Yes, the Hackathon would certainly be a good place to send Tpt! :-D Also, other technically skilled users who want to join, and can help other developers to solve issue regarding Wikisource.
Aubrey On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:01 PM, Anika Born <[email protected]> wrote: > Quim Gil also mentioned the Hackathon 2016 in Israel (Thursday to Sunday March > 31 - April 4) may be a good opportunity > <http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/opportunity.html> to address some > wishes regarding Wikisource, especially to the hebrew(-RTL)-community. > * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T119703 > * https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T96826 > > I had the pleasure to meet Quim at the Wikiconventions 2014 and 2015 in > Cologne and Dresden. It made me happy today, to see he is (also) interested > in the (software)development of this project. > > I think that is a very good opportunity for Wikisource. Let's use it. > > > Anika > > 2015-12-16 22:17 GMT+01:00 Andrea Zanni <[email protected]>: > >> FYI: Danny was saying good things towards us in a Wikimedia-l thread, so >> I replied as you see below. >> Good job, guys. >> >> Aubrey >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 9:55 PM, Danny Horn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The Wikisource community did a tremendous job in showing up and giving >>> support to the Wikisource proposals. The top wishes in that category got >>> 41 >>> and 39 votes, which is really impressive considering the relative size of >>> the projects. >>> >>> The discussion on using Google's OCR in Indic language Wikisource is >>> especially interesting -- a lively debate about finding the right >>> solution >>> to what is clearly a deeply-felt need from a community that's working >>> really hard to add their languages' knowledge to the movement. I hope >>> that >>> having that debate here is a step towards a larger discussion about how >>> we >>> can support Wikisource projects. >>> >> >> >> Thanks, Danny. >> In the Wikisource Conference, held in Vienna from 20 to 22 November, we >> discussed a lot about what Wikisource needs to reach it's full potential as >> a project. We decided to agree on a priority list (here: >> https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wscon2015needs) and also to participate >> in the Survey. >> >> But, if you feel brave enough, there is the whole 665 lines Etherpad >> here: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/wscon2015weekend [1] >> >> Wikisource, as a project, is completely dependent on the Proofread Page >> Extension [2]. >> Unfortunately, the extension is maintained by volunteers only (I think, >> just one: Tpt). >> Also, the extension doesn't support RTL languages: so Wikisources in >> arabic, hebrew, farsi, indic languages don't really work as the others. >> >> This is to be added to the fact that there is no good embedded OCR for >> Indic languages, right now. >> >> And, finally, to the simple fact that we'd love to have the Visual >> Editor, *within* the ProofreadPage Extension, as Wikisource uses a *lot* of >> formatting, and that could enable many, many more users in proofreading and >> validating pages. >> >> Of course, we are a small community, but we're trying really hard to make >> our case. >> At the moment, to the best of my knowledge, there is no, and there's >> never been, any software development dedicated to Wikisource from the WMF. >> >> Aubrey >> (also a member of the Wikisource Community User Group) >> >> >> [1] I hereby claim this as the longest Etherpad written by a group of >> wikimedians (~40). I hope there is a prize for it. You can even read the >> Wikisource mission forged and translated in real time in 21 languages (line >> 564). >> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Proofread_Page >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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