Thanks to everyone who has tried and given us feedback on the new version of the Suggested Edits page we’ve been working on. We’ve made some additional changes based on your feedback and have an updated version for you to look over.
We’ve cleaned things up, brought back some features you missed, added some things you asked for and made the mobile version easier to use while keeping more options for people using larger screens.
This updated version works with live edits, so you’ll only see suggested edits in your list if you have some to process and if you process the edits using this version it will really process the edit.
Try it out here and let us know what you think in the comments on this post.
I am an iPhone user almost exclusively. The bulk edit tools are great and save a lot of time however now I have to click on details for each edit to see what the current memorial details are before approving which is taking up way more time. The old version showed current and suggested edits to quickly compare and approve without having to click every edit.
Me, too I like the old version. They cut the info in the new version so I will not be able top do the edits as often.
It certainly looks nice. I would be very interested in seeing a list of features added, either new or brought back.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162009612/bert-gray-blackburn
I think you’ve confused this feed back on the feature with getting an entry corrected.
Here is a feature I would REALLY like you to add. Let me search the “Unknown Burial” category by ‘place of death’ under the date of death. I bet I could find a ton of those burials and place them in their proper cemetery in my area of Pennsylvania!!!
Bert Gray Blackburn is still wrong. His oldest child had been left off. Myrtle Blackburn Moneymaker 10-18-14 to 03-19-86. She is the daughter if Bert and Rosetti Blackburn
It’s not Find a Grave’s job to add children. If you see that it needs to be done then go ahead and add the child.
Thank you for updating the editing process. I am sure it will received well by all. I look forward to using the new featurs.
Thank you, keep up the excellent work. ES
I’m pretty new at this so not sure I can provide any worthy feedback. I clicked on the test link but it didn’t look any different to me.
I agree with the 3 week waiting period debacle. FG has already said they won’t notify the manager that edits are available, so how about putting ‘last signed in date’ on the profile so I can at least see if I have to wait the entire 3 weeks.
I do like the changes as it makes it easier to correct a suggested edit without deleting a whole section. However it would be better to edit a suggestion rather than deleting and starting over.
This is due to the dreaded 3 week waiting period. I understand why it was implemented but I don’t think it functions as intended. About 90 % of my suggested edits don’t get entered until the 3 weeks expires. No one is there to review them Find a Grave needs to somehow determine which accounts are still active and which are not. Those accounts that are not active should have the 3 week waiting period reduced to zero.
Also, every memorial manager should be able to determine for themselves it they need three weeks or less and set their preference for the number of weeks up to three. If a manager has thousands of memorials they are controlling many won’t even bother to check to see if there are suggestions waiting. It isn’t fair to be held hostage by those managers who never bother to check or to review suggested changes.
How can we get Find a Grave to address this issue?
…held hostage? C’mon, Daniel. I personally manage thousands of memorials and review each and every suggested edit for accuracy. Ever think that perhaps you’ve ticked off a Manager who decides to make you wait? This happens.
Three weeks to review edits is great. Gives Managers adequate time to determine if the edits are accurate (if no supporting data is given, which is 99% of the time for me).
Very good update. I do a lot of tweaks to others’ memorials and this profile menu option is just about perfect for seeing the various status’s.
I like the version thatit is now. Not the beta.
ME, TOO.
Much better! More condensed and concise and easier to navigate. I like this new version very much!
I totally agree with Judy. I love how it cuts down on the steps to complete the approval. So much less clicking! Thank you Find a Grave, for working so hard to make things easier. I totally appreciate the privilege of being a regular user and sharing so much great information.
I think it’s better to leave the option to accept part of the suggested edits rather that to just accept or reject everything. Sometimes contributors will propose wordy edits that cover information already in the context of the whole memorial and I just want to add the new bit they’ve offered.
I typically accept it as whole, then edit as I see fit. Much easier, and less email to the suggesting editor.
Still no credit for edits….
I do not like this new proposed edit tab. The current tab allows a member to select parts of multiple different submitted edits on several different memorials and approve/delete at one time. Please do not change to proposed way.
Thanks for your message. On larger screens, like a laptop or desktop, you should have boxes to select or deselect items you don’t want to process. On a smaller screen, like your phone, the page is simplified because there isn’t room for all the options.
This is a wonderful version. Version 1 worried me because it made it hard to deal with a lot of “easy” ones first and spend more time investigating the difficult updates.
This version has allayed all my fears. You even have added the “accept all” for an individual memorial saving me from having to “select all” and then just approve for that memorial. One step saved.
I haven’t seen anything I don’t like about this version.
