On 16/11/06, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb(a)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_…
) 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#Wikisou…
) 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