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Timelines
by Dovi Jacobs 09 May '11

09 May '11

Hi, at he.wikisource we created a namespace for any and all material *about* texts that are not actual texts themselves. Besides illustrations, annotations and the like, this certainly includes things like timelines, illustrative mappings of connected works, etc. Obviously categories should be well-used as the first step. Dovi ----------- Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 10:32:46 +0200 From: Lars Aronsson <lars(a)aronsson.se> Subject: [Wikisource-l] Timelines To: Wikisource <wikisource-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID: <4DC7A6AE.40004(a)aronsson.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Has any language of Wikisource tried new methods to connect works or mentions regarding the same time? The Swedish Wikisource has categories for works by decade (e.g. 1830s works), but that's all. And I think we could do more. For a specific date or event, we may have mentions in history books as well as newspapers from that day. But how should these points best be linked together? Are categories really our best tool?

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Timelines
by Lars Aronsson 09 May '11

09 May '11

Has any language of Wikisource tried new methods to connect works or mentions regarding the same time? The Swedish Wikisource has categories for works by decade (e.g. 1830s works), but that's all. And I think we could do more. For a specific date or event, we may have mentions in history books as well as newspapers from that day. But how should these points best be linked together? Are categories really our best tool? -- Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se) Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se

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Proofread 1000px page thumb bug
by Alex Brollo 09 May '11

09 May '11

I reloaded a new version of [[File:Progetto di una strada a guide di ferro da Venezia a Milano.djvu]], since previous souce was wrong (some pages lack the image of tables). Now, when proofreading, after many days from upload, when reading page :it:s:pagina:Progetto di una strada a guide di ferro da Venezia a Milano.djvu/94 the right, updated thombnail is shown, while the old, blank one is shown when editing the page. You can see the difference comparing the result of the code [[File:Progetto di una strada a guide di ferro da Venezia a Milano.djvu|page=94|1000px]] and [[File:Progetto di una strada a guide di ferro da Venezia a Milano.djvu|page=94|900px]]. The first one is wrong, the second one is right. What's happening? Is it a matter of patience only? Is there some trick to force a remote, exotic cache purging? Alex brollo

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Re: [Wikisource-l] How to get values of mediawiki php configuration variables
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 30 Apr '11

30 Apr '11

Alex Brollo, 30/04/2011 21:46: > Thanks, I found wgContentNamespaces into that page, but there's nothing > particular about itwikisource. > > The problem is: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} gives 49.936 articles while ns0 > pages are much fewer, about 44000 (of which, 2000 redirects). > > I can't understand this {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} result. :-( That number is not always updated (especially after mass deletions and the like). I see possibly incorrect numbers also for es.source and de.source. By the way, following previous discussions, I've opened <http://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Include_pages_.28and_poss…>, a proposal to make the official article count more realistic on all Wikisources. Please comment and support so that we can file the request to sysadmins on bugzilla. After that, we'll need in any case to update the article count, and problems like it.source's one (if any) will be resolved as well. Nemo

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How to get values of mediawiki php configuration variables
by Alex Brollo 30 Apr '11

30 Apr '11

Digging into it.source statistics, I'd need to read the corrent value of it.source $wgContentNamespaces<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgContentNamespaces> . Can I get it as a user or a sysop? If not, who have I to ask for? Alex brollo

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Writing reviews in Google Book Search
by Lars Aronsson 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

I found out that I can write reviews in Google Book Search. I didn't know this feature existed, so maybe it's new. I took the opportunity to add a "review" that informed that this particular volume is being proofread at Wikisource, http://books.google.com/books?id=EhRXuAD4aKAC Is this something we should do systematically? There are 24 volumes in the Swedish Wikisource alone, that are based on scans from Google. (So I guess there could be hundreds in the English Wikisource.) Did anybody try this already? Did you run into any problems? -- Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se) Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se

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WikiGuide on Wikisource
by Andrea Zanni 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

[sorry for cross-posting] Hello Wikisourcers. Wikimedia Italia is very proud to announce you the release of the new WikiGuide, a video tutorial dedicated entirely to Wikisource. The video, directed by Christian Biasco and produced by WMI, is a seven minutes long presentation of Wikisource projects, aimed to introduce new users into the complex mechanisms of the digital library. This is the third WikiGuide available, after the first on Wikipedia and the second on Commons. The video is available on Commons at the URL http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Italia_-_WikiGuida_3_-_Wik… and on Youtube too (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR0g5ACaC-g): it is released in CC-BY-SA. Italian subs are already available online (both on Youtube and Commons) and English subs are being traslated at the moment. We'll post again as soon as we have them (for further translations). Your collaboration would be very welcome. Best regards, Andrea Zanni / it:s:Utente:Aubrey -- Board Wikimedia Italia http://www.wikimedia.it

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Re: [Wikisource-l] who is dr.nate
by John Vandenberg 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Moka Pantages <mpantages(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Thanks for looping me in, Casey. > > Not sure who Dr. Nate is. We can try to recover. > > Let me know what you want to do. The info@ team at Twitter is pretty responsive. Moka, I have spent a few hours trying to work out who it is, and I am pretty sure they are not a wikisourcerer. If you could recover this name, that would be good. It isn't urgent. -- John Vandenberg

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New ref syntax and transclusion
by Alex Brollo 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

I found the new syntax <ref name="...">...</ref> ...... <ref follow="...">...</ref> .... <references /> A smart solution for a difficult trouble (splitted notes into different pages). But I didn't find the way to use effectively, in nsPage, the syntax <ref name="..." /> .... <references><ref name="...."></references> It would be great to use it in nsPage, to let "in place" references to enhance text readibility when proofreading and validating texts, and to save original text structure for easier script comparison with djvu text layer. Am I missing something? Can I found doc or examples of the latter syntax into a proofread source work? Alex

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who is dr.nate
by John Vandenberg 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

Does anyone know who 'dr.nate' is? http://twitter.com/#!/wikisource See http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Twitter -- John Vandenberg

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