Note-vember Challenge Week of November 15-21. Post profiles here! [closed]

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Last week was absolutely explosive. There were 126 answers (and many comments!) posted to the thread, with a total of 321 new profiles added, 189 biographies written, and 106 connections made! Amazing. There's still time to join in if you like, just check out our page for more info and rules.

As a related note regarding rules: Several projects have been having issues with profiles and copyright, especially with biographies getting copied from Wikipedia. Since we're going heavy on biographies here (189!!!), I just wanted to post links to our help pages regarding Styles and Standards Biographies, Copying Text, and Copying From Wikipedia. (Basically, your own words are better than someone else's and a short bio is better than no bio.)

Anyway, on to how awesome things have been going! The score board has been updated. Lucy Lavelle swept the competition away with 227 points.

Doug Lockwood - 202

Star Kline - 79

Ron Norman -49

Erin Breen - 47.5

Laura Lee Scott - 44

Cheyenne Boggioni - 33

Dan Thompson - 32.5

Another thing before we get started: This week 1.5 BONUS POINTS are going to be awarded for every existing notable profile you connect to the tree. That means if it was created before November 15 and still hasn't been connected to AJ, you get extra points for making the connection. Just make sure to note it in your post. 

closed with the note: Week ended for contest results
in Requests for Project Volunteers by Erin Breen G2G6 Pilot (330k points)
closed by Erin Breen
Closing out the thread for the week. Great work, everyone. See you in a few hours with this week's scores and a new thread!
Hi Erin. This is so awesome. What's the link to the new thread? You should post it here.

107 Answers

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Reg Smythe has a new profile, bio & project template Smythe-495

 

Annie Oakley, an older profile, now is 18 steps from AJ & has a project & AJ template attached

 

Calamity Jane (Canary-23) an older profile is now 22 steps from AJ & has project & AJ templates attached

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
edited by Doug Lockwood
+11 votes

I'd love to work on connecting existing profiles to the tree, but I notice that we created a lot of profiles during this challenge that are locked.  I looked at the Note-vember Challenge page, and there's no information about the Privacy Level we should set.  That might be helpful, especially since we are creating a lot of profiles for living people.  Do we assume Private (red), as suggested when we click on the Privacy tab on the profile?  Or do we list Public (green) or Private with Public Biography and Family Tree (yellow), since we're obtainging the information about these famous people from public sources?

Also, could we all agree to use the {{Notables Unconnected|name=person's first name}} template insead of the regular {{Notables}} template for people who are not yet connected? This will list them on the People In Need of a WikiTree Profile page and will help all of us to find those profiles that need a connection.

 

by Star Kline G2G6 Pilot (707k points)
For living people we should be adding info@wikitree.com as an additional manager, so the staff can manage access requests if people want to enhance profiles and relationships. You can always reques access from any existing manager. Non-living profiles should be open since their vital information is considered public knowledge.

Thanks so much for participating.
+10 votes
If anyone would like to write a biography for author Madeleine L'Engle (Camp-1619), I'm happy to add you to the trusted list.

L'Engle's connection to AJ also needs to be verified; it currently depends on two different Winnefred Ledbetters having married Edward King-7403.
by Sharon Casteel G2G6 Pilot (162k points)
+10 votes

Molly Pitcher now has a profile, bio & project template Ludwig-979

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+10 votes

Doc Holliday (an older profile) is now 23 degrees from AJ & has project & AJ templates attached Holliday-60

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+10 votes

Virgil Earp , an older profile, now is 27 degrees from AJ & has project & AJ template attached Earp-129 

 

Morgan Earp, an older profile, is now 27 steps from AJ & has templates attached Earp-224 

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+10 votes

Jooseph Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy & Edward Kennedy,  older profiles, are now 22 steps from AJ with a project & AJ templates attached Kennedy-753 , Kennedy-737, Kennedy-746

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+10 votes

Sargeant Shriver, an older profile is now 23 steps from AJ & has both templates attachedShriver-63,   Eunice Kennedy (Kennedy-738)  & Joseph Kennedy Sr & Rose Kennedy,  older profiles, arre now 22 degrees from AJ with project & AJ templates attached Kennedy-747,  Fitzgerald-430

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
edited by Doug Lockwood
+10 votes

