Recently I lost my Wikisource virginity, becoming not a passive cheerleader
for the project but an active contributor. I have to say it's been a more
rewarding experience than expected.
I'd heard in a few places that imports from the Internet Archive, or
imports of .djvu files, weren't reliable,
I am hosting some editathons:
Thurs 28 May, Birmingham:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Royal_Society_of_Chemistry/BH-2015
at Birmingham Museums Collection centre (only rarely open to the
public!). We'll enjoy a 'backstage tour and the opportunity to
photograph objects, as
On 8 May 2015 at 17:50, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
I am hosting some editathons:
Thurs 28 May, Birmingham:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Royal_Society_of_Chemistry/BH-2015
at Birmingham Museums Collection centre (only rarely open to the
public!). We'll
An impressive number of reputable organisations have signed The Hague
Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age:
http://thehaguedeclaration.com/the-hague-declaration-on-knowledge-discovery-in-the-digital-age/
I think that WMUK should, too. It aligns closely with existing WMUK
On 8 May 2015 at 18:15, geni geni...@gmail.com wrote:
Thurs 28 May, Birmingham:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Royal_Society_of_Chemistry/BH-2015
at Birmingham Museums Collection centre (only rarely open to the
public!). We'll enjoy a 'backstage tour and the opportunity to
On 8 May 2015 at 11:05, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.com wrote:
One surprise was that having entered data about the book into Commons, I had
to enter the same data again into Wikisource. Later when I went through
Preferences on Wikisource, I saw an option to automatically copy book data
from
That leads to an interesting point. What training materials are there for
Wikisource?
On 8 May 2015 at 13:01, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
On 8 May 2015 at 11:05, Martin Poulter infob...@gmail.com wrote:
One surprise was that having entered data about the book into Commons,