I often transfer entries I’ve made to people sending edits. I would like to see an icon “Accept Edits & Transfer”
Daniel, thank you for doing that. I have a lot of family memorials that are managed by others, and I know I can request to manage them. But if they’ve done so much work already, I don’t always feel right asking to take that from them. I have also provided edits, and some of those managers have reached out for me to take over management, and I really appreciate it when that is offered.
I have over 115,000 memorials so I get hundreds of edits per day. I can handle them by doing check ins around 4 times a day. The new version is taking me too long to get through the edits to check them for accuracy. So I thought if I increased my check-ins to 5 times a day, that I could cut down how many memorial edits are waiting for me to approve at one time. But I found it is still taking me too long to process them. I could do what so many other managers do and just click ‘ACCEPT ALL’ button without glancing at the edits – but that’s not how I manage these memorials. I don’t like extra legwork that causes me to leave this Process Screen because all of each edit cant be seen on here. This takes me to the actual memorial so I can see the edits, approve them and then I have to make my way back to the Process screen to keep processing the rest of the edits. So if you can fix it so it is easier to be able to see all of each edit without leaving this PROCESS Screen, it will help me so I can accept them, even if it is only a screenfull at a time, as long as I don’t have to keep leaving the Process screen. It would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Thanks for your message. We aren’t sure we fully understand what is causing you more work. Can you send us a message at feedback@findagrave.com with a little more detail about what you mean when you say you need to leave the process screen? Thanks.
I do prefer the current version as it gives a broader view. Concise view in new version doesn’t provide sufficient information for an intelligent review of submitted changes.
Love the 2nd version of beta much more than the first. When using my iPhone I only have one click to see who the edits are from and can still easily see all of the information needed when processing bulk edit requests. Thanks for taking all of the previous suggestions into consideration. Will the app ever be updated to process edits? I use the app 99.9% of my time when standing in the cemetery entering memorials / photos etc. Thanks again !!
Thanks for your message and your feedback. We are always working to improve the apps and adding the option to process suggested edits in the apps is on our to do list.
Find A Grave is processing edits for my people and I am 1) not getting ANY notifications of requested edits. 2) Edits are being made that are INCORRECT. My GGrandmother (Minnie Othela Matthews) did NOT die in Texas. I have her death certificate and know this. Yet here I am looking at many WRONG changes (including Minnies).
Hi Dana, suggested edits that are sent on memorials you manage will process (be automatically accepted) after 21 days. Currently, we don’t send notifications for suggested edits. We love the idea though and will keeping working on that. Please check in frequently to see if suggested edits have been sent. The notification is in the upper right corner after you login. There will be a number on the pencil icon that tells you the total number of suggested edits.
Hi, Have you fixed the pencil icon on the Suggested Edits… I’ve never seen a notification there in five years. I have to click the icon every time I log in to see if there are any suggested edits.
Thanks… keep up the great work you do!
I would like to the header changed on both pages. For example, Addition changed to Accepted and Removal changed to Declined. On the edit I have sent, remove the Addition header and change the Removal to Delete. Also, would like to see a day accumulator that shows how many the days the edit has been pending action.
Thanks for your message. “Addition, Change, Removal” at the top are not headers, that’s a key that helps explain the type of edit has been suggested. So, if the “Middle Name” heading is in green, the suggestion is to add information that was previously not there. If that “Middle Name” heading is yellow/orange the suggestion is to make a change to data that is already there. If the “Middle Name” heading is red, that indicates that the suggestion was to remove some data that is currently there. Hope that helps.
It is better than the first beta, that’s for sure. But I’m still okay with the old version, because I use a Mac, not a phone, to review Edits.
This is so much better! Easier to use.
Still learning. Any and all ‘helps’ would be appreciated.
Do not like the change. Current tab allows a member to select parts of multiple different submitted edits. For example, I had four edits on a memorial and I wanted to decline just one of the four. The new method doesn’t let you do that, you have to decline all four.
Thanks for your message. On larger screens, like a laptop or desktop, you should have boxes to select or deselect items you don’t want to process. On a smaller screen, like your phone, the page is simplified because there isn’t room for all the options.
In previous versions, when you said “select all” there was an option for each individual to update only that individual. This was useful if you wanted to update all but one suggestion for that individual. This is no longer possible. I hope you will restore the option to update only the selected items for the individual.
Thanks for your message. On larger screens, like a laptop or desktop, you should have boxes to select or deselect items you don’t want to process. On a smaller screen, like your phone, the page is simplified because there isn’t room for all the options.
I have a large screen. I wasn’t clear enough. There is memorial with 4 edits. I want to approve 3. The non-beta version lets me do this: “Select all”. Unselect the edit I don’t want to process. And then in the non-beta version, there is an option “Accept Selected” that only applies to the memorial (so it’s immaterial that I’ve selected all the edits.) That “Accept Selected” for a given memorial is gone. That’s what I’d like back.
