On 8 November 2013 23:41, Adam Morgan <wikisorcery@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