Away with the disputes in New FamilySearch

When New FamilySearch was introduced to Mesa, Arizona back in October of
2007, one of the first things we all did was to use the dispute
function to tell the world we disagreed with their inaccurate or wrong
information in the file. I literally spent hours and hours searching
through the files, disputing all of the wrongly included children,
incorrect marriages and other issues. Over time, it became apparent that
the program had no real way to make corrections. Eventually, we learned
that disputing a person or a fact, locked that individual so that no
one could make a change.

To make a long story shorter, I began the process of removing all of my
disputes for a number of reasons. Those reasons included all of the
angry E-mails I kept getting from other users of the program. Once I
figured out that putting in correct information merely duplicated what
was there and did not provide any way to make changes to the incorrect
information, I started to get rid of my disputes. Unfortunately, I think
I may still have a few hiding out there in the far reaches of my family
tree. Finally, we got some guidance from FamilySearch about limiting
the use of disputes to certain types of problems, such as when an
individual was identified with the wrong gender.

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