I’m finding that a lot of times, Suggested Edits are being submitted, however the memorial manager doesn’t get them. Can you add a button to resubmit? Otherwise you have to cancel them and redo the Suggestions. Thanks!
I use an iPad and have 3 pages of pending edits. “Use infinite scroll” does not get me past the first page when using the default sorting setting.
Memorial SUPER COLLECTORS — eg, over 3000 memorials managed (pick a threshold) — should only have the capability to add names, dates and locations to new memorials and to process transfers. Period. In addition, they should NOT have edit rights, including approvals, for memorials 3001 and above. Those edits should be processed automatically. Charactering the memorial super collectors as data entry clerks with limited capability would remove their perceived power and stop the nonsense and abuse other contributors and researchers encounter. Lastly, an edit stamp at the bottom of the memorial would be helpful — eg, Edited DD Month 20XX by [user ID]. These simple changes would go a long way in maintaining Find a Grave as a helpful resource and community.
What a great suggestion, Barry! The 21 day delay before an edit is automatically accepted by those with no time to thoughtfully process edits certainly disrupts the flow of researching a person or family and asking for edits and links.
It’s amazing and wonderful that someone has made 15,000 memorials for me to find my lost families, and I’m very thankful, but processing and accepting edits and other types of requests requires more time, and a different set of skills.
In my previous reply I meant 115,000 memorials, not 15,000 memorials.
The mind boggles at such a task.
“In addition, they should NOT have edit rights, including approvals, for memorials 3001 and above.”
Why are you discriminating against those of us who manage quantities of memorials? I take each and every single one seriously. Automatic processing of edits introduces the potential of incorrect additions, which takes away from creating and managing the memorial entirely.
You sound as though you have a chip on your shoulder against one or more Gravers and are taking it out on the masses. The only “perceived power” is in your mind. Stop discriminating against those of us who take it seriously.
I use the website almost exclusively on my iPhone on Safari. Having to click the details drop-down box makes it more tedious to do edits.
Do not like the change. Current tab allows a member to select parts of multiple different submitted edits. For example, if one edit is wrong and I can prove it I wanted to decline just one if the other edits suggested are correct. The new method doesn’t let you do that, you have to decline all. Also for me I would love to have people NOT have the ability to change or make a bio. Just because they do not like the particular Bio that is there sometimes you end up going round and round with them if you decline it because “they know better”. If seems someone who “make” a bio (even if it is two sentences) they think theirs is gospel and yours is wrong even if is just changing sentences into a different order.
Why does it say that I have not fulfilled any requests? It shows all other things I have done. I will probably be giving up fulfilling photo requests and wanted to know how many I had done.. I got 2 rude emails from another member about the picture that I posted. It was what the original requester asked for and was happy with it. To get such negative feedback from someone other than the original requester is just not worth it.
Hi, Find a grave,
I mostly use my PC unless adding photos. Not explored it all properly yet, but I do love that it lists everything completed and pending. As a group we are furrently trying to add plot numbers to any missing from our cemetery.
Are there going to be any changes to the merge function, there are so many duplicates. They seem to take an awfully long time to do.
Thanks
Since I don’t accept or delete massive numbers of edits, I prefer the previous version. I like being able to take time checking each suggestion. The previous version was streamlined enough for my uses.
I would love a way to connect siblings without a parent. Both my Grandfathers had siblings in the US, but their parents stayed in Europe, and I have no cemetery info on the parents.
I believe Find A Grave needs a better way to join families and relatives that are not blood related. I am only allowed a certain number of family “members”; even though I’m adopted and have multiple parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. There is no option to select step-fathers or siblings either.
This is a BIG miss and a huge part of the population that is unable to connect families properly.
In addition, in today’s day and age – please remove the male and female boxes. It is no longer appropriate nor even necessary to “check” whether someone was born a certain gender or associates a certain way. After death, I’m not even comfortable making this decision for someone. I leave mine blank always. Consider this please; it’s 2024.
I like it. It shows the notes left by suggestor, so you know why the the edit should be approved.
Agree that it leaves a note by the suggestor so you know who/why the edit should be approved.
Find a Grave,
It’s great to have this beta version back. This is more streamlined and I especially love the “x” and “check mark” buttons on the right side of the screen which are so much easier to see than the old check boxes, and even more so, the “Accept All Edits” and “Decline All Edits” buttons on the left for each memorial.
Thank you for all of your hard work on the site and I’m really looking forward to having this version roll-out permanently.
Thanks for the improvement. This is much better having only one click to approve an edit .
