I agree with Roselvr. I do not think anybody is keeping score or worried about who gets credit, however it was PP who saw the profile as soon as it went online, and she was very correct that MG was our UP in this case. I see no harm in saying job well done to her for that accomplishment.
I am probably gonna get a time out for this, or my post will most likely get edited or removed, but I very well have a problem with anybody who feels they have to police someone elses work, or criticize anybody for getting credit for a job well done. If someone submitted potential and then they turned into match's and they did not mention it before hand, then they either did not belong to this forum, or perhaps they do not belong in it. This is a group effort and not a grandstanding side show.
As someone with a missing family member out there, I would gladly give credit to the person who finds her, and I would want them to receive all the recognition possible for that accomplishment. It is taking every bit of will power in me to not just bluntly ask, WTH are you to judge others, and what gives you the right to be so critical? The people who spend hours trying to get the UP home are doing a great service for those of us with someone out there somewhere. They sure do not need anybody talking down to them, and quite honestly, I find it a huge insult.
Everybody knows I spend hours looking at the UPs and that my underlying goal is to get my sister home. If along the way I help another family get out of the never ending hell my family is stuck in, then that would make me quite happy also. If nothing else we have their faces out there in MP groups and any place else we can post them, so at the very least we are trying. I hope and pray every day that someone is trying for my sister too, and who knows, maybe someday that persons post will cross our page, or maybe not. Either way, IMO the only effort wasted is the effort wasted to belittle others and what they accomplish.
As for rule outs and NAMUS, the system is not perfect. I have said it a 100 times and I am sure I will say it 100 more. The system is however the best system we have ever had. I remember a time when we had no system, you want to talk about a nightmare, that was a nightmare. Many people do not seem to understand that not all DNA samples are held by UNT. (NAMUS) So I always object to the ruled out by default theory. I sometimes get upset with the rule outs when they are done by panels and not DNA, then again, what information does that panel have that we do not have access to? That rule out is not done by 1 person, it done by the agreement of a group of people. Yes, I still feel all submits should be checked by DNA. Maybe someday we will become advanced enough for that to be done.
I do not, nor have I ever seen anybody say that a match does not require a group effort. Most certainly nobody said that in this case. On the other hand, I feel PP was most certainly one of the people and I think PP deserves a huge Thank you for her hard work, and most certainly she does not deserve anybody criticizing her for it.
