Challenge of the week: Improve orphaned profiles (29 Jan 2018) [closed]

Question

Hi WikiTreers,

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

Once again, Aleš has come up with something to help us work together on a category of profiles that need our help. This time it's "orphans," i.e. profiles without Profile Managers.

Here is the list of orphaned profiles that could use some TLC.

Will you join us?

Every time you record a status update it will earn you a point. The member with the most points at 11:59pm EDT on Sunday night will get the Winner badge this week 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

• Carolyn S. Martin - 1,420
• S L. Boulton - 1,122
• Esmé G. van der Westhuizen - 850
• Nan Lambert - 432
• Karen D. Harbert - 428
• NJ Penny - 353
• Tim M. Bittner - 328
• Darren J. Kellett - 301
• Natalie J. Trott - 231
• Kate K. Schmidt - 210

Comments

Challenge is live.

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I am in for the week.

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Spreadsheet is all updated.

http://tinyurl.com/Doctorsheet spreadsheet
 

Hope to see you in chat

http://prntscr.com/hk72jy instructions

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Steven, I haven't used the spreadsheet before. Should we put which error we're working on in the challenge tracker column?

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nan, if you are working the errors in a certain cell just change the background color. You get to chose the color. Ain't that special? Try to keep the text visible though. Just select the cell, click the paint bucket, and chose the color.

When you go to the next one, color that also.

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Got it, thanks!

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Fixed 822's for 1700-1799.

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I have been working on 601's!

Answer 1

I will try to do one or two, although our campground WIFI is so poor that it is even hard to get gmail....

I am looking at open profiles with a single letter LNAB

Update....slow internet so just a few, looking at 852 in the 1800s in the US for some GEDCOM cleanup and finding names for unknown.

Answer 2

Yup. 811's at the moment

Answer 3

I love orphans!

I will be working on 721s 1800-1899

Comments

Me too, Emma. I'm in.

Answer 4

Will try to do some this week. Internet access is limited right now, so I have to go elsewhere to do online genealogy.

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Hello again!  Missed ya!  Go Roses :-)

Answer 5

I'll try to do a few.

Answer 6

I'm in, I love working on orphans.

Answer 7

I am in for Team Tennessee this week as their fearless leader.

Answer 8

I'm always willing to help the orphans.

Answer 9

I'm in for this one!

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Nice to see you again Susan. I bet you've been busy lately!

Go Roses ;-)

Answer 10

Fixed all obvious 741's

Now doing 724

Answer 11

I will do a few of the english ones.  Thanks Janet

Answer 12

My first time, but will attempt to help.

Answer 13

In for this one.

Answer 14

I'll work on some too.

Answer 15

I would love to work on some profiles.

Answer 16

I'm new but I'd be happy to take a stab at some. Bad or incomplete data on the Web for all the world to see drives me bonkers!

Answer 17

I'm in. Would be great to help.

Answer 18

I'm working on wrong character errors.

Answer 19

Sure; I'll work on some orphaned profiles. I'll work on some Separators in First Name, which is what I was working anyway.

Answer 20

I'll work on the Scottish orphans