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[[Category:Calendar]] == WikiTree Events for Cemetery Challenges 2024 == {{Image|file=WikiTree_Calendar.png|align=c|size=m|label=WikiTree Calendar Logo}} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=Cemetery Photographer's Challenge |page=Space:Cemetery_Challenge#Photographer.27s Challenge |tracking= All |length=1 month |start=2024-01-01 |g2g= |fsp= Add original gravestone photographs to existing profiles. }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=Cemetery Sourcing Challenge |page=Space:Cemetery_Challenge#Sourcing_Challenge |tracking= All |length=7 days |start=2024-01-07 |g2g= |fsp=Profiles are available at the [https://plus.wikitree.com/function/WTWebProfileSearch/Profiles.htm?Query=Cemetery+Unsourced&MaxProfiles=5000&PageSize=-1 Unsourced Cemetery Profiles page]. }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=Cemetery Connectors Challenge |page=Space:Cemetery_Challenge#Connectors_Challenge |tracking= all |length=7 days |start=2024-01-14 |g2g= |fsp= Connecting out unconnected cemetery profiles to the global tree. }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=Cemetery Collector's Mini-Challenge |page=Space:Cemetery_Challenge#Collector.27s_Mini-Challenge |tracking= All |length=7 days |start=2024-01-21 |g2g= |fsp=[[Space:Cemetery_Categorization|Categorize]] profiles in the applicable [[:Category:Cemeteries|cemetery category]]. }}

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'''The WikiTree Challenge''' is our biggest ongoing community event. Every other week, WikiTree volunteers collaborate to make discoveries for a single celebrity or guest star. {{Image|file=WikiTree_Challenge_2021-1.png |align=r |size=400 }} == Participation == Challenges run every other week. A challenge week is Thursday to Thursday. Each challenge has a {{G2G}} thread for registration, announcements and discussions. === Collaboration and competition === This is a '''collaborative''' ''and'' '''competitive''' challenge. The participants in each challenge week form a team. [[Help:WikiTree_Challenge#Awards_and_Prizes|Awards]] go to the top-scoring individuals in each challenge week, and to each member of the top-scoring team for the year. === Advance registration === Although registration is not required — everyone is invited to participate — it enables us to coordinate teams and award points. Only those who register will have their points counted. Registration is by week. It opens in {{G2G}} a few weeks before the start of the challenge. It will be "pinned" to the top of the G2G question list. Participants who register for any challenge week get the 2022 participation badge. {{Badge|Challenge 22}} === Before the week === Before the week they are featured, Mindy, the challenge coordinator, and the team captain use publicly-available information about the celebrity or work with the guest star and their family members to create WikiTree profiles for the starting person's non-living grandparents or great-grandparents. These are our four to eight starting points for the week. If any information about the starting person's ancestors beyond their great-grandparents is known, Mindy and the captain will make tree images available but not create WikiTree profiles. These ancestor profiles should be created during the challenge using independently-[[Help:Sources|sourced]] research. === Privacy for the living and recently-deceased === [[Help:Privacy|Privacy]] is very important on WikiTree. This challenge is no exception. * Do not add any information about living people. * Don't hesitate to add family relationships and basic birth, death, and marriage data obtained from public sources for any non-living people. * Biographical information on people who lived within the past 100 years should only be added with strict adherence to WikiTree's policy on [[Help:Recently Deceased Strangers]]. If the celebrity or guest star has expressed a wish for stricter privacy limits or that we avoid certain areas, this will be communicated by the team captain. === Team communication === Participants can choose to work independently, but frequent communication can make things more fun and collaborative. The G2G post for the week will list the eight great-grandparents. You can comment under the line you are working on and let others know what you are working on, or ask questions. There is a "[[Help:Discord|Discord]]" '''live chat''' channel. Many of us use this. It's active almost 24 hours a day during the challenge. There are five live '''Zoom''' video chats. You are invited to be in the room or just watch with your camera off. # [[Silva-1055|Mindy]] and the captain (when available) host two kick-off chats at the start of the week. The first is at kick-off which is noon EST (5pm UTC). The second