Profile managers: David Selman [send private message], Pip Sheppard [send private message], and Laura DeSpain [send private message]

To Post a New Challenge

1. Be ready to post the challenge the last day of the prior month between 11 am and noon Eastern Time.
2. Open a new question in G2G titled "Integrators Challenge Month of MONTH_NAME YEAR" (i.e. Integrators Challenge May 2018)
3. Set Category to "The Tree House"
4. Copy and paste the Sample below
5. Apply G2G tags: challenges, profiles, integrators, sources, connectors
6. Edit the Headline to the correct month
7. If the graphic did not copy over
   1. click the picture insertion icon
   2. copy and paste this URL in the URL space:
      https://www.wikitree.com/photo/png/Integrators_Project_Challenge_Outline-1
   3. adjust width to 300
   4. click save.
8. You may need to bold a few things, just review the post. You might need to increase the heading size to 16. For some reason not all the formatting comes over in the copy.
9. Make sure the "email me" box is checked with your email address.
10. Click the "Ask the Question" button.
11. If not a leader, send the URL to the Challenges Committee Google Group with request to update the YYYYMM Calendar page (Calendar_YYYYMM where YYYYMM is the year and month you are posting).
    1. If you are a leader, copy just the number portion of the URL
    2. Edit Calendar_YYYYMM where YYYYMM is the year and month being posted
    3. Paste the number from the URL into the G2G parameter of the Integrators Challenge template
12. Monitor the comments to make sure people are using the answer function unless they really do not want to win the monthly challenge.
13. Monitor the answers to see if there are any questions posted.
14. Post an acknowledgment to each answer so that you will be notified if a comment is posted on any answer

To Finish a Challenge

For future challenges, it may be easier to add people who say they are new in the thread to the spreadsheet immediately with green in the month but no total. Otherwise, new people need to be checked against the thread to determine if they added an answer.

1. Run through the thread to see if anyone posted to their answer
2. Check to see if it was the first month for any of those (fastest way is to look for existing Integrators badge or Participant Sticker)
3. Open the Integrators Challenge spreadsheet and the finished month's Challenge Tracker (links can be found in the Challenge Tracker Stats at the Project page)
4. add a bunch of blank lines to the top (7-21 is a good start)
5. Hide columns C-previous month
6. Do the following on the spreadsheet for those who used the thread to track and those who used the tracker
   1. Ctrl+F, type surname,
      1. If Found: ESC, tab twice, type number, repeat from 6.1
      2. If Not Found: Move to top of sheet, add the name, WikiTree ID, and number, set the month column to lime green (used for adding Participant Sticker), repeat from 6.1
7. If, while doing tracker totals, a number is already in the monthly column, that means the person used both the tracker and the answer post.
   1. Add the two numbers together unless they told you in their answer that they had added all the thread ones to the tracker.
8. For new, unregistered guests (used the tracker but has never responded to a challenge thread)
   1. use the Tracking link following their name on the Challenge Tracker.
      1. if the tracking comes up empty, find TimeRange=2 in the URL, change the 2 to 9, then enter to reload the page
   2. Review the history on a few of their updates to confirm that they are adding sources.
      1. If not, remove their row from the spreadsheet.
      2. If they are, include them in the list of those who need badges.
         1. Visit their profile, check their comments to see if they have received an invitation to join the challange.
         2. If not, issue the invitation. Invitation Example:

            Hi Name,
            
            I noticed that you used the Challenge Tracker to track a change during last month's Integrators Challenge. Please consider officially joining us for the Integrators Challenge. You can find information, including how to join, on the [[Project:Integrators_Challenge|Integrators Challenge Project page]].
            
            No pressure, every profile with a source makes our WikiTree better. Your work will continue to be included on the Tracking Sheet even if you do not register.
            
            Your work is appreciated. Thanks for sourcing!
            
