15 For 15-1

Date: 1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2023
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: wikitree_events challenges

To help celebrate WikiTree's 15th Anniversary in 2023, we are having a year-long event: 15 For 15!

Contents 1 What is 15 For 15? 2 How to Participate 3 List of Missions 3.1 About You 3.2 Profiles 3.3 Features 3.4 Challenges/Events 3.5 Projects 3.6 Community 3.7 Social Media 4 Event Award Stickers 5 Achievers

What is 15 For 15?

Below is a list of "missions" participants can choose to complete. The goal is to complete 15 of the missions over the course of the year. (Thanks, Paula Dea, for the suggestion!)

Participants who reach the objective will receive a "15 For 15" sticker they can add to their profile to show off their accomplishment. Bonus: There are also milestone stickers for "30 For 15" and "45 For 15" for participants wanting to go beyond 15.

How to Participate

To accept this mission of missions, first go to this G2G post and reply with answer. Something as simple as "I'm going to participate!" works fine.

Then, choose missions from the list below that you want to complete and work on them throughout the year. When you complete a mission, reply to your G2G answer with a comment stating which one you've finished.

When you've completed 15 missions, post an answer in this G2G post to get the sticker for your profile. If you go on to complete 30 or 45 missions, you can answer in the same post to get those stickers as well.

Betsy Ko created this excellent free-space page with a tracker you can copy and paste elsewhere to document your progress throughout the year..

List of Missions

About You

• Add a photo of yourself to your profile
• Add or improve the biography on your profile
• If you haven't yet, add your DNA test info to your profile, add your GEDmatch ID (if you have on) and your mitoYDNA.org ID (if you have one)
• Increase your CC7 number by 150 (helpful tips on how to do this)
• Earn 5 Club 100 badges (make 100 contributions in a month)
• Earn 5 Club 1000 badges (make 1000 contributions in a month)
• Learn how to include inline references

Profiles

Note: For the missions that have 15, 30 and 45 as options, you do not have to restart a count for each one. Once you have completed 15, you can complete another 15 to hit the 30 mark and another 15 to hit the 45 mark.

• Upload 15 photos of a person or a headstone to the relevant profile(s)
• Sort your Watchlist by oldest edit and try to improve 15 of those profiles
• Sort your Watchlist by oldest edit and try to improve 30 of those profiles
• Sort your Watchlist by oldest edit and try to improve 45 of those profiles
• Improve 15 profiles from your Anniversaries list
• Improve 30 profiles from your Anniversaries list
• Improve 45 profiles from your Anniversaries list
• Resolve 15 profiles in the Needs Biography Category
• Resolve 30 profiles in the Needs Biography Category
• Resolve 45 profiles in the Needs Biography Category
• Resolve 15 profiles in the Needs Profiles Created Category
• Resolve 30 profiles in the Needs Profiles Created Category
• Resolve 45 profiles in the Needs Profiles Created Category
• Resolve 15 profiles in the Needs GEDCOM Cleanup Category
• Resolve 30 profiles in the Needs GEDCOM Cleanup Category
• Resolve 45 profiles in the Needs GEDCOM Cleanup Category
• Improve 15 profiles of individuals who died young (See how to find profiles and what all can still be added to the profile even though their lives were short here
• Improve 30 profiles of individuals who died young
• Improve 45 profiles of individuals who died young
• Use David Randall's Checklist to improve 15 profiles to completeness
• Use David Randall's Checklist to improve 30 profiles to completeness
• Use David Randall's Checklist to improve 45 profiles to completeness
• Using the Random Profile feature in the WikiTree Browser Extension or this app to find and improve 15 random profiles
• Using the Random Profile feature in the WikiTree Browser Extension or this app to find and improve 30 random profiles
• Using the Random Profile feature in the WikiTree Browser Extension or this app to find and improve 45 random profiles
• Solve 15 Unknowns in your Watchlist (or find orphaned ones here if you have none of your own
• Solve 30 Unknowns in your Watchlist
• Solve 45 Unknowns in your Watchlist
• Add at least one source to 15 profiles from the Unsourced Profiles category
• Add at least one source to 30 profiles from the Unsourced Profiles category
• Add at least one source to 45 profiles from the Unsourced Profiles category
• Connect 5 unconnected profiles in your Watchlist (or click View All to find 5 if you don't have any in your Watchlist)
• Connect 10 unconnected profiles in your Watchlist (or click View All to find 5 if you don't have any in your Watchlist)
• Connect 15 unconnected profiles in your Watchlist (or click View All to find 5 if you don't have any in your Watchlist)
• Create a free-space profile about something that interests you