J Edgar Hoover now has a bio Hoover-1892

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+12 votes

The following pre-existing profiles are now conected to the tree:

F. Scott Fitgerald - 25 steps, added notable category

Zelda Sayre - 26 steps, added notable category and photo

Brad Pitt - 30 steps

Angelina Jolie - 31 steps

Jon Voight - 32 steps, added photo

Marcheline Bertrand - 32 steps, added photo

Billy Bob Thornton - 32 steps, added notable category and photo

by Star Kline G2G6 Pilot (707k points)
+9 votes

The Jersey Devil now has a profile, project template & is connected to AJ (seriously) Leeds-168

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+11 votes

The following pre-existing profiles are now connected to AJ:

Earl Robert Walpole - added notables category and connection to AJ (21 steps)

Colonel Robert Walpole - added notables category and connection to AJ (21 steps)

Charles Townshend  - added notables category and connection to AJ (22 steps)

Horatio Townshend - added notables category and connection to AJ (22 steps)

Lady Catherine Walpole - added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (22 steps)

Sir Edward Walpole - added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (22 steps)

Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh - added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (21 steps)

James Waldegrave - added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (20 steps)

George Waldegrave - added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (22 steps)

Elizabeth Waldegrave - added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (21 steps)

John James Waldegrave - added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (22 steps)

George Edward Waldegrave – added notables category and connection to AJ (23 steps) Needed to merge two profiles for his mother’

James,1st Earl Waldegrave - added notables category and connection to AJ (will be 20 steps after connection tonight)

John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford – added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (22 steps)

NOT a pre-existing profile, but needed to create to connect some of the above profiles:

John, 3rd Earl Waldegrave – created new profile, added bio, notables category and connection to AJ (20 steps)

 

by Star Kline G2G6 Pilot (707k points)
edited by Star Kline
+9 votes

Joseph Smith now has a profile, bio & project template Smith-72765

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+10 votes
Sorry about the lack of bios this week, I'm working 45 hours a week at the moment so im short on wikitree time and I enjoy researching much more than writing bios!  So if anybody fancies writing a tonne of bio's then by all means feel free to start here!

 Virginie Avegno Gautreau (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginie_Am%C3%A9lie_Avegno_Gautreau) created profile, wrote bio, added image.
 
 Albert Hastings Markham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hastings_Markham) created profile, wrote bio, added image, added categories
 
 William Markham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Markham_(bishop)) created profile, wrote bio, added image
 
 John Markham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markham_(Royal_Navy_officer) created profile, wrote bio, added categories
 
 George Markham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Markham) created profile
 
 James Harris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harris,_1st_Earl_of_Malmesbury) created profile, wrote bio, added image, added category
 
 James Edward Harris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harris,_2nd_Earl_of_Malmesbury) Created profile
 
 James Harris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harris_(grammarian)) created profile
 
 Anthony Ashley Cooper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_2nd_Earl_of_Shaftesbury) created profile, added image
 
 Anthony Ashley Cooper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley-Cooper,_3rd_Earl_of_Shaftesbury) created profile, added image
 
 Anthony Ashley Cooper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Ashley_Cooper,_4th_Earl_of_Shaftesbury) created profile
 
 Patrick Chaworth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Chaworth,_3rd_Viscount_Chaworth) created profile
 
 Chambre Brabazon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambre_Brabazon,_5th_Earl_of_Meath) created profile
 
 John Chaworth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chaworth,_2nd_Viscount_Chaworth)
 
 William Byron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byron,_3rd_Baron_Byron) created profile wrote bio
 
 William Byron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byron,_4th_Baron_Byron) created profile, wrote bio
 
 Clements Markham (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clements_Markham) Created profile, added photo
 
MacGrath-15 Leueen MacGrath (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leueen_MacGrath)created profile
 
Kaufman-569 George Kaufman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Kaufman) created profile, added photo
 
 John Rushworth Jellicoe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jellicoe,_1st_Earl_Jellicoe) created profile, added photo, added categories
 
 George Jellicoe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jellicoe,_2nd_Earl_Jellicoe) created profile, added categories
 
 Edward Rushworth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Rushworth_(politician)) created profile, added category
 
 Charles Cayzer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Cayzer,_1st_Baronet) created profile, added category
 
