Toddlin' Tortoises Team Chat for the July 2023 Connect-a-Thon

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Do you feel guilty that you are dragging down your usual 'Thon Team, because "everyone else" is doing 300 profiles to your one?  (I know I have done.)

Do you even avoid signing up for 'Thons because you just "work so slowly" that you fear YOU will be the reason they fail to come in the top five?  (I've felt this way, too.)

Do you want to participate, but avoid doing so for the above (or any other) reasons, and then live vicariously by hitting refresh on g2g to see what everyone else is doing?

Then WELCOME to the Toddlin' Tortoises Team — where we don't care if you are slow because you are thoroughly adding as much information as you can find – and verifying it all.  We are committed to a "whole profile approach" ideal — where we don't just add a source to satisfy requirements and think "I'll come back later and fill the rest in" (because we almost never do — due to rabbits and squirrels and shiny things).  

Our Team's commitment is to make each profile as "complete" as we can do at the time of creation (because no profile is ever truly "complete").

We don't care if the best you can do is a single profile.  If that's all you can manage, then that is your best!

If you haven't already registered for 2023s July Connect-a-Thon (starting 8am on the 14th and ending 8am on the 17th (United States Eastern time)), then this other thread is where you do that.  Be sure to click the Answer this post "button" and say which Team you'd like to join.  

If you'd like to be a part of this Team, just say you want to play with Hertyl and Spertyl, or "I'd like to be a Tortoise", or "I want to Toddle along", or anything else that will identify the Tortoises Team as the one you wish to join. 

Do be sure to click that large answer button, and not the comment link, as that won't count – and don't reply to someone else's answer, or comment, as neither of those count, either.

You can even ensure I get your name on the Team's Member list by returning here and posting to let me know! 

Check the Toddlin' Tortoises Team's main page for Team info, my silly images, and maybe more (if I think of anything, or you do).  You could also add what you plan to be working on, and any resources, or hints, that you think will be helpful to others, for this 'Thon to your name once I've added it to our member list — or feel free to add it yourself!



Want to see how the Team is doing so far?   Are we still in last place?  Are you a Hare among the Tortoises?   Once we have started, you can check here to see how we are doing.

If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or just want to "touch base" as you plod along, feel free to answer this post — or just post a comment, if that's your thing.

➢ There is also a Toddlin Totrtoises channel on Discord
➢➢➢ Note: If you are new to Discord and are taken to the registration screen, continue with the registration process and get signed into your account, then return here and click the link again.

Remember — the goal is to HAVE FUN while enhancing the overall growth and health of the Tree.  

It doesn't matter if we come last.  

In fact, if we DO come last, we'll have made every other Team look good!  (Who could ask for more?!)

(I think I got all my links correct!)

WikiTree profile: Space:ToddlinTortoisesConnect
in The Tree House by Melanie Paul G2G6 Pilot (426k points)

We are at that "counting down" stage again, with just two more days, plus whatever is left of today, for registrations which close at midnight US Eastern on Wednesday.

If you were thinking of signing up — and it doesn't have to be with us (although we'd love to have you!) — don't forget to go and register now!  (The full list of teams is here.)

Love from we who are not "turtles" because we have feet!

Today is the last chance to register for the upcoming Thon.  If you have not yet registered, you have until midnight US Eastern today to do so.
If you know someone who has been "thinking about it", tell them it's now or never (or at least until the next Thon rolls around).

You / they do not have to join our Team.  There are plenty of Teams who'd be as happy to have you / them as we are!  (See the list of Teams in the above comment.)
The important thing is that if you want to be part of the Thon, and on any Team, now is the time to join.  There are just hours left for this time around.

14 Answers

+9 votes
I've answered the main post and said I would participate with the Toddlin' Tortoises again.
by Nelda Spires G2G6 Pilot (576k points)

Yay!   I've got you added to the Team's page.  smiley

Sorry I didn't get more done for the 'thon. Circumstances conspired against me. Nothing too serious--mostly just inconvenient.
+11 votes

Do I feel guilty? NOOOO!

Do I even avoid signing up for 'Thons because you just "work so slowly NOOOO!

Do I want to participate, but avoid doing so, Well, I use to!

Sign me up! I don't know what I'm doing, but sign me up anyway!  I just wanna give Melanie a hard time!devil

I have my own list of people I need to profile!  I try to profile my work mate's family to see how far I can get.  Working on the  Shaw family.  

Already discovered a Notable Scientist in that family: So I might as well join up!

Actually I feel more comfortable joining a Thon now that I have pretty much passed my PIP Voyager apprenticeship!

SIGN ME UP! 

Here is the Notable I found working on my co-worker's family: Henry Gilman

by David Draper G2G Astronaut (3.9m points)

If you haven't yet read up on what the Connect-a-Thon is all about, you can do that here.

You can also check out our space pages, as listed in the opening post.

If you are serious about joining us, you will need to officially register.

