Titanic Profiles Pop-up Challenge!
Remember the 111th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15th, 1912 with this one-day Pop-up challenge.
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. More than 1,500 died and it remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of an ocean liner or cruise ship.
My goal for this challenge is to create profiles for 3rd class passengers and crew. Tables have been made on the project page that lists each passenger/crew. Keeping the tables updated will allow participants to know which ones still need to be created.
Here is a suggested method for creating a profile.
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Choose a name from either list that does not have a hyperlink to a profile page. Towards the bottom of each table there are about 400 3rd Class & 500 Crew left to be created.
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Use your browser and type in “encyclopedia titanica {insert passenger name here}” This will give you basic information on the passenger or crew member you have chosen. This site is not a primary source, but it will give you information that you can use to search your favorite genealogy sites for further sources.
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Create the profile with the basic information you have found. Add the citation and link for Encyclopedia Titanica page under a See Also: section underneath the biography. Add any other sources and biography information to the biography section as well.
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If you find there is already a profile created for this passenger or crew member, please add the link to the profile to the appropriate table so that others don’t try to duplicate it again. If you aren’t comfortable adding the link to the table please note that in the answer to this post so that I can add it for you.
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Please add the following categories to your profile[[Category:Titanic Project Needs Biography]][[Category:RMS_Titanic]][[Category:3rd_Class_Passengers_on_Titanic]] or [[Category:Titanic Project Needs Biography]][[Category:RMS_Titanic]][[Category:Crew of the Titanic]]
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When you have added the categories, appropriate sources and biography, please add the link to the profile to the correct table and then orphan the profile.
Answer this post with links to the profiles you create and/or found. The Titanic Project will then adopt the profiles for further development. Please post any questions here as well, and I will try to answer timely.
