Australia Project Challenges

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There are WikiTree-wide challenges that Australia Project members can participate in, as well as Australia-specific challenges that take place for time to time.

If you have any questions about challenges contact Gillian Thomas, post to the G2G or the Australia Project google group, or ask a question on Discord.

Contents 1 Australia Project Challenges 1.1 Previous Australia Challenges 2 Current WikiTree Challenges 2.1 Connect-a-Thon 2.2 Challenge & 'Thon Teams

Australia Project Challenges

• Monthly Mini Connector Challenge (Australia) A new challenge each month for 2024, connecting the profiles of the Montevideo Maru POWs. Each month 40 names of unconnected POWs will be posted for a new challenge usually on the last day of the month. (The challenge page will be temporarily unavailable a few days prior while the new challenge is being added).

Previous Australia Challenges

• Australia Project Year of Family Connections

• Australia 5 Star Profile Connection Challenge -

Current WikiTree Challenges

This link Questions will take you to recent G2G questions, including the posts about up and coming events and the 'What's Happening Around WikiTree' monthly post, which has links to the various challenges happening. From the G2G page, just click on Recent on the top LHS. You can also find the WikiTree Calendar Help:Calendar by navigating to Calendar from the Help menu at the to RHS of any profile page,

Connect-a-Thon

There is a Connect-a-Thon this weekend (19-22 July 2024)!! Have fun everyone who registered. The next Connect-a-Thon hasn't yet been announced. To register keep an eye out for the Registration question on the G2G. Help:Connect-a-Thon has a lot of information about the Connect-a-Thon.

There are lots of ways that you can contribute profiles during the Connect-a-Thon. Some ideas are:

• Build your own family. You can also add to your CC7 Count. Ways to do that are: 1. Create a personal category to add profiles in your tree that need relatives added or 2. Click on the Connections link on your profile to find profiles with missing relatives.
• Work on creating profiles from Category:Australia,_Needs_Profiles_Created. There are also links on the category page for profiles in each state.
• Work on connecting Unconnected profiles. You can find these at Australia Unconnected Profiles. If you scroll down, you can also find lists for Unconnected profiles of people born in the various Colonies, and States and Territories.
• Connect Notables, or Convicts, or any other group, using a text search on WikiTree+, eg unconnected+convicts, Unconnected Anzacs, World War 1, unconnected+Australia+Notables
• Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree - build the trees of soldiers in this category: Category: Australia, Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree, Needs Profiles Created - NB: THE COMMEMORATING THE MISSING DATABASE IS CURRENTLY DOWN, SO WE ARE UNABLE TO ADD NEW SOLDIERS TO THE DATABASE.

Challenge & 'Thon Teams

The following teams include a focus on Australian genealogy. You don't need to be an Australia Project member to join any of these teams.

• The Wizards of Aus
• Southern Cross Stars
• Super Aussie Genies

We have a specific channel, 'Aussie Challenge Teams' on Discord for chatting during the challenge. You need to join the WikiTree Discord Server first - see Help:Discord for more information about how to do this. Usually you'll be added to the Aussie Challenge Teams Discord channel in the lead up to the Challenge. Super Aussie Genies also have a designated channel for their team. If you don't have access you can ask your Team Captain or Gillian to arrange for you to be added.

You are very welcome to join up to any of the teams listed on this page - Help:Connect-a-Thon, or to change to another team for next Challenge, if you'd like to try something different or focus in a different area.