            Your Name - Integrators Challenge Facilitator
            
            PS If the link does not work, you can find a working one in the public comment I left on your profile

9. Copy the WikiTree IDs of all the people with Lime in the month and send the list to have the Participant sticker awarded. They all can add the sticker (or just the category) to their profile themselves and it's explained at the project page.
10. If the top Integrator is a first time winner, send the WikiTree ID to Bea to have the Challenge Winner sticker awarded.
11. Using the totals in columns AV & AW, update the Top Ten totals on the project page.
12. If the #1 All Time Integrator changes, the [Still need to create an all time Integrators Challenge recognition sticker] will need to be re-assigned

Sample Post

Hi Integrators Challenge Participants! If the clock has rolled around for you, and we are in the new month it is time to start sourcing! Prior month stats will be posted soon. And here's the Challenge Tracker results page it has up the minute stats for those of you using the Challenge Tracker.

To participate:

1. All participants may add the participant's sticker to their biography {{Integrators Challenge}}
2. The winner will get a special sticker to use on their biography.
3. You can add your name (Wiki ID) to the list of Participants
4. Add integrators_challenge to your tags
5. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please “answer” here (not comment) and let me 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.

On to the monthly challenge:

You only need to answer the post once. If you opt to use the Tracker you are good to go. If you opt to add your G2G question and 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.

• All profiles improved or added/connected/created must come from:

1. Unanswered G2G questions where the question centers around a person or topic that can culminate in the creation or update of a profile. A question like: Who were so and so’s parents? or I need help finding Joe Schmoe in the 1880 Census. Always check to make sure a profile doesn't already exist on WikiTree before creating a new one.

2. Answered G2G questions that include information can be made into a new profile or integrated into an existing profile. Answers that include census records, military records, obituary information are great sources for profiles.

Both versions will require some research to determine a good answer with complete information. You will need to check to make sure a profile for that person does not already exist. When creating a new profile you must have either a birth or death date or an explanation of how you calculated an estimated one; and at least one primary source like a birth or death certificate, a census record, an obituary, or some other valid primary source. Internet trees, Find A Grave, and items listed on our Frauds and Fictions lists are not acceptable sources for the creation of a profile or to get points in the challenge. Here we already added some links to G2G threads you perhaps can work on to prevent everyone is going to work on the same one, please add the link in the comment below your answer here.

Have almost enough to make a profile just missing a few things? Great resources are: a. Obituaries in newspapers these often have birth, parent, sibling, and children information b. Military service records like Fold 3 has. Many libraries have online links to this site. c. Census records d. Church records e. Find A Grave can be used for clues but should not be the only source f. Family Search records are good but the user trees should be used only to find clues not as sources g. Ancestry databases but not the user trees which once again can be used only to find clues not as sources 4. Most of all, have fun and help WikiTree at the same time!

• If the only source is a link to a profile, is a profile or search results page from another genealogy website or the words "Ancestry tree," "Geni.com," "Pedigree Resource Files" from FamilySearch, and the like, the profile is considered unsourced. If you add better sources to the profile include it in your tally.

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

Remember, all 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's great to do a bit more while adding sources or creating new profiles, like clean up the gedcom leftovers or help the formatting from older profiles. Sources are important, but if you can't find them among all the other stuff, they aren't helping as much as they could.

The Monthly Challenge runs from midnight the first day of your month and ends at 11:59 the last day of the month.

Ask any questions here in the thread, otherwise, work on the G2G questions, add sources that were added there but not added to profiles or use those sources to create new profiles if they don't already exist, and perhaps by this connect some families to the main tree that now still are unconnected and of course have fun !

Info From Outline page

Special Challenges

From time to time we may have special themed challenges, like a joint challenge with the Cemeteries Project centered around creating profiles for target cemeteries or a joint challenge with the Military and War Project where we have target rosters that need to have profiles created.

== Winners ==

Winners will receive an Integrators Challenge Winner sticker. The top 10 challengers for the previous month and the top 10 challengers for the year will be tracked on the Integrators Challenge page.

In January of each year the top challenge from the previous year will be determined. They'll get a special Top Integrator sticker.

Monthly Challenge Setup

Create the Monthly Announcement

Be ready to post the challenge the last day of the prior month between 11 am and noon Eastern Time.

Open a new question in G2G titled "Integrators Challenge: Month Year" so it will read Integrators Challenge: May 2018. Feel free to jazz it up after that main section. It's supposed to be fun, after all.

Use the "Requests for Project Volunteers" category. Insert Space:Integrators_Challenge in the "WikiTree ID/URL" Box.

