There have been a couple of responses.
To me there is nothing that has excellent metadata that allows the
import of files to Commons. To do it well, the data at IA needs to be
updated, with splits; it is good data, but it is not excellent data.
There are regularly errors or significant omissions, poor scans, etc.
I simply would not rely on the data being suitable accurate for
automated addition, it all needs review.
To get a bot to do the process well we would need
1) Wikidata well-populated with reviewed metadata from IA, including
with IA links involving a review process.
2) A bot that can load to Commons utilising IA metadata, utilising the
improved data at WD. This would include the addition of creator
templates for the authors in the book template
3) A bot to create the pertinent Index page at the relevant wiki.
So to me, I would much prefer to see the means to enter accurate
wikidata from IA, and THEN have the ready means from WD to put into
action the transfer and creation processes at Commons and the xxWS [be
it a button governed by a javascript gadget]. This puts us ahead of
the game of bad or missing data in WD, which is still a burden and a
significant weakness in the system (well it is for enWS).
[Noting that with an accurate {{book}} template that any administrator
at Commons can import files directly from Commons in a very quick
process without use of any bot. So as there are already bots out there
that can import files, it is not a technical issue for an
administrator bot to do it. The issue, is not the import, it is the
data that goes with the import. ]
Regards, Billinghurst
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Bodhisattwa Mandal
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Two questions-
>
> 1) Is there any bot running which can use the IA upload tool to transfer
> files from Internet Archive to Commons? I see lots and lots of public domain
> files in IA but they are not present in Commons. Its next to impossible to
> be done manually.
>
> 2) Is there any bot running, which can create index pages in respective
> language Wikisources, whenever a pdf or djvu files are uploaded from IA?
>
> If they are not present, can theses bot accounts be created?
>
> Regards
> --
> Bodhisattwa
>
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