Today, 11 July, I noticed that when I accept edits, I receive a 404 Error Message saying the page cannot be found. Using the back arrow on my browser takes me back to the Edit page – where I see that all of the edits have been processed correctly. So I suspect that the error message is generated after the edits are processed and before I am returned to the Edit page?
Thanks for your message. If you are still seeing this problem, please send a message to feedback@findagrave.com and let us know.
I am a novice here.
I find it very non-obvious how to proceed with entering a suggested edit for a memorial. I click the pencil get to the Suggested Edits page and then cannot figure out how to make a suggestion of something simple, like name spelling. I did not find enough detail in the Help page for this to make any progress.
Thanks for your message. To suggest and edit to a memorial, go to that memorial and click the “Suggest Edits” button. That will take you to a page where you can suggest a change to the memorial. The Suggested Edits page is for managers to process suggestions that have been made to memorials they manage. Hope that helps.
Biggest problem for me is the long wait time for edits suggestions to be addressed! While waiting, others visit the site with wrong information, put it on ancestry and there we go with the ripple effect of wrong information. I check everyday for suggestions meanwhile the gal who has the majority of 3 counties, takes several weeks IF EVER, for addressing the suggestions. There’s got to be a better way! Don’t like the 3 weeks or longer time… if a person is going to manage a memorial, they should manage it!! Also, the refusal to transfer to family members including 1st and 2nd cousins…. there should also be unlimited number of ‘connection to the deceased’ available. Large families with over 15 children should not be penalized when one wants to note that the creator of the memorial has more than a few uncles and aunts! Lastly, by adding more and more buttons and options, can more confusion and help!
+1 for notifications for a pending edit request.
Also please note that managing will be easier if you cap the number of memorials a single person can “manage” to something reasonable, e.g. 100 plus any relatives. This is another reason why FindAGrave hoarders and trophy hunters should be banned.
Agree. As previously stated:
Memorial SUPER COLLECTORS — eg, over 3000 memorials managed (pick a threshold) — should only have the capability to add names, dates and locations to new memorials and to process transfers. Period. In addition, they should NOT have edit rights, including approvals, for memorials 3001 and above. Those edits should be processed automatically. Characterizing the memorial super collectors as data entry clerks with limited capability would remove their perceived power and stop the nonsense and abuse other contributors and researchers encounter. Lastly, an edit stamp at the bottom of the memorial would be helpful — eg, Edited DD Month 20XX by [user ID]. These simple changes would go a long way in maintaining Find a Grave as a helpful resource and community.
I don’t see any real improvements with the new system. I think the old system looks a little easier to follow. I prefer the words Decline and Accept rather than – and +. I could get used to it, though. I just think the old screen is less cluttered.
I don’t like the beta format at all. I also use my phone to review updates. This seems cumbersome.
When taking bulk actions on a memorial, the pop-up window for bulk actions has two buttons. One button says, “Cancel all edits on this memorial”, and the other button says, “Cancel”. This is confusing because the “Cancel” button means DO NOT CANCEL the edits.
Instead, I recommend having a question, “Cancel all edits on this memorial?” With a “Yes” button and a “No” button.
I do not like the position on the “Suggested Edits · Pending” page of the Accept all edits and decline all edits. I’m sure those who never check the accuracy of the suggestions will love it. I would really like to know the percentage of users that asked for these changes.
The design of the delimiters is incorrect. You have white spaces in between memorials, while you have black lines in between different the fields of a memorial. It should be the opposite way. In normal design of webpages or spreadsheets, darker or heavier lines are used to separate the higher level sections, while lighter colors are used to limit lower level sections.
In fact, there is no real reason to have those black lines in there at all. The orange/green color headers for the memorial fields, Separates them quite nicely. IMHO.
I should’ve mentioned that of course my comment only applies to smart phones, because the black lines don’t show up on the PC.
Problem on mobile display for a memorial with multiple suggested edits:
When scrolling down (i.e., when swiping up), the first ‘n-1’ edit subpanels (i.e., Current/Suggested/for/Date Created) flow UNDER (i.e., behind) the main panel of the memorial. However, the last panel flows OVER (i.e., in front of) the main panel of the memorial. Fix it such that the last panel also flows under the main panel. The main panel should never be covered.
Then, once all subpanels pass under the memorial’s main panel, the next memorial in the list should push it off the screen at the top.
This is a problem in both the old and new versions.
There should be a button on the mobile version to “Show All Details”, to expand the Details for all entries. So that we can it look similar the present version, which does show all the Details. I like to be able to scroll through the suggestions I’ve sent, to see who I’ve sent suggestions to. For example, I sometimes will send a lot of suggestions to someone, and I want to count up how many I’ve sent, so that I don’t overload someone with too many suggestions.