Copy and paste the graphics and text from the prior month’s announcement or from the sample below. Generally, the graphics come over when copied from the prior G2G post but need to be inserted if copied from below.

Apply G2G tags: challenges, integrators, integrators_challenge

Note: If the graphic did not copy over, just right click and copy this image, then paste it in:

Make sure the "email me" box is checked with your email address so you can help answer questions as necessary. And cheer people on!

Click the "Ask the Question" button. You have created the announcement

Linking the announcement and the challenge tracker results display

If not a leader

Send the URL of the announcement to the Challenges Committee Google Group ( wikitree-challenges@googlegroups.com ) with request to update the YYYYMM Calendar page located at: ( Calendar_YYYYMM ) where MM is the month you are posting and YYYY is the year we are in. For the URL to work you need to replace the YYYYMM to display a page.

If you are a leader

Copy just the number portion of the URL.

Edit Calendar_YYYYMM where MM is the month being posted and YYYY is the year we are in. For the URL to work you need to replace the YYYYMM to display a page.

Here's an example.

Paste the number from the URL into the G2G parameter of the WikiTree Integrators Challenge template.

Here's an example.

Monitor the comments to make sure people are using the answer function unless they really do not want to win the monthly challenge.

Monitor the answers to see if there are any questions posted.

Check in regularly to look at comments. Some people do not post answers and need redirected.

On the last day of the month, post a reminder that the challenge closes at 11:59 pm your local time.

Scoring the Challenge and Working with the Spreadsheet

Determine new participants

You will need to copy and paste the names and WikiIDs of each participant showing in the tracker onto the Challenge Spreadsheet located in the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r1BCpJ_HwqtDmDTWJnGsU2BHByIuXeI6NDRPiUryb4M/edit#gid=0 Integrator Challenge Google Sheet. Additionally, you will need to compare this list to those who registered in the Announcement Thread to see if there are any other names not showing in the tracker.

Here's an example.

For each challenge, copy and paste only the names of NEW participants into the name section and WikiID section. It may be easier to check those registering on the thread and add new participants as they come in than waiting to the end. Either way, new participants need to be identified, added to the spreadsheet, and coded green (only for their first month). You can add these either at the top of the spreadsheet by adding in lines or at the bottom after the already existing participants. Each year, a new sheet can be added.

Determine Monthly Winners

After the challenge is closed, copy the number of entries from the Challenge Tracker Status Sheet into the monthly column. Note you will need to access the Challenge Tracker Stats link at the bottom of the Integrator Challenge Page. This is because the live link will be to the new Challenge in the new current month.

Here's an example.

Spot check profiles for completeness. You do this by clicking on the tracking link next to the name in the Challenge Tracker Status Sheet. Some people may activate the Challenge Tracker but not create a valid profile. To see the profiles worked on replace the 2 in the URL with 9 and press enter. This will bring up a sheet with the profiles. Open the profiles by clicking on the link to the profile. Color code invalid entries with rose color. This should only need done with new participants. Once it's clear a participant understands what is expected, you shouldn't need to continue to check their work.

The Winner will be the person with the highest score. Highlight the winner in each month with light blue color. In the case of a tie, all of the highest ranking contributors will be awarded a Monthly Winner Sticker. Stickers can list several months of wins.

All new participants (those with a lime box for that month) can be told about the Integrators Challenge sticker. They can be notified several ways, via comment on the G2G challenge thread or a comment on their page. Just let them know they can put it on their profile if they like- it isn't mandatory.

One of the Leaders or Coordinators need to be alerted to the winner(s) and they can send instructions on how to add the winner's sticker to the winner’s profile.

Sort the Spreadsheet

Sort the spreadsheet to determine the top 10 challengers. Just right click on the total column, sort sheet Z to A, then copy the top 10 out and put them on the Integrators Challenge project page, with their totals.

Create New Spreadsheet for Next Year

Using the same main sheet, click the tiny plus sign in the bottom left corner to add another sheet to the main. copy the top two rows and the left two rows into the new sheet. You may need to refreeze them.

Challengers who didn't answer the monthly question

Use the Tracking link on the Challenge Tracker to visit their profile, check their comments to see if they have received an invitation to join the challenge. If not, issue the invitation. Invitation Example:

“Hi!

