Challenge of the week: Correct simple errors in reference tags

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Hi WikiTreers,

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

This is an easy one to participate in, once you know how reference tags work, i.e.:

  1. A footnote needs to start with <ref> and end with </ref>.
  2. There needs to be a <references /> tag directly below the == Sources == headline for the footnotes to display.

Using these tags is naturally confusing for Newts. It's very frustrating for new members when a tag is missing or misplaced and they can't figure out why footnotes aren't appearing.

Once again, Aleš has come up with something incredibly helpful. He's prepared a report of profiles from around the tree where a reference tag appears to be misplaced. Click here for the list.

Can you help fix them?

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!

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in The Tree House by Eowyn Walker G2G Astronaut (2.5m points)
edited by Eowyn Walker
Challenge is active.

https://tinyurl.com/weekchallenge  spreadsheet link 

All updated and ready to go. Below is a link on the G2G post explaining how to do Data Doctor Challenges with screenshots.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/631771/data-doctor-challenge-guide 

Challenge Tracker

I'm still learning the HTML 'language' so will seek out some simpler data errors to work on.  This should help me with my learning curve.

23 Answers

+6 votes
5am in the morning. Sneaky. All updated and I'm going to try and do some this week. LOL
by Steven Tibbetts G2G6 Pilot (410k points)
+8 votes
I can't sleep so I think I'll do a few.
by Ginger Lawton G2G6 Mach 2 (22.3k points)
+7 votes
I am in this week will work from the England - Surrey, Cheshire and Northumberland Counties lists
by Janet Wild G2G6 Pilot (332k points)
+7 votes
I would love to participate, but when I click on a link on the referenced page(https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DD_Challenge_Reference_Tags_IX#Error_List), I get a 404 error.

Am I missing something?

rsl
by Roy Lamberton G2G6 Mach 8 (81.1k points)
Try it from this page Roy:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DD_Challenge_Reference_Tags_X

And thank you for working on these!
I am having the same problem. Thank you!

Thank you for working on these Ginger smiley

+5 votes
I'll work on some. Thank you Eowyn for posting so we can improve the health of our tree, and thank you Aleš for creating the report!
by Mindy Silva G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
+6 votes
I''ll do a couple of the real easy ones (863).
by Joke van Veenendaal G2G6 Mach 9 (95.7k points)
+6 votes

Dipping a toe in the DBE water... wink

by Ros Haywood G2G Astronaut (2.0m points)
+4 votes
I will get to some of these.
by Debra Akin G2G6 Mach 2 (20.1k points)
+4 votes
I'll fix some Perkins and Crawford errors this week.
by Traci Thiessen G2G6 Pilot (295k points)
+3 votes

Thank you Eowyn for setting up this challenge.  I was getting bored with fixing these errors and you've given me a good reason to continue on.   Aleš gave us so much more to do with these new suggestions!

by Cindy Cooper G2G6 Pilot (330k points)
+3 votes
I'm in for helping out.
by Amy Wiemer G2G6 Mach 3 (33.8k points)
+3 votes
I will work on them. I've come to love working on the double, triple, quadruple <references /> tags!
by Louann Halpin G2G6 Mach 7 (71.2k points)
+3 votes
I'll work on these a bit this week.
by Jim Angelo G2G6 Mach 6 (63.1k points)
+3 votes
I'll do some of the 863 errors this week.
by Dennis Heltemes G2G5 (5.1k points)
+2 votes
Count me in, I have some time to spare.
by Steven Harris G2G6 Pilot (750k points)
+2 votes
I'll be doing some, working on Australian profiles.
by Margaret Haining G2G6 Pilot (149k points)
+2 votes
I'm in. I will start on home turf in British Columbia.
by Peggy Watkins G2G6 Pilot (838k points)
+3 votes
I'll try to do some - focusing on pre-1500. Thanks
by Gillian Thomas G2G6 Pilot (266k points)
+3 votes
I'll do some as I'm able this week.
by Deb Durham G2G Astronaut (1.1m points)
+2 votes
I'll do some this week.
by Beverly Benfer G2G6 Mach 2 (28.1k points)

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