WikiTree Friday Date Night

Profile manager: Julie Ricketts [send private message]

I found a date for some profiles during Friday Date Night!

No need to swipe right or left! We're looking for lonely profiles without dates!!

This is an informal challenge. So, we're not keeping score. We just get a lot of satisfaction from finding profiles that haven't had any attention for a good long while. We add dates, locations, sources, and anything else we can, plus we also have fun sharing some social time with fellow WikiTreers on Zoom every couple of weeks.

When is Friday Date Night?!

We meet every two weeks at 4 pm Eastern US time.
Stop by to get caught up with other Date Nighters, share what you've been working on and get some answers to your questions.

Be sure to check out the rest of the page to learn how to find
undated profiles and what to do when you find them.

How to Find Profiles without Dates

Pick from one of these lonesome categories on WikiTree+ (don't forget to click "find suggestions" to generate the report):

• (131) No Dates - No Dates on relatives - Open - Unknown Status
  • Report
  • Instructions
• (132) No Dates - No Dates on relatives - Open - Status Died
  • Report
  • Instructions
• (133) No Dates - Dates on relatives - Open - Unknown Status
  • Report
  • Instructions
• (134) No Dates - Dates on relatives - Open - Status Died
  • Report
  • Instructions

For the following suggestions, please be sure that you find an independent source
to verify the information from either Find-a-Grave or Wikidata.

• (573) Find-a-Grave - Empty Birth date
  • Report
  • Instructions
• (576) Find-a-Grave - Empty death date
  • Report
  • Instructions
• (553) Wikidata - Empty birth date
  • Report
  • Instructions
• (556) Find-a-Grave - Empty death date
  • Report
  • Instructions

You can also find profiles using one of these methods:

• Check the Estimated Dates maintenance categories
• Using the menus in the upper right corner:
  • Go to My WikiTree > Surnames, choose a surname you're interested in, sort the list by date, and look in the date column for Open profiles with no dates.
  • Go to My WikiTree > Suggestions and look for suggestions numbered 131, 132, 133, or 134 in your own watchlist.
• Peruse the Unsourced Profiles categories for sad profiles with no dates
• Use WikiTree+ ... Enter the following in the Text section under the Search category: b0 d0 privacy=open iowa This will return profiles with no dates, Open privacy, and a location of Iowa. Adjust those terms for a location you'd like to search for.

When you find a date (or maybe you can't)

1. I found a date!
   • Add the source citation <-- super important!
   • If the person is deceased
     • Add the date and the source.
     • Save your changes
     • Use "Search for Matches" on the Profile ID menu to check for duplicates
     • Propose merges, if necessary
     • Click the Matches link under the tabs at the top of the profile to see if there are any Unmerged Matches that may have been proposed for the profile to see if they can be cleared.
     • Please be careful about merging. If you're not comfortable with a merge, post a note in G2G to ask for help.
     • Be on your merry way knowing you did a really good thing!
   • If it's likely that the person is still living, please do *not* mark them as deceased. Instead ...
     • Add the date and the source.
     • Can't find a date, but based on their family's dates, there's a good chance they're still living?
       • Click the Still Living indicator by the Death Date field
       • Add a note to the profile to let us know why you think they're still living.
     • If there is no manager, add [[Category: WikiTree Admin]] above the Biography header
       • The Team uses the WikiTree Admin category to make sure these profiles are handled appropriately, including removing you from the Trusted List, if necessary.
     • Save the profile -- you'll have to click "save anyway" in the banner that pops up. (It is not necessary to adopt the profile.)
2. Can't find a date, but you think you can make a good guess?
   • Use the rules of thumb outlined on the Estimated Dates help page, and make sure to use the {{Estimated Date}} template. Instructions for the template are also on the help page.
   • Please try not to estimate dates based on other estimated dates.
   • If you encounter a profile or group of profiles where there's no hope of finding anything, please add a note to the profile to let us know where you've looked & why you can't find information, then add [[Category: WikiTree Admin]]. Thank you for trying!

Helpful Tips & a Little Bling

Hints & Tips

• How to find contributions if you encounter profiles created by a closed account.
• How to access different pages on a list of suggestions in WikiTree+
• There's also a #friday-date-night channel on the WikiTree Discord server! This is a great place to get quick answers to your questions.

A Little Bling

• Want a sticker? We have one!
  • {{Friday Date Night}}
  • {{Friday Date Night|xx}} <-- replace "xx" with the # of profiles you "dated"

Are we making progress?

Chart Notes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Sometimes we see an increase because batches of private profiles are opened