+9 votes
Thank you - pleased to toddle with the Toddlin' Tortoises again - signed up
by Anne Young G2G6 Mach 9 (97.2k points)

Yay!   I've got you added to the Team's page.  smiley

+11 votes
Hi Melanie, I have answered the main post and would like to be part of the Toddlin' Tortoises team.
by Diane Darcy G2G6 Mach 2 (29.8k points)

Heya, Diane.  Welcome aboard the slow train!  smiley

+11 votes
Just signed up for the ‘thon. I didn’t think I was going to be able to do the July event, but it looks like I’ll be able to help out, after all.
by Katrina Lawson G2G6 Mach 4 (49.6k points)

Just remember, one profile, or 100, or 1,000 — the best you can do is the best you can do.  Real life, and family, always come first!  

+10 votes
Still all 'thumbs' when trying to use WikiTree and Discord. I clicked on link and it took me app in Chrome but put me on welcome to wikitree and I see other channels that I used last week but no tortoises.  I like to have the desktop app up.  how do I find Toddin Tortoises on Discord from the desktop? I'm JeriS (Steele-1107) JJSteele#0654.
by Jeri Steele G2G5 (5.1k points)

The Thon teams are down a way, under a heading that says "Teams".  If you can see the Teams heading, and it has a > beside it, you need to click that arrow.
I "pinged" you in the general-chat channel.  If you aren't yet full verified, you won't have all your channels.  If you are verified, I don't know how long after registering for the Thon that you get the channel for your Team.  (I tried to ping you in the Tortoises channel, and your name did not show up as an option.)

+9 votes
Signed me up again as well.
by Joan Hollander G2G6 Mach 3 (31.9k points)

Yay!

............................................

+9 votes
I've signed up. I have previously used discord for Wizards etc, but I can't seem to get into your channel? I click the link and it just takes me to the main Wikitree discord?
by Elizabeth W G2G6 Mach 2 (28.5k points)

G'day, Elizabeth, apparently it will take a little while for the bot to catch up with registrations after you get this Thon's badge.
Until then, there's always the genera- thon-chat channel if you can see that.  If not, drop a comment into the general-chat and I'll see if I recognise you (I don't see you when I attempt to ping.)

Ahh, thanks Melanie! I thought I had to do something, I couldn't remember what I did last time to join a channel haha. Thanks!!
+8 votes
I expect to have some time for this C-a-T for the first time in a while.  

I will be focusing on my family's 19th century kinship networks in Richmond, Virginia, and in the Shenandoah Valley, looking to connect them to ancestors who migrated there from points north (NJ, MA, NY).
by E. Compton G2G6 Pilot (196k points)

Heya, E!  Welcome aboard the slow train!  smiley

Remember, one profile, or many, makes no difference — and real life comes first.

+9 votes

Looking forward to being part of the team smiley

P.S. I just tried the Discord link and got a message "Unable to accept invite".

by Jayne Stidham G2G6 Mach 1 (10.0k points)
Do you have a discord account?  Were you using the browser version, or the app?  (That's about the sum of my knowledge, sorry.)
+7 votes
Very happy to be part of the team! I'm looking forward to the challenge!
by E Paulo G2G6 Mach 1 (13.4k points)

Welcome aboard the slow train!  laugh

Remember, one profile, or many, makes no difference to us — we'd rather "get it right" from the beginning than spend weeks(‽) fixing mistakes! 

I totally agree!!!  That's why I'm very excited to have been accepted by the team.  Love the team's name by the way :)

The littles thank you!

+4 votes

Hi Tortoises,

I want you to know that I'm sitting this 'Thon out on medical advice because I was rear ended on June 30th. The car was a total loss but thankfully no bones broken and I was alone in the car (my 94 yr old mother was with me on the same route the day before). I have a lot of healing yet to go from whiplash and concussion plus still lots of paperwork to push through with this addled pate.

I will be thinking of you all and hope you have a great weekend! I hope to come play next time around.smiley

by Anonymous Reed G2G6 Pilot (185k points)

Ouch!  You need to take care of yourself after something like that!  So happy to know your mother was not with you.  Our olds get rather more fragile than we, and we damage up badly enough.

You will be missed.  (I was wondering why you had not registered.)

Oh, no! I have been rear-ended and know, to some extent, how you're feeling. I hope you recover very soon!
I've been t-boned, but not rear-ended.  Not a lot of difference when it comes down to concussion, and/or whiplash injury.
+3 votes

First video hangout is starting shortly - July 2023 WikiTree Connect-a-Thon Kick-off Livecast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCZp8sGmTJs

Countdown has "got serious".

by Melanie Paul G2G6 Pilot (426k points)
+4 votes
Quick question re: tracking.  Is there a way for me to track how I'm doing in the challenge personally?  When I'm working on profile I see the a Challenge Tracker in the green box when in edit mode but when you click on it the Connect-a-thon is not listed.  Just wondering....
by E Paulo G2G6 Mach 1 (13.4k points)
That tracker is not needed (and does not work) for the Connect a Thons.  Tracking is automatic and based on us adding new profiles as spouse/child/parent/sibling of existing ones (using the edit links).  If you create a new profile that is not attached to an existing profile, and then attach it afterwards -- that does not count.

You can track your progress - and that of all the team members, and the teams -- here:

https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm
That makes sense.  Thanks so much.

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