On 8 November 2013 23:41, Adam Morgan <wikisorcery(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 8 November 2013 11:42:24, Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews at
ntlworld.com> wrote:
English Wikisource runs a "Proofread of the
Month" and one model would be
to adapt that to the needs of the competition ("all must have prizes" in
PoTM, namely a template on your userpage). So there could be a definite
bunch of works selected, where people proofread and validate them page by
page.
This would be the easiest to judge and the fairest to run, as all texts
could be of equal-ish clarity. I am currently working on a Georgian era
book and it can be quite awkward. Victorian to 20th Century would be
easiest as an entry point.
On the other hand, this does require someone actually coming up with a
list of books to proofread.
That someone would need to make the list, organise everything and
advertise the challenge in the next fortnight. Multiple languages would
need multiple lists.
The bare bones, for something on enWS, would be
*choice from out of existing texts on WS of a range of works, none too
hard to do (steer clear of special characters, heavy format and so on), and
*a page with links to the Index pages?
With explanations of the traffic-light quality system, and an outline of
the competition rules.
Charles