Should we tone it down here for a bit and talk later about the use of words like emperors and slaves, because we are, after all friends, and you are also aware that I agree with your stance on validation.
A lot will depend upon whether the Curator was in a place to read your message properly, and whether life overwhelmed them and they forgot to change the CN, or didn't realise it was in the CN as well. If the Curator knew this, and you reminded them in a week or so, then there may be a problem that you are being deliberatelyblocked: but it's far more likely it was an accident.
On locking without validation - I completely agree - but the history of Geni dates to before 2008, when there were few Curator tools at all, and sometimes locking was the only way to protect from bad merges. A lot has changed since then, but the oldest profiles on Geni - often put here by people like Judi and Daan from their own personal trees, don't automatically get revisited and have the outdated locks removed unless they are pointed out; and were never intended to stop updates, but rather sloppy mismerges.
In the meantime, I'm trying to look at Hilletjie now.
