Hi WikiTreers,
Last week we discussed a "Correct-a-Thon" marathon event idea. Through that discussion and subsequent testing, it became clear that my idea was a bad one. I proposed working on error types that Data Doctors have been working on for years. Too many of the remaining errors are unsuited to a broad-based community challenge.
Here's a new idea: Working on the weakest links in our connection paths.
It might work like this. We would have a list of 500 or 1,000 celebrities, historical figures, and other notables for the challenge. They'd be people like those in our connection features, like Sean Connery and the others in this week's James Bond feature.
As participants, we would look at the chain of connections between ourselves and each notable, one at a time. We would pick one link in the chain that is particularly weak — a profile whose connections cannot be considered reliable. Then strengthen it.
Maybe we'd recommend some standard of profile improvement, e.g. that it be improved to the point of being "genealogically defined" with a primary source that supports each parent, spouse, and child.
We'd record the profile we improved by the name of the notable. That would be one point. Then we'd move on to the next notable and find a weak link in our connection to that person. We'd see how many we and our team members could get through.
If you yourself aren't connected to the tree, or if you prefer, you could participate on behalf of someone else. For example, someone on Team Italy might choose to work on the connection paths between Christopher Columbus and other notables.
What do you think? If you like to participate in our marathon events, is this one you'd participate in? Would it be fun and productive for our mission?
Thanks,
Chris