Features

• Try out 3 apps that you have not used before
• Try out the WikiTree Browser Extension
• Send out 15 E-Cards

Challenges/Events

• Participate in 15 weekly challenges (52 Ancestors, Data Doctors Challenge, Saturday Sourcing Sprints, Friday Date Night, WikiTree Challenge)
• Participate in 5 monthly challenges (check the challenges tag to find the most recent ones)
• Add 150 profiles during a Connect-a-Thon
• Source 150 profiles during the Source-a-Thon
• Attend the WikiTree Day event

Projects

• Start or join a One-Name Study
• Start or join a One-Place Study
• Join a geographical project
• Join a topical project
• Join a functional project
• Start a free-space project

Community

• Participate in 15 Weekend Chats
• Answer 15 questions from the Genealogy Help category in G2G
• Award 1 Wonderful WikiTreer in G2G each month for 12 months
• Give 15 thank-yous each month for 12 months
• Award 5 Generous Genealogist badges
• Award 5 Family or Community Star badges
• Invite 5 people to join WikiTree
• Help another WikiTreer break down a brick wall
• Add a book to the Source Library (here's how)

Social Media

• Share 15 of the Question of the Week images on your social media to get your friends and family talking
• Share the shareable family tree image for 15 of your ancestors on your social media
• Watch and leave a comment on 15 of the Saturday Roundup videos on YouTube
• Watch and leave a comment on 15 of the WikiNews Wednesday videos on YouTube
• Watch and leave a comment on 5 of the videos from WikiTree Day
• Send a short video telling why you love WikiTree to eowyn-at-wikitree.com

Event Award Stickers

Here are what the award stickers look like:

Achievers

• 15 For 15: Eric Weddington, Patricia Roche, Darren Kellett, Pam Fraley, Carolyn Martin, Mark Lemen, Margaret Meredith, Randall Gardner, Azure Robinson, Teresa Willlis, Darryl Rowles, Jody Rodgers, Roger Davey, Kathy Bauer, Emma MacBeath, Gina Jarvi, Amanda Myers, Katie Green, Alicia Taylor, Erin Robertson, Natalie Trott, Benette Grobler, Richard Heritage, Elizabeth Coltrane, Katie Miller, H Gibson, Stephanie Hill, Gwyneth Taylor, Ros Haywood, Laura Ward, Alice Thomsen, Marcie Ruiz, Heather Jenkinson, Bruce Simons, Liza Gervais, Stanley Baraboo, Ray Sarlin, Mack Morrison, Sally Kimbel, Veronica Wililams, Richard Hill, Matthew Evans, Staci Golladay, Kathy Evans, Ray Sarlin, Pam Kreutzer, D Crawford, Vicki Blanco, Tammie Cochran, Ellen Smith, Charlie Panek, Ginny Fields, Alexis Nelson, Katrina Lawson, Kimberly Morgan, Karen Haney, Judy Bramlage, Christol James, I. Caruso, Melanie White, Culley Bell, Shelley Monson, Terry Smith, Joyce Rivette, L Greer, Donna Lancaster, Michael Black, Karen Stewart, Terri Smith, Caroline Verworn, Donna Henley, Micah Horgan-Trapp, Miyako Jones, Carol Turner, JM Mayhood, Feargal Hennigan, Pat Brunson, Michelle Ketcham, Sven Elbert, Ambar Díaz, Pamela (Hutchins) Belanger, Beate Hauer, Fionnuala O'Connor, LaMyra Morton, Bartley McRorie

• 30 For 15: Darren Kellett, Darryl Rowles, Jody Rodgers, Margaret Meredith, Gwyneth Taylor, Laura Ward, Bruce Simons, Vicki Blanco, Amanda Myers, Ros Haywood, Alice Thomsen, Anon Sharkey, Staci Golladay, Pat Brunson, Katie Miller, Erin (Soltysiak) Robertson, Ellen Smith

• 45 For 15: Darryl Rowles, Darren Kellett, Vicki Blanco, Amanda Myers, Laura Ward, Jody Rodgers, Anon Sharkey, Margaret Meredith, Pat Brunson