is at 8pm EST (1am UTC). There may be announcements about interesting leads to pursue. # [[Tucker-11084|Donna Baumann]] hosts the weekend check-in. This is when the brick walls are announced for [[#Bounty_points|bounty points]]. You can chat about how the research is going, or ask questions, here. This will always be at noon EST (5pm UTC) # [[Silva-1055|Mindy]] hosts two wrap-up chats at the end of the week. These are at noon EST (5pm UTC) and 8pm EST (1am UTC). We share our discoveries with each other and bounty points are awarded or announced for the most interesting ones. === Scoring === ==== Points for new profiles ==== Scoring is automatic. You do not need to track the profiles you create. * '''Three points''' are awarded for creating a sourced profile of an ancestor of the starting person within 20 generations. * '''Two points''' are awarded for each nuclear relative of an ancestor within 20 generations. * '''One point''' is awarded for each additional person within seven degrees of the starting person. ''Fine print'': * Scores are recalculated every hour. * Points will be removed if they were awarded for a profile who is later disconnected. That is, if points were awarded for adding profiles who are later shown to be unrelated to the starting person, those points will not be counted when scores are recalculated. This could result in dramatic changes to scores. Similarly, points will be removed if they were awarded for a profile who is later merged into a profile that existed previously. ==== Bounty points ==== In addition to the points for creating profiles, participants can claim special '''10-point bounties''' in the following three categories. General notes: * To collect a bounty, post what you have found in the {{G2G}} thread for the week's challenge under the appropriate starting ancestor. After it is verified, a notice will be posted there that says the point bounty has been claimed. * Decisions about whether to award points are made by the team captain. They can be appealed to the challenge coordinator if there is any controversy. * Bounty points may be split if members worked together. * Bounty points may not immediately appear on the scoresheet since they are added manually. ===== Bounties for connections ===== A 10-point bounty can be claimed for the first unique connection to the global family tree for each starting ancestor (each grandparent or great-grandparent). * [[Help:Connection_Finder|Connections]] are relationships to existing profiles on WikiTree that have relationships to all the other profiles in our 24+ million person global tree. * Connections must be unique. If a connection starts with the same person as the connection in another line, it will be disqualified. * Connections can be any distance from the starting ancestor in any direction. * If the connection path has a very weak link, e.g. an unsourced profile, it may be disqualified. ===== Bounties for brick walls broken ===== At the start of the week, our starting people don't usually have "brick walls" (ancestors hidden behind stubborn research obstacles). We don't know where their brick walls will be until we hit them ourselves. At the mid-week check-in on Zoom, the team captain will announce up to eight (8) brick walls that need special attention. They can be on any of the starting ancestors' many lines. After the Zoom chat, the brick walls will be posted on the G2G thread for the appropriate starting ancestor. The first participant to find a mother or father beyond each brick wall will get a 10-point bounty. Only one 10-point bounty can be awarded for each brick wall. This is in addition to the automatic three points for adding the ancestor. Additional relatives and ancestors beyond the brick wall are scored normally. ===== Bounties for interesting discoveries ===== Participants who hunt for interesting stories can earn bounty points too. Twenty-four hours before the end of the challenge, the team captain will compile a list of up to 20 interesting discoveries made by participants up until that point. These might be stories about ancestors or relatives that were published in newspapers ... connections to notable people, places, or events ... information about family homesteads .... This list will then be sent to all participants. Each participant can vote for up to eight (8) favorites. The top eight vote-getters will earn 10-point bounties. These will be revealed in the video wrap-up on the final day. * To make sure your discovery is considered, report it on the G2G thread for the starting ancestor. * If there are eight or less reported discoveries, there will be no voting and all of them will earn bounty points. ==== Unscored statistics ==== The true value of genealogy contributions is impossible to measure. Scores are for fun. They are not