Do you feel guilty that you are dragging down your usual 'Thon Team, because "everyone else" is doing 300 profiles to your one? (I know I have done.)
Do you even avoid signing up for 'Thons because you just "work so slowly" that you fear YOU will be the reason they fail to come in the top five? (I've felt this way, too.)
Do you want to participate, but avoid doing so for the above (or any other) reasons, and then live vicariously by hitting refresh on g2g to see what everyone else is doing?
Then WELCOME to the Toddlin' Tortoises Team — where we don't care if you are slow because you are thoroughly adding as much information as you can find, and verifying it all. We are committed to a "whole profile approach" ideal — where we don't just add a source to satisfy requirements, and think "I'll come back later and fill the rest in" (because we almost never do — due to rabbits and squirrels and shiny things). Our Team's commitment is to make each profile as "complete" as we can do at the time of creation (because no profile is ever "complete").
We don't care if the best you can do is a single profile. If that's all you can manage, then that is your best!
If you haven't already registered for the Source-a-Thon (29th September — 2nd October 2023), then this other thread is where you do that. Be sure to click the "button", and say which Team you'd like to join.
If you'd like to be a part of this Team, just say you want to play with Hertyl and Spertyl, or "I'd like to be a Tortoise", or "I want to Toddle along", or anything else that will identify the Tortoises Team as the one you wish to join.
Do be sure to click that large answer button, and not the comment link, as that won't count – and don't reply to someone else's answer, as that won't count, either.
You can even ensure I get your name on the Team's list by returning here and posting to let me know!
Check the Team's main page for Team info, my silly images, and maybe more (if I think of anything, or you do). Once I add your name to the current Team List, you could also add what you plan to be working on, and any resources, or hints, that you think will be helpful to others.
Want to see how the Team is doing so far? Are we still in last place? Are you a Hare among the Tortoises? A link to the tracker will be posted once it is available.
If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or just want to "touch base" as you plod along, feel free to answer this post — or just post a comment, if that's your thing.
Remember — the goal is to HAVE FUN while enhancing the overall health of the Tree. It doesn't matter if we come last. In fact, if we DO come last, we'll have made every other Team look good! (Who could ask for more?!)
Also — if you listen in to the Live Chats at all, please don't be discouraged when they talk about "several hundred sources", because that may not be reflective of what is. I may be showing on the tracker with 5 profiles edited, but I may have added 15 sources to one, 11 to another, 8 to another, 23 to another, and 4 to another.
It's not about the numbers, it's about making things BETTER!