Re: [Wikisource-l] The failure of the WScUg (Re: Scanner for you?)

2017-05-08 Thread David Cuenca Tudela
Guys, Thanks for sharing your positive outlook with me! If nothing else the community has worked in an unexpected way. I was able to express my worries and concerns to all of you, and I was reasurred with potential event chains that are not as grim as I had envisioned at first. I feel grateful

Re: [Wikisource-l] Scanner for you?

2017-05-08 Thread Sam Wilson
Wikimedia Australia (the western branch of it anyway) is about to start a three-month residency at the State Library of Western Australia, and we've got an office (which I'll be working from pretty much full time). If it's a success, perhaps in a few months' time I'd love to be able to put my hand

Re: [Wikisource-l] Scanner for you?

2017-05-08 Thread scann
Hi Nicolas, That's a Hackerspace scanner (Carles seems to have The Archivist one, which has some differences). I'm part of the DIY Book Scanner project, so if you have any feedback over why the project didn't work, it would be more than interesting to hear it. Maybe you also want to check out

Re: [Wikisource-l] The failure of the WScUg (Re: Scanner for you?)

2017-05-08 Thread Nicolas VIGNERON
Hi David, {{citation needed}} :P More seriously, I don't think that the WScUg has really failed. Sure, it runs slower right now and it can be improved but the group has accomplished some pretty awesome things (especially the wikisource conference in Wien which was awesome and resulted in the

Re: [Wikisource-l] Scanner for you?

2017-05-08 Thread Nicolas VIGNERON
Hi, Thanks for the proposal but Wikimédia France already has one (is it the same ? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Book_scanners_of_Wikimedia_France ) that is not often used (indeed it needs some tech skills and time). I don't recall if Wikimedia CH already has one or is currently

Re: [Wikisource-l] Scanner for you?

2017-05-08 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Thanks for this update on the DIY scanner projects. Carles Paredes Lanau, 07/05/2017 20:18: You can check the books scanned in the following link: https://archive.org/details/bibliotecammb586 Only one? Or do you mean all the 89 items in https://archive.org/details/bibliotecammb ? people