On 16/11/06, Birgitte SB birgitte_sb@yahoo.com wrote:
I think djvu sounds wonderful but I don't that many people understand how to use it. I certainly don't. Is this the format Commons would like us to be using for scanned books?
Commons has no preference about this! Whatever suits you. I was just under the impression that Wikisource used DJVu. From a comment by brion ( http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium/Archives/2006/07#DjVu_u... ) it looks like it's de.WS who uses it, as you said.
en.WS has decided to put scans on Commons as well but we are still stumbling about it. I would very interested in working the kinks out of this with people who are familar with Commons. I have a book I have begun to scan but haven't uploaded yet because I am uncertain of the best way to go about it. I do feel that in the long-term we need to see all scans on Commons so that WS can really grow into it's full potential as a workspace for creating free translations.
Well, we are certainly interested in working with WS too. Danny is running as a sysop on Commons and this is very likely to succeed. So maybe this will be helpful too.
Spangineer made a comment recently about Wikisourcians possibly being worried about Commons due to images being deleted or "fixed" erroneously. ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Pfctdayelise/Principles#Wikisour... ) As I said to him, Wikisourcians should feel confident about (politely! :)) reverting such changes and requesting that changes be made to a new copy of a file.
regards, Brianna