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===DNA testing and confirmation=== |
===DNA testing and confirmation=== |
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Registered users can provide information about their [[Genealogical DNA test#Autosomal DNA (atDNA) testing|autosomal DNA test]]s and to link their WikiTree profile pages to autosomal DNA data packages they have uploaded at the [[GEDmatch]] website. GEDmatch publishes links to the WikiTree family trees of individuals who use this feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:GEDMatch|title=Help:GEDMatch|website=WikiTree|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref> Tools on the WikiTree website automatically display persons who took autosomal DNA tests and are within 3rd cousins of each other, allowing the display of several generations of ancestors and descendants who could have contributed to or inherited portions of a person's X chromosome(s), and allow Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA test results to be associated with the position of each father and mother in a person's family tree.<ref>{{cite web|title=WikiTree| url=http://www.isogg.org/wiki/WikiTree |work=International Society of Genetic Genealogy Wiki |publisher=[[International Society of Genetic Genealogy]] |date=5 September 2019 |access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref> |
Registered users can provide information about their [[Genealogical DNA test#Autosomal DNA (atDNA) testing|autosomal DNA test]]s and to link their WikiTree profile pages to autosomal DNA data packages they have uploaded at the [[GEDmatch]] website. GEDmatch publishes links to the WikiTree family trees of individuals who use this feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:GEDMatch|title=Help:GEDMatch|website=WikiTree|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref> Tools on the WikiTree website automatically display persons who took autosomal DNA tests and are within 3rd cousins of each other, allowing the display of several generations of ancestors and descendants who could have contributed to or inherited portions of a person's X chromosome(s), and allow Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA test results to be associated with the position of each father and mother in a person's family tree.<ref>{{cite web|title=WikiTree| url=http://www.isogg.org/wiki/WikiTree |work=International Society of Genetic Genealogy Wiki |publisher=[[International Society of Genetic Genealogy]] |date=5 September 2019 |access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref> |
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===Events=== |
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WikiTree runs events that aim on improving the quality and/or quantity of biographical data on the site, often by employing some kind of [[gamification]] to motivate the community. |
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Among those are monthly challenges, some aim to remove potential errors found by automated data analysis. These errors include dead links, contradicting ages at marriage or birth of children, typos in location names, and others.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Data_Doctors_Challenge |title=Data Doctors Challenge |website=WikiTree}}</ref> |
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About quarterly there are 72-hour contests in which teams of members strive to either create (Connect-a-thon) or improve (Source-a-thon, Clean-a-thon) as many profiles as possible. |
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The WikiTree Challenge<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:WikiTree_Challenge |title=WikiTree Challenge |website=WikiTree}}</ref> features week-long events in which a team of volunteer genealogists collaborate on profiles for a special guest star or genealogical society. Previous WikiTree Challenge guests include Wikipedia founder [[Jimmy Wales]], [[Henry Louis Gates Jr.]] of the show [[Finding Your Roots]], [[CeCe Moore]] of the show [[The Genetic Detective]] and writer [[A. J. Jacobs]]. |
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== Reception == |
== Reception == |