Challenge of the Week: Clean-up as many merged profiles as possible [closed]

Question

Hi WikiTreers,

Will you join our "Data Doctors" Challenge of the week?

This one is a reprise of one of the most popular and valuable challenges we've done: cleaning up messy merged-together profiles.

Aleš has prepared a report of profiles from around the tree that were merged but never had their biographies and sources consolidated. Click here for the list.

Click here for tips on how the biographies and sources section should look. Most importantly, all profiles should have one and only one == Biography == headline and one == Sources == section with one <references /> tag directly beneath it.

After you delete the junk and consolidate any useful biographical text and sources, set the status as corrected. That will earn you a point.

The member with the most points at 11:59pm EDT on Sunday night will get the badge and the bragging rights. But we'll all benefit from a neater, cleaner shared tree.

If you're participating, please post here to let us know. It's nice to cheer each other on. Or post if you have any questions about how to participate.

Thanks for helping!

Real-time tracking results: See your stats
alongside other participants here.

Top 10

• Helen E. Edwards - 597
• Esmé van der Westhuizen - 453
• Kathy I. Rabenstein - 278
• Paula A. Reinke - 252
• Cory Fulmer - 234
• Terry McClintock - 178
• Jim J. Angelo Jr -173
• Pat R. Credit - 100
• Ginger D. Lawton - 97
• Jo M. Gill - 75

Comments

Challenge is active.

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https://tinyurl.com/weekchallenge  spreadsheet link 

All updated and ready to go. Below is a link on the G2G post explaining how to do Data Doctor Challenges with screenshots.

https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/631771/data-doctor-challenge-guide 

Challenge Tracker

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I will do some

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I clicked on the list, went to the heading of "new" clicked on a profile and found it had already been cleaned and the status updated.

Do the names come off the list as you go, or does one have to check each entry on the list to figure out which still require cleaning?

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This lists are static and are updated weekly. So if you find a few consecutive corrections, you can assume that someone already corrected them by list, so you can skip a few pages and try your luck there, or start from the bottom of the page.

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I'll do what I can

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Hello,

I'll have a go, stretching a bit out of my comfort zone!

Marjorie

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Great job everyone!  You've cleaned up over 3,000+ profiles!

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It would be nice to see the date in the question if there is enough room when it for a limited time

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I'm HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!

This it the FIRST TIME I've made TOP TEN on WikiTree!

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Congratulations

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Congrats Pat, Keep up the good work helping the tree!!

Answer 1

Will work on this one. Working on the Surrey County ones

Answer 2

Eowyn, I just merged a whole passel of Claunches! Let the clean up begin!! I just don’t have time for this challenge! Sorry. 

Answer 3

I'll be happy to participate in this project.  Jack Schaffer

Answer 4

I will work on some! I'll work on any MN related profiles.

Answer 5

Many times a person doesn't even know a profile needs to be cleaned up after the first merge until a second merge needs to take place.

Answer 6

I wil do some.

Answer 7

I will do a few, working on ones without dates.

Answer 8

Count me in!  Working in/on Texas  profiles.

All the best, Janet

Answer 9

I love this challenge. The profiles look so much nicer afterward!

Answer 10

I'll be trying to work on a few Wisconsin post-merges.

Answer 11

I'll do some this week.

Answer 12

I'll work on some of these this week.

Answer 13

Will try later in the week

Answer 14

I'll try to get some in.

Answer 15

Oops, I'm late, but I'm on it!  Look out all you messy merges in Nevada.

Answer 16

I just did a few before I saw this.

Answer 17

I will help!

Answer 18

I will do a few

Answer 19

I’ll clean up some pre-1500 profiles. Thanks for organising the challenge.