meant to be comprehensive summaries of participants' contributions. For this challenge in particular, the scores are very narrowly focused on certain types of contributions, as described above. In order to show a wider range of contributions, everyone who has edited an ancestor or nuclear family member of an ancestor of the starting person during the challenge is listed on the table. These are the columns for "'''Profiles Edited'''" and "'''Total Edits'''." The former shows the number of unique profiles that were edited by the participant while the latter shows the total number of edits. === Awards and badges === * Everyone who participates gets a 2022 WikiTree Challenge participation badge. * Anyone who collects a point bounty gets a "Bounty Hunter" badge. * Every week's highest-scoring member gets a "Team MVP" badge. The team captain cannot be MVP. * Every participant in the highest-scoring week for the year gets a "WikiTree Challenge Winner" badge. * The team captain of the highest-scoring week for the year gets a physical trophy. {{Badge|Challenge Bounty 22}} {{Badge|Challenge MVP 22}} {{Badge|Challenge Winner 22}} == Challenge Leadership == === Team captains === Each week's team is led by a team captain or co-captains. {{Badge|Challenge Captain 22}} The team captain role is '''very important''' in this challenge. Captains: * Work with the challenge coordinator, [[Silva-1055|Mindy Silva]], before the challenge to prepare the starting profiles of grandparents or great-grandparents. * Participate in the kick-off event to introduce participants to what is already known about the starting person's family tree. * Lead the collaboration during the week so that researchers are coordinating their work when they are investigating the same ancestors. * Monitor progress and provide gentle guidance if they notice participants getting off track, e.g. creating profiles without sources. * Work with Mindy to verify bounty point awards. * Participate in the check-ins and wrap-up event at the end of the week. Like all genealogists on WikiTree, team captains are volunteers. Although they are not compensated, we can offer: * The sincere appreciation of our community. * A "Team Captain" badge. * A "WikiTree Challenge Team Captain" t-shirt or item of their choice. * A real, physical '''trophy''' if their team has the highest score for the year. The current team captain list: * Cheryl Hess * Christine Daniels * Donna Baumann * Janet Wild * Jay Menchaca * Joan Whitaker * Karen Lowe * Kathy Nava * Laura DeSpain * Maddy Hardman * Thomas Koehnline === Challenge coordinator === The challenge is administered by [[Silva-1055|Mindy Silva]]. Mindy coordinates with team captains, helps with registration, and represents the [[Help:WikiTree Team|WikiTree Team]] in what is our most ambitious event ever. If you have any questions or problems regarding the challenge, [https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:PrivateMessage&who=16847935&ref=18142862 contact Mindy]. == Calendar and Archive == === Finished and upcoming === {{Automated:Calendar Summary Active|WikiTree Challenge}} === Complete list === {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-01-05 00:00:00 |g2g=1339800 |fsp=Challenge 1 - Jimmy Wales }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-01-20 00:00:00 |g2g=1352298 |fsp=Challenge 2 - Paul Gilmartin }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-02-03 00:00:00 |g2g=1351081 |fsp=Challenge 3 - Hasse Fröberg }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-02-17 00:00:00 |g2g=1367331 |fsp=Challenge 4 - Adrienne Wilkinson }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-03-03 00:00:00 |g2g=1375946 |fsp=Challenge 5 - Oliver Wakeman }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-03-17 00:00:00 |g2g=1382353 |fsp=Challenge 6 - Jimmie Fadden }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-03-31 00:00:00 |g2g=1389825 |fsp=Challenge 7 - Elizabeth Gracen }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-04-14 00:00:00 |g2g=1397648 |fsp=Challenge 8 - CJ Cherryh }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-04-28 00:00:00 |g2g=1404222 |fsp=Challenge 9 - Derek Parra }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-05-12 00:00:00 |g2g=1412964 |fsp=Challenge 10 - Elon Musk }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-06-02 00:00:00 |g2g=1419722 |fsp=Challenge 11 - Kevin Bacon }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-06-16 00:00:00 |g2g=1424626 |fsp=Challenge 12 - Lois Bujold }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-06-30 00:00:00 |g2g=1431562 |fsp=Challenge 13 - Archie Griffin }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-07-21 00:00:00 |g2g=1437778 |fsp=Challenge 14 - Matthew McConaughey }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-08-04 