 August Cayzer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Cayzer) created profile
 
 Herbert Cayzer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Cayzer,_1st_Baron_Rotherwick) created profile
 
 Charles Madden (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Madden,_1st_Baronet) created profile, added photo, added categories
 
 
 
by Lucy Lavelle G2G6 Mach 5 (51.7k points)
edited by Lucy Lavelle
 Anthony Highmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Highmore_(legal_writer)) created profile
 
 Anthony Highmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Highmore) created profile
 
 Joseph Highmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Highmore) created profile, added image
 
 Susanna Highmore (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanna_Highmore) created profile
 
 John Duncombe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Duncombe_(writer)) created profile
 
 William Duncombe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Duncombe) created profile
 
 John Heron-Maxwell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heron-Maxwell) created profile
 
 Gia Carangi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Carangi) Created profile, wrote bio, 
 
 Enella Benedict (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enella_Benedict) created profile

The McCaughey Septuplets  McCaughey-59, McCaughey-60, McCaughey-61, McCaughey-62, McCaughey-63, McCaughey-64, McCaughey-65 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCaughey_septuplets)  created profiles

 Charles William Cayzer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Cayzer,_3rd_Baronet) created profile

Colin Moynihan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Moynihan,_4th_Baron_Moynihan) created profile, wrote bio

 
Patrick Moynihan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moynihan,_2nd_Baron_Moynihan)created profile
 
 Berkeley Moynihan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Moynihan,_1st_Baron_Moynihan) created profile
 
 Michael Douglas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Douglas) created profile, wrote bio, added category, added photo
 
 Catherine Zeta-Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Zeta-Jones) created profile, added categories, added photo
 
 Cameron Douglas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Douglas) created profile, wrote bio
 
 Kirk Douglas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Douglas)created profile, wrote bio, added category, added photo
 
 Diana Dill (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Dill) created profile, wrote bio, added photo
 
 Thomas Melville Dill(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Melville_Dill) created profile
 
 Bayard Dill (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Bayard_Dill) created profile, wrote bio.
 
 Mary Lea Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lea_Johnson_Richards) created profile
 
 John Seward Johnson I(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seward_Johnson_I) created profile
 
 John Seward Johnson II (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seward_Johnson_II)created profile, wrote bio
 
 Barbara Piasecka Johnson(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Piasecka_Johnson)
 
 Diana Johnson Firestone and  Bertram Firestone(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_and_Diana_Firestone) created profiles
 
 James Wood Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wood_Johnson) created profile
 
 Edward Mead Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mead_Johnson) created profile
 
 Robert Wood Johnson II (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wood_Johnson_II) created profile, added photo
 
 Robert Wood Johnson III (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wood_Johnson_III) created profile
 
 Robert Wood Johnson IV (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Johnson) created profile, wrote bio
 
 Casey Johnson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Johnson) Created profile
 
 
 Anne Buydens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Buydens) created profile
 
 Peter Douglas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Douglas) created profile
 
 Eric Douglas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Douglas) created profile
 
Joel Douglas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Douglas) created profile
 
Jack Cohen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cohen_(businessman)) created profile
 
 
 Nicolas Chopin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Chopin) created profile, added image
 
 Ludwika Jędrzejewicz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwika_J%C4%99drzejewicz) created profile, added image
 
 Emilia Chopin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Chopin) created profile, added image
 

 

ALL THESE ARE CONNECTED!!  
just waiting for the database to refresh to see the numbers of steps. I really dont want to go through highlighting each one!
 
Russell-8278 Bertrand Russell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Russell) created profile, added photo
 
Russell-8279 John Russell(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_Viscount_Amberley) created profile wrote bio, added photo
 
 Stanley-3863 Katherine Russell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Russell,_Viscountess_Amberley) created profile, wrote bio, added photo, added categories
 
Russell-8281 Frank Russell(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Russell,_2nd_Earl_Russell) created profile, added photo, wrote bio
 
Russell-8283 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_1st_Earl_Russell) created profile, added photo, added category
 
Russell-8290 John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_6th_Duke_of_Bedford) created profile, added image
 
 
 Russell-8291 Francis Russell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Russell,_7th_Duke_of_Bedford) created profile, added image, added category
 