I noticed that you used the challenge tracker to track a change during last month's Integrators Challenge. If you were hoping to join in, please let me know so we can add you to our official sheet, and come answer this month's G2G question to join in again: (link).

Thanks!

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NEW!!! November 5, 2018: Draft for Integrators Challenge Page incorporating the new Category: "Needs New Profiles Created"

Integrators Challenge

To join and/or read how it all works go to Integrators Challenge, and follow the steps you see at How to join or if you already joined and were looking for threads you could use here, you can click here to return to the current Challenge G2G to paste the copied link +number you are going to work on/use in a comment to your answer there.

Tracker

• Integrator Challenge Tracker (default link, it automatically shows the current Integrator Challenge results)

G2G Threads you can work on

To help you all get started we already added some G2G threads you can work on below, to prevent you all are going to work on the same thread make sure to copy the link + number and paste it in a comment below your answer in the challenge G2G, this way we also know which ones were answered/used and can remove them after the Challenge.

Scroller here.....

"Special Challenges"

From time to time we may have special themed challenges, like a joint challenge with the Cemeteries Project centered around creating profiles for target cemeteries or a joint challenge with the Military and War Project where we have target rosters that need to have profiles created."

NEW: Category: "Needs Profiles Created"

Another way to get our Integrator members involved would be to work on Category: "Needs Profiles Created"

It would be like the Monthly Challenge objectives but would be easier as we wouldn't have to go find questions on the G2G forum to answer and create new profiles as we have been doing. We would just go to the Category: "Needs Profiles Created", pick out a profile that has names from maybe a census report or Find A Grave Memorial page, and create new profiles from those names....

Draft November 7, 2018 (Updated March 9, 2018) Sample Post for Integrators Challenge Page incorporating the Category:Needs Profiles Created

It's time for this month's Integrators Challenge. Prior months' stats will be posted soon. Here's the Challenge Tracker Results Page that has up to the minute stats.

To participate:

1. Answer here (not comment). You can use the Challenge Tracker (preferred) or list your contributions in the comments under your answer here. You only need to post once.
2. If you opt to use the Tracker you are ready to go.
3. If you opt to just post in this thread, list the G2G question you worked on and what you did here (answered the question, create a profile, source profile) in a comment on your answer. Number your contributions.
4. All Challenge activity should involve G2G questions from two months ago or more. If the question is unanswered try to answer it.
5. Add the URL/Webpage Address of the question used to create the profile(s) under your Answer here when a profile is created to answer a G2G question.

Whatever question you choose, look at the information there and check to see if there is a profile on WikiTree yet. Yes? Move whatever information might be in the question to the profile, and put a link to the profile on the question in G2G so everyone is aware there is now a profile on WikiTree.

No profile? Create one (or a few if several people are mentioned in the question, comments, and answers), and do the same as above.

These are some threads to get you started if you don't want to do some searching on your own. If you use one of these, comment on your post below with which you are working on so you aren't doubling up another's work. Everything should be sourced!

New: Option two for Participating in the Integrators Challenge. Create profiles using the Category: Needs Profiles Created.

1. Create the profile, checking to make sure the profile does not already exist.
2. Using the Tracker, click the Integrators Challenge box, click "New Profile from Needs Profiles Created (Add URL) and click Add Action.
3. Add information to the bio and add sources to improve the profile and click Integrators Challenge box and select added sources and enter the (Add URL).
4. Ask in the G2G Forum if any member is interested in adopting the profile.
5. Try to connect the profile to a family/ancestor or tree already at WikiTree.\
6. If not using the Tracker, Add the URL/Webpage Address of the profile(s) used to create the new profile(s) under your Answer here when a profile is created.

The Monthly Challenge runs from midnight the first day of your month and ends at 11:59 the last day of the month, your time.

Ask any questions you have here in the thread.

See and read the details of the Integrators Challenge and How the Challenge Works: Project:Integrators Challenge

New Step by Step Integrators Challenge Guide and Tips Page on how to participate in the monthly Challenge: Integrators Challenge Guide/Tips

WikiTree profile: Space:Integrators_Project_Challenge_Outline

• • Again if you are going to participate, (however you chose), Please tell us with an "ANSWER" below so we can count you in with our results!!

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