Hello everyone,
I write to let you know about a really interesting project on Wikisource. A
group of volunteers, including Charles Matthews, has just finished
digitising the Victorian-era Dictionary of National
Biographyhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900.
The project is the result of the efforts of over 30 volunteers since 2008
and has led to over 30,000 articles being added to Wikisource.
Charles has put together a blog post about the project which can be seen
herehttp://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/02/victorian-era-dictionary-of-national-biography-digitised-on-wikisource/
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Thanks and regards,
Stevie
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