Russell-8292 George Russell(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_George_Russell) created profile, added categories
 
Rawdon-57 Elizabeth Anne Rawdon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_William_Russell) created profile
 
Russell-8295 Wriothesley Russell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Wriothesley_Russell) created profile, added category
 
Russell-8296 Edward Russell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Edward_Russell) created profile, added image, added category
 
Russell-8297 Charles Russell(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Charles_Russell) Created profile
 
Russell-8298 George W. E. Russell(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._E._Russell) created profile, added category
 
 Russell-8299 Louisa Hamilton(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Hamilton,_Duchess_of_Abercorn)created profile, added image
 
Hamilton-8474 James Hamilton(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Abercorn) created profile, added images
 
 
Russell-3 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell,_4th_Duke_of_Bedford) added image
 
 
Hamilton-8476 Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Montagu_Douglas_Scott,_Duchess_of_Buccleuch) created profile
 
Curzon-Howe-1 Maria Hamilton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Hamilton,_Duchess_of_Abercorn) created profile
 
Hamilton-8478 Claud Hamilton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Claud_Hamilton_(1889%E2%80%931975)) created profile
 
 Edgcumbe-23  William Edgcumbe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edgcumbe,_4th_Earl_of_Mount_Edgcumbe) created profile
 
Turnour-3 Edward Turnour (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Turnour,_5th_Earl_Winterton) created profile
 
Turnour-4 Edward Turnour (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Turnour,_6th_Earl_Winterton) created profile
 
Hamilton-8481 Claud Hamilton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Claud_Hamilton_(1843%E2%80%931925)) created profile
 
Hamilton-8484 George Hamilton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_George_Hamilton) created profile
 
Lascelles-86 Henry Lascelles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lascelles,_3rd_Earl_of_Harewood) created profile
 
 
Baring-43 Alexander Baring (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Baring,_1st_Baron_Ashburton) created prfoile, added image, added category
 
 
Thynne-45 Thomas Thynne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Thynne,_5th_Marquess_of_Bath) created profile, added category
 
Boyle-1004 John Boyle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyle,_5th_Earl_of_Cork) created profile, added image
 
Boyle-1005 Hamilton Boyle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Boyle,_6th_Earl_of_Cork) created profile
 
Boyle-1006 Edmund Boyle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Boyle,_7th_Earl_of_Cork) created profile
 
Boyle-1007 Edmund Boyle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Boyle,_8th_Earl_of_Cork) created profile
 
Boyle-1008 Courtenay Boyle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtenay_Boyle) created profile, added categories, added image
 
Poyntz-134 William Stephen Poyntz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_Poyntz) created profile
 
Boyle-1009 Charles Boyle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Boyle,_4th_Earl_of_Orrery) created profile, added image, added category
 
 
 
 
 
 
+9 votes

Brigham Young is now 18 steps from AJ & has project & AJ template attached Young-93

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+10 votes

The following pre-existing profiles are now connected to AJ:

Charles Cornwallis V – created profile for his mother, which connects him to AJ through his maternal grandfather’s second wife.  Changed notables category from unconnected to connected and added connection to AJ (24 steps, which should appear tomorrow).

Edward Cornwallis – added picture, notables categorycategory, and connection to AJ (25 steps).

Sir Stephen Fox – added picture, notables category and connection to AJ (29 steps)

Charles, 3rd Baron of Cornwallis – added notables category and connection to AJ (23 steps). Created new profile for 1st wife (Fox-5289, not a notable) to connect to tree.

NOT a pre-existing profile, but needed to create to connect some of the above profiles:

Charles, 4th Baron of Cornwallis – Created new profile, added notables category, and connection to AJ (24 steps).

by Star Kline G2G6 Pilot (707k points)
edited by Star Kline
+9 votes

Cornelius Mey, an older profile, now is 18 steps from AJ & has project & AJ templates attached Mey-117 

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+9 votes

Capt James Cook now has the project template Cook-4419 

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
+10 votes

Sally Starr now has a profile, bio & project template Beller-51

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
Thanks, Doug.  Tis profile brings back childhood memories.
Doug also added a photo.
+9 votes

Soupy Sales now has a profile, bio & project template Supman-1

by Doug Lockwood G2G Astronaut (2.6m points)
So does this one.
Doug also added photos

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