Profile Improvement Project (PIP) : Help YOUR managed profiles shine [closed]

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See new join thread posted 10 Mar 2023

Want to create attractive, interesting, and accurate profiles? Love to help track down those mysterious unknowns? Then you need to join the Profile Improvement Project (PIP)! 

PIP is dedicated to helping you make YOUR managed profiles some of the best on WikiTree. As you embark on our Voyage, you will be assisted by one of our friendly and knowledgeable Guides. You will learn how to create fun, interesting, informative, well-sourced profiles that adhere to WikiTree standards, styles, and guidelines. 

Read the Project Page and follow the steps in the "How to Join" section. Add an answer below to get started on the Voyage.

Once you've completed the Voyage, the Unknowns Team would love your help solving mysteries like who was Lydia (Unknown) Jones. You can read more about what they do on the Unknowns Team page.

Thank you.

closed as a duplicate of: Profile improvement Project (PIP) Voyage: Help YOUR managed profiles shine

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This is one of the best projects that you can be apart of here on WikiTree. You learn so much while having fun creating Profiles to be proud of.  You  Learn new skills, and will be prepared when faced with a more difficult meticulous project that requires that every detail is spot on. Enjoy yourself, and have fun.

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I'd love to join. Could you please let me know when you start accepting voyagers again?

Thanks!

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Hello Marcia,

Thanks for your interest in the Project. We will post a new announcement here on g2g as soon as we are ready to accept new Voyagers. We hope to see you then!

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Still closed? I was just about to send a new member over!

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Hi Steff, please look for a PM from me. Thanks.

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I'm hoping this project reopens soon and I can sign up as a voyager. The sourcer browser extension is a huge blessing but has limitations. I've a year experience on Wikitree and have hit a wall in my growth here. I need mentoring to learn how to use inline citations, and format the diverse undigitized sources  I've gleaned from historical societies and other repositories scattered about New England. My activity hasn't generated too many suggestions, but I would like to learn how to deal with them effectively.
I want to become a solid citizen here on Wikitree. I haven't had the opportunity to have as much formal education as I would like so I lack experience with the technical bits of scholarly writing.

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You sound like a perfect candidate! While you wait, here's a great guide you can bookmark to refer to when you need to compose a citation:  https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

Basically, whenever you state a fact in a biography, add an open ref tag at the end of the fact (including punctuation, if any).<ref> Who, ''what,'' (where: publisher, when) page.</ref> Then fill in the citation with author, title, publication info, and page, close the ref tag, and keep going. Hope this helps!

Answer 1

Hello, I would love to join the Profile Improvement Project to both learn more about creating great profiles and to assist with researching Unknowns.

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Hi Deborah, I've sent you a private message

Answer 2

I would love to join

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Hi Kathy, I have sent you a private message

Answer 3

I am ready to begin my profile improvement voyage.

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Hi Carson, I have sent you a private message

Answer 4

Yes please, I would like to join the PIP voyager program. I've been trying to make great profiles for my ancestors and just doing bits and bobs from bits of information I have found in different places. But this looks like a much better way to learn to do it properly. Thank you!

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Hi Melanie, I sent you a private message

Answer 5

I would like to start a voyage to improve my profiles and learn best practices to share with others.

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Hi Nancy, I sent you a private message

Answer 6

Hi, I would love to be a part of this journey!

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Hi Alex, I have sent you a private message

Answer 7

I would like to join this project. Sounds like a learning experience. I’m in!

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Hi Sloan, I have sent you a private message.

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Hi, I'd like to join the PIP!  I am slowly working on improving my profiles, and would love to be a member of the project and complete the Voyage :-)

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Hi Kate, I have sent you a private message.

Answer 9

I need to be part of this. I joined WT a year ago not knowing anything about genealogy, and I still feel like I'm flying by the seat of my pants.

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Hi John, I have sent you a private message.

Answer 10

Looking to Join the Profile Improvement Project. In my time here on Wikitree so far, I've run across quite a few profiles that are in desperate need of some TLC. I've already improved the quality of hundreds of profiles here already, and I'm looking to improve any more I run across.

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Hi Nic, I have sent you a private message

Answer 11

I would liked to join the project.

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Hi Jeff, I have sent you a private message

Answer 12

Hi there - I'm part of the Unknowns Team, so would love to join!

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That's great news Heather! I have sent you a private message.

Answer 13

Hi I think I would benefit greatly from this project. I'm part of the Australia - Born in the Colony project but have very little experience with fleshing out profiles..

Thanks

Elayine Julian

McCallum-445

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Hi Elayine, I have sent you a private message

Answer 14

I would like to help improve profiles that are created using only sources.  I dislike having to open every source to review the person's life.  I think we honor the person with a readable biography.

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Hi Hyla, I have sent you a private message

Answer 15

I would like to join the Profile Improvement Project. Thanks.

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Hi Elida, I have sent you a private message

Answer 16

I would love to help on this project!

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Hello Jordyn,

We're happy that you will be joining us in the PIP Voyage. We will be getting in touch with you within a week by private message.

Thanks for your patience.

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Hello Jordyn,

Please look for a private message from me. Thanks.

Answer 17

Hi, I would like to join this project.

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Hello D,

We're happy that you will be joining us in the PIP Voyage. We will be getting in touch with you within a week by private message.

Thanks for your patience.

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Hello D,

Please look for a private message from me. Thanks.

Answer 18

Hi, I'd like to join the project, since I'm already doing such work both as a member of Project England as well was with the profiles of my own ancestors. Some recent ones I've done include [[Hundemer-2|John Huntamer]], [[Forester-247|Brooke Forester]], [[Onslow-91| Richard Onslow]], [[Walton-6808|Izaac Walton]] and I am currently neck-deep in [[Thirlby-16|Thomas Thirlby]] as part of England Project's Orphan Trail-2. I have many more profiles in my own line to improve, and I figured adding the skills from the Voyage couldn't hurt!

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Hello Alan,

We're happy that you will be joining us in the PIP Voyage. We will be getting in touch with you within a week by private message.

Thanks for your patience.

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Hello Alan,

Please look for a private message from me. Thanks.