Sourcerers Challenge - November 2018

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Hello, Sourcerers! It is time to start sourcing! Prior month stats will be posted soon.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please “answer” here (not comment) and let us know if you will be using the tracker or if you will be listing your profiles here in your post. Either one is perfectly fine : )  

                 

To participate:

Remember, your sources need to be as full and specific as possible, so others find them useful. That means, if the source is online, you should link to it. If it is a page from a book, the page number should be included so others can easily see where you found the reference. 

When you can, it is great to do a bit more while adding sources, like clean up the gedcom leftovers or help the formatting from older profiles. Sources are important, but if you cannot find them among all the other stuff, they are not helping as much as they could.

On to the monthly challenge:

You only need to answer this month's post once. If you opt to use the Tracker you are good to go.  If you opt to  add your sourced profiles, add a comment to your answer with the required details. If you exceed the character limit add another comment.  Please number your contributions. Obviously, the Tracker is faster and less work for everyone.  If you have a problem with the Tracker let us know by posting a comment to the thread. 

USING THE TRACKER

After you save an edit, a green banner appears at the top of the page. In the banner is a black “button” labeled Challenge Tracker. Press that and, on the page that comes up, select Sourcerers challenge and the appropriate comment (or fill in your own if none of the canned answers fit what you did). Hit Add Action and you are finished. The Tracker tracks the number of profiles you add sources to. You can see the results in the current month's Tracker at: http://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourcerersChallenge/20181101/User.htm

* All profiles improved must come from the Unsourced categories or be already present on WikiTree and unsourced - you cannot create new profiles and add sources just to up your tally. The hope and goal is to improve the profiles already on WikiTree that need sources. Adding sources will also help merges happen, which will improve our tree. Showing folks what sources you are using helps newer researchers see just what is available out there for us to access. Another great source of unsourced profiles is to check out orphaned profiles.

* The tally is of profiles improved, not sources added. That said, if you can add a number of sources to a profile, all the better.

*If you attempt to add sources to a profile and cannot find any, please add a note under a == Research Notes == section (add the section if it is not there) giving where you tried to find records and sign it with the four tildes (~~~~) so the date is applied as well. Something like "Looked for John in the US Census records for 1900-1940 and could not find him on FamilySearch or Ancestry" would be fine. Or, "Searched google for an obituary and did not find one." That way the next researcher knows where to start. Do not remove the Unsourced Template and do not use the tracker to count in your tally.

*  If the only source is a link to a profile, a search results page from another genealogy website, the words "Ancestry tree," "Geni.com," "Pedigree Resource Files" from FamilySearch, or the like, adding a better source will be a valid update for the Sourcerers' Challenge. If you add better sources to the profiles, use the Challenge Tracker to include it in your tally.

* If you find a match and can merge a profile into an already sourced profile, that counts too. You found a source, plus you eliminated a duplicate. Awesome!

The Monthly Challenge runs from midnight the first day of your month and ends at 11:59 the last day of the month. The current Challenge Tracker results page has up the minute stats for those of you using the Challenge Tracker. Ask any questions here in the thread, otherwise, SOURCE! 

in Requests for Project Volunteers by Bob Keniston G2G6 Pilot (258k points)
edited by Debi Hoag
The Tracker makes the Challenge easy for everyone.
Sounds good to me, didn't do much last month
I will be working for November
Is it just me or is the challenge tracker not working? I have done sources for two people and when I click on challenge tracker it times out and won't load.
I have had the same problem with the tracker. I started listing the profiles the tracker would not load for in a comment to my answer below.
I am also having problems with the tracker.

Do I stop or keep sourcing? Is it possible to log in the tracker later?
Keep track of the profiles you source, and later go back and do a small edit to get the Tracker back to add the source.
I would like to work on some this month on the tracker please.
Quick Note to all the new Sourcerers in November:

Tis the season, the busy busy season. I'll be awarding the badges as soon as the Challenge Team is finished with the tallies.Have a little patience with us please.
I messed up and clicked the wrong button on the Challenge Tracker. Is there a way to fix my error? Help! please.
Catherine,

Go back to the profile that went to the wrong tracker, do a minor edit, and hit the Sourcerers tracker.

Bob
oh, thank you!

67 Answers

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Best answer
First time! Let's try it.
by Logan Gavin G2G6 Mach 2 (21.6k points)
+14 votes
I'm Thankful for the chance to enter with the tracker.
by Beulah Cramer G2G6 Pilot (561k points)
+14 votes
Count me in for November
by Kevin Sweet G2G6 Mach 1 (17.9k points)
+13 votes
Count me in too, using the tracker.
by Valerie Downey G2G6 (7.9k points)
+14 votes
Ein neues Spiel, ein neues Glueck! Let's try it again.
by Hans Hofmann G2G6 Mach 3 (32.7k points)
+10 votes
I will certainly source a few.
by Kay Knight G2G6 Pilot (589k points)
+10 votes
I'm in.  I'll use the tracker.
by Lucy Selvaggio-Diaz G2G6 Pilot (816k points)
+10 votes
I'm in for November and like Beulah said, very thankful for the Tracker!
by Kathy Zipperer G2G6 Pilot (462k points)
+10 votes
I'm in. I'll use the tracker, too.
by Bobbie Hall G2G6 Pilot (338k points)
+9 votes
Sure, I'm in, using tracker
by John Hodson G2G6 Mach 1 (14.4k points)
+8 votes
I'm in for another month, Bob. Thanks!
by Debi Hoag G2G6 Pilot (391k points)
+9 votes
I'm on it.
by Greg Slade G2G6 Pilot (664k points)
+9 votes
Tracker - makes things so much easier!
by Nan Starjak G2G6 Pilot (376k points)
+9 votes
In again this month :)
by Rakelle Teschner G2G6 Mach 4 (49.9k points)
+8 votes
I'm jumping in for November. I will be using the tracker.
by Edie Kohutek G2G6 Mach 9 (96.7k points)
+8 votes
I'm in again this month, using the tracker.
by Sheena Tait G2G6 Pilot (114k points)
+10 votes
Will do some more in between writing for NaNoWriMo this month.
by Erin Klein G2G6 Mach 2 (27.8k points)
+7 votes
I'm sourcing in November, and I'm using the tracker.
by E. Compton G2G6 Pilot (193k points)
+7 votes
Ok, I’m in again. With the tracker.
by Robert Hvitfeldt G2G6 Pilot (246k points)
+7 votes
I am sure I will get some done.
by Hilary Gadsby G2G6 Pilot (312k points)

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