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The Connectors Challenge will run every month EXCEPT when there is a Connect-A-Thon that same month.
Current Connectors Challenge: 2023 MAY
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Connectors Unite!
We invite you to take part in the Monthly Connectors Challenge. You can help the Connectors Project to link all the unconnected profiles on WikiTree into the main family tree.
Each month we'll open up a thread in G2G where you can take part by:
1. Pick any profile which is not connected to the main tree (the profile does not have a box at the bottom of the page, showing the degrees of separation from the "Example Profile of the Week" and has a puzzle piece icon which can be seen at the top of a profile page next to the name). (Note: The puzzle piece icon is only visible to those who have the Connectors badge. See here for more information.)
Places to look for profiles to work on:
- the Unconnected People tool
- Unconnected Profiles
- the lists on the Connectors Chat
- Let others know what locations you are working on
- Places to find unconnected profiles pages
- an unconnected profile you encounter in the regular course of your research
2. Add profiles for first degree relatives (parent, spouse, sibling, or child) to that profile, new or existing. Continue in this manner until you connect to an existing WikiTree profile.
- Add a source to the profiles involved in the connection showing the relationship between the two profiles. Please be sure your source is cited in accordance with the style recommended on our Sources help page to count towards your tally. More than one source per profile is recommended.
- Answer the G2G post to signal that you will be participating in this month's challenge. Once you make a connection, connecting either an isolated profile or an unconnected branch to the main tree, please add "Connected!" at the end of the line which made the connection.
- The tally is of branches connected, not sources or profiles added. That said, if you can add a number of sources to a profile, all the better. (Note this is different than the Connect-a-Thon, if you participated in that.)
- If either or both profiles you connect did not have good sources before and already existed on WikiTree, then you can also count those sources towards the Sourcerers Challenge.
Participants
Anyone can participate! You do not have to be part of the Connectors Project to join in the fun of the monthly challenge. All you need to do is answer the original post of the call for the monthly challenge. It should be posted before the beginning of each month. You can add the tag "Connectors" to find the post in your daily feed. See below for a list of participants for this month. If you don't see your name, make sure you answered the post for this month: 2023 MAY.
2023 Aug Participants (20230801)
2023 Jun: This Month's Participants (20230601)
- N Gauthier
- Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz
- Graeme Olney
- Darren Kellett
- Tommy Buch
- Abby Vanoy
- Katherine (Bogue) Chapman
- Cindy (Ring) Hanrahan
- David Carlson
2023 May: Participants for (20230501)
- Tommy Buch
- David Carlson
- Katherine Chapman
- Leigh Chester-Master
- P. Clinesmith
- Morgana Patrocinio Costa
- Jelena Eckstädt
- Kylie Fowler
- N Gauthier
- Liza Gervais
- Darren Kellett
- Michelle Ketcham
- Sally Kimbel
- Katie Miller
- B.W.J. Molier
- Laura Nixon
- Graeme Olney
- Kate Schmidt
- Bryan Simmonds
- S. Stevenson-3628
- Sandi Strong
- Alice S. Thomsen.
2023 March: Participants for (20230301)
- Katherine Chapman
- David Carlson
- P. Clinesmith
- Laura Nixon
- Jelena Eckstädt
- Steve Gates
- N Gauthier
- Katie Sell
- Jody Green
- Lesley Scott
- Darren Kellett
- Sally Kimbel
- Tracy Leighton
- Liza Gervais
- Kathi Lafser
- B.W.J. Molier
- Jayme Arrington
- Alison Palmer
- Patricia Roche
- P Whittington
- 2023 JUNE Connectors Monthly Challenge Jun 3, 2023.
- 2023 March Connectors' Monthly Challenge Mar 1, 2023.
- 2023 February Connectors' Monthly Challenge Feb 1, 2023.
- 2022 November Connectors' Monthly Challenge Oct 31, 2022.
- 2022 October Connectors' Monthly Challenge Oct 4, 2022.
- 2022 September Connectors' Monthly Challenge Sep 1, 2022.
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I have come across a few of these.
edited by Kylie Fowler
Or maybe, have I done anything wrong?
I was looking for a tutorial for using the tracker and finally found one. Imagine my surprise that I created it, lol. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Challenge_Know_How
Don't know why neither of these worked. Well, I'm scheduled for the Connect-a-Thon Jan 13-16, so hopefully, that'll work better for me ...
Btw, no 2023 January Connectors Challenge seems to have been posted. And Jayme Arrington has been inactive since 2 December ... ?!?
Best wishes from Germany,
Oliver (Stegen-15)
The ConnectAthon counts any NEW profiles that are created & added to pre-existing profiles that are either connected OR unconnected to the one global wikitree.
The Connectors Monthly Challenge only counts when an old unconnected BRANCH is added to a profile that is connected to the one global wikitree. While new profiles CAN be created in making this connection line, this challenge does NOT specifically count any NEWLY created profiles.
People very often confuse the two different types of challenges and I really wish they could change the name of one of them to avoid this confusion.
edited by N Gauthier
I have created over 300 profiles this month and sourced +/-90% of these profiles from valid sources. the other is created through family trees on various platforms. which I believe is legit and only short sources.
Does these connections I make Count onder the connectors challenge. Every profile i create is directly attached to the global Family tree.
Please assist
I these counts please add me on the December challenge
edited by Peet Swart
"Connector Helps connect the human family in the Connectors Project. 20 Sep 2021"
Also Not seeing anything on the monthly Participants lists and not seeing the puzzle piece emblem on any profiles.
If there is anything I need to do first, please let me know. Thanks!
edited by Melissa Gridley
edited by Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Challenge_Know_How
Let me know if it is sufficient.
edited by Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz
I've sent you a private message and responded to your post on this month's Connector's Challenge post. Can you let me know if you've seen them? Your numbers on the tracker are unfortunately incorrect and it makes it difficult to compare them to the other participants. You should only be tracking the profiles that were previously on Wikitree prior to this month and were not connected to the main tree. Once you've managed to connect a profile to the bigger tree, then you would track it. We do not count newly created profiles (like the Connect-a-thon) or sourcing the profile (although sources should support any connections made). Please let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you, Jayme Co-Leader Connector's Project
Elsie Hagley/Olson Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand
You can manage the tables or do away with them-whatever you prefer. I've updated the instructions to reflect the new post instructions, as well.
Abby
I am the new host of the Connectors Challenge and had started trying to update this webpage. I obviously took that number from the wrong place (a spreadsheet).
This web page has other things that need to be updated which I will be working on. Thanks for your patience.
http://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/connectorschallenge/20190316/User.htm