Hi,
As the Wikimedia Summit 2019 ended recently, it would be great if the
representative from Wikisource User Group can share his experience and
submit a report.
Regards
Bodhisattwa
On September 16, ten days ago, I got a relapse and started to
contribute to Wikisource again. I found some nice PDF files
and uploaded them to Commons, a total of 81 issues of the
official gazette of Finland from the winter 1878. I have
since then been proofreading several pages from the first
week of March (when the peace at San Stefano was signed), e.g.
https://sv.wikisource.org/wiki/Finlands_Allmänna_Tidning_1878-03-05
But previews (thumbnails) have been generated for none of these
81 PDF files. I am able to proofread the text (embedded in the PDF)
only because I keep local copies of the PDFs that I can view.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Finlands_Allmänna_Tidning_1878
On September 17, I asked about this problem on the Help desk,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk#PDF_previews_missing
and a kind person registered the problem in Phabricator,
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T151202
but then nothing has happened in more than a week.
So there is not only a problem in generating thumbnails, but
also in responding to a reported problem.
I don't even know if there is a technical problem with the
PDF files I uploaded or if this is a temporary technical
problem on Commons. (But since I can view the local files,
I assume the files are okay.)
--
Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
Linköping, Sweden
Dear all,
A new feature should be deployed on Wikisource Wednesday. it allows to
easily add categories to Index: pages.
A new field is added at the end of the Index: pages editing interface
that allows to input the categories the Index: page should be in.
The change is already live on the beta environment:
https://en.wikisource.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Index:Wind_in_the_Willows_(1913…
The categories Foo, Bar and Bat are added using the new feature.
The categories inserted inside of other Index: pages fields still work
as before.
It uses a JavaScript editing widget similar to HotCat with a text
based fallback for editors with JavaScript disabled or too old web
browsers.
For bots/gadgets people: these categories are serialized in Wikitext
just like in regular wikitext pages, at the end of the Index: pages
wikitext serialization. Most bots/tools should that are used to deal
with categories should work without changing anything. You might
however need to loosen the content model filter from "wikitext" to
"wikitext" or "proofread-index".
For interface editors: the "category" field is a "magic" field
directly managed by ProofreadPage. You do not need to (and you could
not) add it using the usual ProofreadPage system messages.
Cheers,
Thomas