On 8 November 2013 11:33, Richard Nevell <richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

But, returning to the point of this thread: proofreading Wikisource. If there is an appetite to take part, how would it be best organised? Checking for typos and using a spellchecker seems like the simplest approach, would it be one which results in a significant impact?

As a start, if WMUK thinks it would be putting some staff time towards this competition, the best thing might be to start a thread at

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Announcements

just saying you are considering backing it. 

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.  

Charles