00:00:00 |g2g=1445992 |fsp=Challenge 15 - Tom Cruise }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-08-18 00:00:00 |g2g=1453490 |fsp=Challenge 16 - J.Lo }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-09-01 00:00:00 |g2g=1458099 |fsp=Challenge 17 - Scott Turow }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-09-15 00:00:00 |g2g=1463959 |fsp=Challenge 18 - Olivia Newton-John }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-10-06 00:00:00 |g2g=1471417 |fsp=Challenge 19 - Mark Hamill }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-10-20 00:00:00 |g2g=1479361 |fsp=Challenge 20 - Roger Federer }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-11-03 00:00:00 |g2g=1484472 |fsp=Challenge 21 - Angela Lansbury }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-11-17 00:00:00 |g2g=1490906 |fsp=Challenge 22 - Robbie Coltrane }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-12-01 00:00:00 |g2g=1495694 |fsp=Challenge 23 - Mark Cuban }} {{Calendar Event|display={{{1|}}} |name=WikiTree Challenge |page=Help:WikiTree_Challenge |tracking= WikiTree_Challenge |length=1 week |start=2022-12-15 00:00:00 |g2g=1500682 |fsp=Challenge 24 - Mariah Carey }} * [[Space:WikiTree_Challenge_2021|WikiTree Challenge 2021]] ** [[Space:Calendar WikiTree Challenge 2021|2021 schedule]] === Wrap-ups and video highlights === {{Image|file=WikiTree_Image_Library-41.jpg |size=200 |link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu6n4qUg2U4 |caption=[https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1365941/wikitree-challenge-wrap-up-jimmy-wales-double-edged-history Jimmy Wales wrap-up] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu6n4qUg2U4 highlights video]. }} {{Image|file=WikiTree_Image_Library-72.png |size=200 |link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpWh4poaKo |caption=[https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1376150/wikitree-challenge-wrap-gilmartins-rodeo-clowns-trespassing Paul Gilmartin wrap-up] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpWh4poaKo highlights video]. }} {{Image|file=WikiTree_Image_Library-44.jpg |size=200 |link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThCDfcX_K0 |caption=[https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1387441/wikitree-challenge-3-wrap-up-hasse-froberg Hasse Fröberg wrap-up] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThCDfcX_K0 highlights video]. }}

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[[Category: Sourcerers Project]] Saturday Sourcing Sprints are weekly, one-day challenges for adding sources to unsourced profiles already present on WikiTree. They're fun and casual mini-versions of our annual Source-a-Thon, complete with stickers or badges for registered winners. Reporting consists of 4 primary tasks: # Add [[Space:Saturday_Sourcing_Sprints-_G2G_Post_template|Weekly Invitation post]] to [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/ask| G2G] by 9 AM EST (or 2 PM WikiTree Time, UTC) #*Subject Heading should be in the following format "Saturday Sourcing Sprint (dd Month YYYY)" where the "dd Month YYYY" is replaced with the actual day of the Sprint. #*Category selected should be "TreeHouse." #*Add the following tags under Surnames/Tags: sourcing_sprints challenges unsourced_profiles sources sourcerers #*Copy the [[Space:Saturday_Sourcing_Sprints-_G2G_Post_template|Saturday Sourcing Sprints- G2G Post template]] into the question text box #*Once you see the template text in the text box, place cursor immediately after the greeting of "Hello WikiTreers." #*Click on the "add image" icon (It looks like a box with a dot in the upper left corner and mountains). #* Paste the following in the URL field: http:// www.wikitree.com/photo.php/7/79/Social_Media_Collection-19.png (remove the space between "//" and "www") #* Change the "Alignment" to "Right" and click OK and then click Save Changes. This will Post to G2G. #*'''IMPORTANT''' once you see your post, you must make a note of the post '''NUMBER!''' This can be found by looking at the URL in the address bar '''after''' the /g2g/ but '''before'''/saturday-sourcing-sprint- # Adding new link on the [[Space:Calendar_Saturday_Sourcing_Sprints_2024|Calendar Saturday Sourcing Sprints]] page to the Tracker. #*Click Edit, #*Paste the following: '''after''' the 2024 Heading, '''replacing''' the carat "<>" with "{{}}" #*Replace the start= date with date of current date (this will be whatever the date is on the Friday in YYYY-MM-DD and replace the ####### after g2g= with whatever the post number was. # Monitoring the G2G post and responding to any posts or questions. # Update the Saturday Sprint Stats based on the Tracker report and award the top Sprint Sourcerer sticker.

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