GEDI Challenge (June 2021, Inaugural Edition)

Question

Hi WikiTreers,

Will you join our GEDImprove (GEDI) Challenge this month?

Edit note: Name change, currently in progress...

Yes, we've found a way to list some of those profiles created from old GEDCOM imports! Let's work on those profiles to improve the tree. It's part of our Year of Accuracy.

Since we are improving the whole profile, this doesn't lend itself to individual challenge scoring, but we are tracking our collaborative effort for the month, and showing our progress on individual GEDCOM. You will gain contributions, and we are collectively improving the tree.

Learn all about joining in and see how we are doing on the GEDI Space Page.

If you want to work as teams, urge each other on, or just chat, join us on the GEDI-Challenge channel on Discord.

You are welcome to post here to let us know if you are participating, but its not required.

Post here, or ask on Discord, if you have any questions!

We're starting small, with about 36,000 profiles from 36 GEDCOM. Just from getting this set up and testing, we've already cleared 5 very small GEDCOM and improved 66 profiles. Let's see how we can do this month!

Comments

There is a lot of great info in the GRIP Space Page. Thanks for the detail and explanations.  I will try to follow.

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Great to see so many people from all over wikitree helping out on the challenge. People are working on many different gedcoms already. We pinned messages on discord channel for easy access to Space Page and Spreadsheet.

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I have been working on England Current GEDcoms Under Review and Scotland Needs GEDcom Cleanup.  Are those part of GRIP?

Elaine

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Only the gedcoms that are on the current spreadsheet are included for the current GRIP challenge.  Any work on gedcoms is worthwhile.  We have plenty more gedcoms to add to the challenge once the current ones are finished.  I know there are some with England and Scotland locations included in GRIP spreadsheet.

Answer 1

Sign me up!

Super excited! Let's get the Party rollin'!

Answer 2

I'm participating. Let's roll.

Answer 3

Conquer the Gedcoms!! I’m in

Answer 4

Sounds great! I'm in for cleaning up some of these Gedcoms!

Answer 5

Great idea! I'll help.

Answer 6

Since I'm both a sourcerer and a dats doctor, I'll give it a go this month and see how I get on!

Answer 7

I am participating.

Answer 8

I'm working on two gedcoms not listed on the spreadsheet and will keep chipping away at them a few profiles at a time. I'm so excited about this clean up!

Answer 9

I'm cleaning up and updating my own GEDCOM created Profiles from when I first joined WikiTree.  

Only a few thousand more to go. 

Comments

LJ - great. Your GEDCOM are probably not on the list, since we've only included those imported by a PM who is no longer has a WikiTree account. Let us know if you want them included in the future.

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Thanks for the offer of help Kay, but I entered them (as a newbie and untrained in the ways of the Force...WikiTree LOL) and I feel I should fix em up.

Besides, many of these Profiles I have not researched for more than a few years and it gives me a chance to revisit and especially add new information I may have gathered in the interim or is only recently available.  Sort of like a family reunion.

Answer 10

Just let me at that DeCoursey Ged!

Comments

I'm a particular "fan" of the Decoursey gedcom. Sign me up with Lucy.

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We do have a few DeCoursey profiles on the list. Interesting, however, that folks have been working on other GEDCOM since only 9 of the total of 316 improved profiles have been on DeCoursey. There's a list of about 35,000 profiles to pick from, and we're just starting....

Answer 11

I will help.

Answer 12

Hi Kay, since I've gotten my feet wet, I'd like to jump in and help out. Thanks.

Answer 13

This is a wonderful idea. I would love to help

Answer 14

Thank you, Kay, for organizing this for us.  Count me in!

Answer 15

Great idea!!!  About time!   I am enmeshed in the USBH Black Heritage Project but will try to do a few of these also.

Answer 16

I'll help out.

Answer 17

I'll do a few this month

Answer 18

I think I will work on the DeCoursey one and help Lucy a bit.

Answer 19

What a great idea!  I can't wait to see what improvements we make this month. Count me in!

Answer 20

I have a few ol' gedcoms databases, even as far back as 2011 to tackle  Where do I begin? 

Comments

Maggie,

Start by reviewing the space page, then take a look at the spreadsheet to see if those GEDCOM are already on the list. Then join us on Discord. We can touch base about specific GEDCOM after I return from an errand.