 2010 (CDT)
Andrew Whitney
Robert:
Brendan Harty signed up this morning and added in his lineage based upon what is found in Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity (The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907). Volume II. This source shows his ancestor Andrew Whitney to have been a son of Silas6 and Jane (Pearson) Whitney instead of a son of Abraham5 and Tabitha (Allen) Whitney as our site shows.
Can you review this and give some insight as to why we have the lineage listed differently?
Thank you!
- Tim Doyle - Talk to me 08:06, 28 May 2010 (CDT)
Hugh Henry Whitney
Robert,
I noticed that this page had been flagged: Family:Whitney, Jacob (1797-1833) Jacob7 Whitney (Richard6, Richard5, Israel4, Ebenezer3, Richard2, John1)
I created a new page for Hugh Henry8 and added some information. There are quite a few dates missing and I have not yet added references or moved the census records.
Regards,
Jerry
