Stewart Baldwin wrote: "When I first started the Henry Project back in 2001, there had been much discussion on this group about how to form the ideal database of medieval genealogy. In contrast to the "anybody can submit anything they want" type of database that was being suggested by some, others (including me) were emphasizing the necessity for some kind of "quality control." As first conceived, the Henry Project was intended to be an experiment in forming a "collaborative" database in medieval genealogy, with the size of the project hopefully kept manageable by limiting it to the few hundred individuals who were ancestors of Henry II of England." While wikis rightfully have a reputation for bring large scale and chaotic, it should be kept in mind that the most famous Wiki, Wikipedia, is also in many ways the most extreme. The standard software used to make wikis is also used by very small groups, in companies and so on. It does allow the creation of moderator groups, different rights levels, articles which need certain permissions to be changed, etc. It would be possible to move the Henry II project to a small wiki and I think that would more easily allow for a slightly bigger committee to form? I think if the founder established editorial policies right from the beginning it could help attract the right people. The biggest genealogical wiki right now seems to be Wikitree, but even there there is hope. Gedcom imports have been restricted to use in smaller modern family trees, and pre 1500 profiles now require special permission levels to edit. Also many projects have been set up within the Wiki, that focus on specific types of articles or aims, including "quality control". These projects are able to restrict editing of profiles to some extent also. (One thing I do not like about Wikitree is that it does not have talk pages for each article. These are useful for subjects needing discussion and come as standard on most wikis. It means there is a place to record debates, votes etc for each article.) The "Magna Carta" project is particularly interesting for medieval genealogy. Like the Henry II project it has stuck limited and clear aims, and it has taken a quality control approach. Bit by bit the team goes through the profiles of Magna Carta surety baron descendants and simply compares them to whatever Douglas Richardson has written. Once they match well-enough, they put their approval template on and move on. This is creating a hard core of better genealogy within the Wiki, and as each generation is worked on, various connected families tend to get fixed up as well. It is possible to imagine a similar Henry II project within Wikitree, which simply aims to run step by step through Stewarts work and try to make Wikitree agree with it. So in other words it could be a secondary thing which feeds off the existing project, but could be worked on by less highly qualified people that Stewart himself. In other words the Magna Carta project gets the benefit of being able to use a lot of people, but still has a "quality control" aspect. Best Regards Andrew