Dear All, On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice update.  On 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with the completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા" (Saty Naa Prayogo Athavaa Aatmakathaa)  It is the Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi (The story of my experiments with truth).  This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters in 5 sections. The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month before. The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this project. સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla) ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas) vyom25 (Vyom) સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra) જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara) અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain) jaishree Roopal Mehta સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia) જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh) નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia) Findjigar દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil) To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story!  13 wikilibrarians from all over the world collaborated on this! That is amazing for a relatively new community. I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia from Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and Dhaval Vyas for being inspirations behind it.  Incidentally, Ashok managed the scanning of all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects of project management. For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, do look at the discussions on this page [http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE…] Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom. There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with:  આજ આનંદ મારા આંગણે રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is a joyous day for us!" Congratulations to the Gujarati community. Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best. Warmest Regards, Shiju Alex _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Hi Dhaval, No doubt a great achievement and my very sincere congratulations. I just wanted a clarification. This is very important! Have you checked each word for correctness against the original text? Or is it OCR'd text? Sincerely Ashwin On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Shiju, > > Thanks a million for sharing this with the wider community. > > An update: > > The next collaborative work is already started and in just a week's > time, it > is almost 25% completed as well. > > Kind Regards, > Dhaval > > On 2 May 2012 16:11, "Shiju Alex" <shiju(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice update. >>  On >> 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with the >> completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા" (Saty Naa Prayogo >> Athavaa >> Aatmakathaa)  It is the Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi (The story >> of >> my >> experiments with truth).  This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters in >> 5 >> sections. >> >> The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month before. >> >> The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this project. >> >> સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla) >> ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas) >> vyom25 (Vyom) >> સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra) >> જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara) >> અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain) >> jaishree >> Roopal Mehta >> સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia) >> જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh) >> નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia) >> Findjigar >> દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil) >> >> To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story!  13 >> wikilibrarians >> from all over the world collaborated on this! That is amazing for >> a relatively new community. >> >> I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia >> from >> Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and Dhaval >> Vyas for >> being inspirations behind it.  Incidentally, Ashok managed the >> scanning >> of >> all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects of >> project >> management. >> >> For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, do >> look >> at >> the discussions on this page >> >> >> >> >> [http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE…] >> >> Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom. >> >> There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with:  આજ આનંદ મારા >> આંગણે >> રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is a >> joyous >> day for us!" >> Congratulations to the Gujarati community. >> >> Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best. >> >> Warmest Regards, >> >> Shiju Alex >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Hi Dhaval, That is really very good to hear. We must maintain the highest standards in all things WikiSource. Unlike Wikipedia, errors cannot be allowed to co-exist. Well done to all Gujarati Wiki-Source-ians. Keep yup your great work. I request that this book may be please be got "officially" released to gain publicity and attention to Gujarati WikiSource & the community. Ashwin On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Ashwin, > > Not only this book, but the other one that is completed and the one > underway, are all proof read against original. These are all manually > typed > and not OCR'd. Thanks to the lack of available OCR Tool/software for > indic > scripts. > > If you or anybody else here is aware of good and reliable tool for > Indic, > especially Gujarati, script please share. That will help us upload > book > in > remarkably less time than it has taken. > > Best, > Dhaval > > On 2 May 2012 17:01, "Ashwin Baindur" <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi Dhaval, >> >> No doubt a great achievement and my very sincere congratulations. I >> just wanted a clarification. This is very important! Have you >> checked >> each word for correctness against the original text? Or is it OCR'd >> text? >> >> Sincerely >> >> Ashwin >> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <dsvyas(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Dear Shiju, >> > >> > Thanks a million for sharing this with the wider community. >> > >> > An update: >> > >> > The next collaborative work is already started and in just a >> > week's >> > time, it >> > is almost 25% completed as well. >> > >> > Kind Regards, >> > Dhaval >> > >> > On 2 May 2012 16:11, "Shiju Alex" <shiju(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> Dear All, >> >> >> >> On behalf the Gujarati community, I wanted to share a nice >> >> update. >> >>  On >> >> 22nd April, Gujarati Wikisource reached a major milestone with >> >> the >> >> completion of " સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા" (Saty Naa Prayogo >> >> Athavaa >> >> Aatmakathaa)  It is the Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi (The >> >> story >> >> of >> >> my >> >> experiments with truth).  This book has 454 pages in 169 chapters >> >> in >> >> 5 >> >> sections. >> >> >> >> The work to digitize this book was started less than 1 month >> >> before. >> >> >> >> The following Gujarati wiki librarians contributed to this >> >> project. >> >> >> >> સુશાંત સાવલા (Sushant Savla) >> >> ધવલ વ્યાસ (Dhaval Vyas) >> >> vyom25 (Vyom) >> >> સતિષ પટેલ (Satish Chandra) >> >> જેઠાભાઇ ઓડેદરા (Jethabhai Odedara) >> >> અશોક મોઢવાડીયા (Ashok Modhavadia - Captain) >> >> jaishree >> >> Roopal Mehta >> >> સંજય બાલોતિયા (Sanjay Balotia) >> >> જીતેન્દ્રસિંહ (Jinedrasinh) >> >> નિલેશ બંધીયા (Nilesha Bandhia) >> >> Findjigar >> >> દેવેન્દ્રસિંહ ગોહિલ (Devendrasinh Gohil) >> >> >> >> To me, this is actually the biggest part of this story!  13 >> >> wikilibrarians >> >> from all over the world collaborated on this! That is amazing for >> >> a relatively new community. >> >> >> >> I would like to acknowledge the contributions of Ashok Modhavadia >> >> from >> >> Junagadh for managing the project, and for Sushant Savla and >> >> Dhaval >> >> Vyas for >> >> being inspirations behind it.  Incidentally, Ashok managed the >> >> scanning >> >> of >> >> all the pages, the allotment of chapters, and all other aspects >> >> of >> >> project >> >> management. >> >> >> >> For anyone interested in how to manage a Wikisource initiative, >> >> do >> >> look >> >> at >> >> the discussions on this page >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [http://gu.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE…] >> >> >> >> Digitization of the next book will be managed by Vyom. >> >> >> >> There is an lovely quote I will close this mail with:  આજ આનંદ >> >> મારા >> >> આંગણે >> >> રે લોલ! (Aaj aanand maara aangane re lol!) which means "Today is >> >> a >> >> joyous >> >> day for us!" >> >> Congratulations to the Gujarati community. >> >> >> >> Wishing Gujarati wiki community all the best. >> >> >> >> Warmest Regards, >> >> >> >> Shiju Alex >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Warm regards, >> >> Ashwin Baindur >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l