Challenge of the week: Improve orphaned profiles

Question

Hi WikiTreers,

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

Once again, Aleš has come up with something to help us work together on a category of profiles that need our help. This time it's "orphans," i.e. profiles without Profile Managers.

Here is the table of orphaned profiles that could use some TLC.

Here's how to help. On the table, click on a number you see in the "Open" column or the column for the century in which you feel comfortable working, e.g. 1800s or 1900s. It doesn't matter which suggestion row you pick, e.g. "No dates on relatives" or "Father is too young." For this challenge, the individual errors and suggestions are just starting points that lead us to profiles that are likely to need help. When working on an orphaned profile, we don't just address individual suggestions. We look at the whole profile and try to improve everything we can about it before moving on to the next profile.

Will you join us?

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!

Comments

Challenge is active.

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I'm doing this daily so count me in.

Answer 1

Yes, I'll work on some orphans this week, focusing on References and Links errors!

Answer 2

will look to review a few

Answer 3

I will help

Answer 4

I chose one at random but was unable to fix. After an hour I gave up. I don't get how "Mother is self" can happen. I normally get a warning if I am about to save an obvious impossibility. I would never click "Save anyway." Wish WT would eliminate this option.

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There are situations where children were born earlier than 9 months after a sibling's birth. WT flags them, and you have to over ride the flag every time.

rsl

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Granted, that is not an impossibility. But if the system can recognize true impossibilities, such as "Mother is self," seems like it could be programmed to suppress the "Save anyway" option. I should at least removed the self mother of this orphan. Will try to find again.

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I've used the "save anyway" to allow me to save a large amount of work, then go back and fix the single issue that led to the error message. But you do need to remember to go back and resolve the issue.

But there is a person in my extended family who was born 8 months after a sibling's birth and without the ability to tell the program to ignore it, we would have put in inaccurate information that is proven with a good source.

Maybe an "are you sure" 2 step process, similar to the new Thank You, on the Save Anyway button would help?

rsl

Answer 5

Ill do a few to help out

Answer 6

I'll tackle a few.

Answer 7

Sounds like a good way to end the old year. Count me in.

Answer 8

I'm in! Willing to skip my sourcing for this.

Answer 9

Glad to help!

Answer 10

I'll continue to work on them.

Answer 11

Trying to help. Focusing on FindAGrave links.

Answer 12

I'll tackle some!

Answer 13

I will work on some orphaned profiles in Texas.

Answer 14

I will work on these as time allows me.  I usually do ones in the US, West Coast that have date problems.  Hope that information helps.

Answer 15

This is challenging work! Spent quite some time researching first orphaned profiles I reviewed. Now realize some of the errors are much more difficult than others!

Answer 16

I'll help! Just saw this...

Answer 17

I am going to dive in. Been wanting to help out for many years as a lurker. Need to get busy!

Answer 18

I'll work on some orphans this week.

Answer 19

Count me in!

Answer 20

I definitely do this multiple times a week so I'm certainly in- actually I adoptedbtwp this morning as they were a spouse and brother of a direct ancestor :) Cheers!