User talk:Randallancestry

Last night, we was wrongly, and insultingly, accused of vandalism, because we attempted to correct the erroneous data on the article "Alice of Champagne". The author claimed that Alice married Bohemund V, in 1223, but the article on the Bohemund that the author had linked to, from that page, claimed that he died in 1131. Which would have made him dead for almost 100 years when Alice was supposed to have married him. We even double check the Bohemund V page, by using the very link found on the Alice of Champagne page, and it definitely stated that he died in 1131. We then checked further, outside of Wikipedia, and found that indeed Bohemund V had died in 1251. However, when we went back to check again today on the death date of Bohemund V on Wikipedia, we had found that the article had been changed to state his correct date of his demise. It was not so last night (as viewed by myself and several of my colleagues), yet it does not show in the history of either page, which leads us to believe there was some divine intervention on Wikipedia's part, since we had written to Wikipedia concerning the matter last night. Personally, we believe this person confused Bohemund II of Antioch (1108-1131) with that of Bohemund V, who actually died in 1251.

Needless to say, we destain of being called a vandal. We have corrected numerous entries on Wikipedia, and our only intention was not to help the person who made the error, but rather to prevent other researchers from adding incorrect data to their research. however, we are no longer willing to make any further corrections, because our efforts were unappreciated. If you are Genealogical Researchers like us, please take our advice, and check any facts/ data taken from Wikipedia against an outside source before adding it to your research. It may very well be incorrect. Thank you for your time, and best of luck in your research.

As to the people responsible for adding data to Wikipedia. Please take special care, and always check your facts before adding them to Wikipedia. Further, please take care to check all your links to make sure they are working correctly, and link to the proper page. many researchers, like us, depend on the data we find for our research, and since many of us will eventually publish our family trees, it is vital that the data be correct. There are too many people haphazardly adding erroneous data to Wikipedia, and we strongly feel this should not be allowed. We know, because we have spent the past 2 month correcting various data on Wikipedia, and have not even put a dent in correcting all the errors. We simply do not have the time. So, it would be very helpful if when adding new data to Wikipedia, you make sure the data is 100% correct. And if you have added data in the past, please take the time to go back and check your data, to be sure there are no errors. Thank you for your time.