Challenge of the Week: Clean-up as many merged profiles as possible (22 Jan 2018) [closed]

Question

Hi WikiTreers,

Will you join our "Data Doctors" Challenge of the week?

This one is a reprise of one of the most popular and valuable challenges we've done so far: cleaning up messy merged-together profiles.

Aleš has prepared a report of profiles from around the tree that were merged but never had their biographies and sources consolidated. Click here for the list.

Click here for tips on how the biographies and sources section should look. Most importantly, all profiles should have one and only one == Biography == headline and one == Sources == section with one <references /> tag directly beneath it.

After you delete the junk and consolidate any useful biographical text and sources set the status as corrected. That will earn you a point.

The member with the most points at 11:59pm EDT on Sunday night will get the badge and the bragging rights. But we'll all benefit from a neater, cleaner shared tree.

If you're participating, please post here to let us know. It's nice to cheer each other on. Or post if you have any questions about how to participate.

Thanks for helping!

Real-time tracking results: See your stats
alongside other participants here.

UPDATE:

Top 10

• Kevin R. Sweet - 931
• Debi K. Matlack - 704
• Susan C. DeFoe - 218
• Carolyn S. Martin - 200
• Mary Anna Mullen - 183
• Linda L. Barnett - 179
• Natalie J. Trott - 160
• Jerry G. Baraboo - 108
• Leon M. Bezuidenhout - 106
• Esmé G. van der Westhuizen - 90

Comments

Challenge is active

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Thank you :-)

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http://tinyurl.com/Doctorsheet spreadsheet
http://prntscr.com/hk72jy instructions

Sheet is updated. We might have to mark off by page you are doing or something.

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Hi, Ales.  I have done about 8 profiles now but I am not showing up in the participant tracking list.  What's up???

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This is the suggestion for your latest edit and it has no correction marked.

http://wikitree.sdms.si/function/WTStatus/Status.htm?ErrID=811&UserID1=3272248&UserID2=0

Are you sure, you are marking it correctly?

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I'm not showing up either,  Aleš   I've done two or three.

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report wasn't being updated as you can see from the caption.

Nr of Statuses by User for week 20180121 (23.01.2018 14:15:42 - Slovenian time) it is 21:00.00 now in Slovenia.

It updates now.

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Maybe I'm not sure how to collect points.  I correct the error and set the status with a comment, right?  Am I missing something?  I participated (didn't have time for much) in last week's challenge and don't think anything accrued.  Clearly, I'm challenged (pun intended.)

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Susan, you are doing something right because you are showing 26 corrections on the tracker.  Only the "suggestions" for the challenge count for each week even if you clear other errors.

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Haha, yay, me!  I *thought* I knew how to correct and post the status.  Maybe I'm just not sure how to get to the tracker.  Whatever, no big deal, I'm just glad it's working.  Thanks!

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The tracker is linked right below the picture of the Data Doctor winner's badge above these comments.  I believe the tracker updates every five minutes.

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The tracker is not working this morning.  I have done a about a dozen profiles this morning and it hasn't budged from the 77 I had yesterday.

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Results are updated again.

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The tracker apparently stopped working again this afternoon.

Answer 1

I will be working on France pre-1500s to start with

Comments

Emma, almost 400K points!   You're an Amazon!

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Thanks, Jo!  Apparently it just rolled over past 400,000 while I wasn't looking :-)

Answer 2

I would like to work on some profiles.

Answer 3

I'll do some too.

Answer 4

I’ll do some.

Answer 5

Virginia and Orphans - 1800's

Answer 6

Well, my wife Jane and I have 122 combined 811 suggestions between us through 12 generations of connections, so I think I'll have plenty to do on this one.

Answer 7

You talked me into it.  I'm making coffee and warming up my keyboard.

Answer 8

I have cleaned about 6 or 7 profiles but I am not showing up in the participant list.  Yes, I have updated the status pages.  What's up?

Answer 9

It's certainly a good cause!  Will do what I can.

Answer 10

I'm in for a few.

Answer 11

Always in for merge cleanup.

Answer 12

I'm in.  I'll chip away at some in the 1800-1899 range.

Answer 13

I will do what I can. I am going to start http://www.softdata.si/wt/Err_20180121/Challenge_32_811/811_1800-1899_10.htm here.

Answer 14

I am in for this week. I hope to get more done this week than I did last week.

Answer 15

Not sure how much time I'll have for this, but a few are better than none!

Answer 16

Please add me to the challenge.

Answer 17

I'll help with orphans.

Answer 18

I would like to participate. I enjoy cleaning up merged profiles. Probably still have a number of my own still out there.

Answer 19

Yes .. Will Do ..

Answer 20

I do this all the time, so I'm in!