Hoi,
In my opinion this is a service not only for editors but for the complete
Wikimedia reader public. So the notion of putting it in that platform is
great but we need to advertise the finished books of Wikisource to the
whole world.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 12 October 2017 at 14:37, Sam Walton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I work on the Wikipedia Library program, and wanted to jump in with a
> passing thought I'd had about Wikisource and TWL. We'll be building search
> and discovery tools into the library card platform (
> https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/) that's currently under ongoing
> development. They'll index all the usually-paywalled resources we have
> access to, but also open access content. As part of that process it's a
> desire of mine to index completed Wikisource works, though I haven't given
> it much thought beyond 'that would be nice'. This might be able to function
> as a kind of centralised search for all completed Wikisource works, if
> implemented.
>
> If you're interested, the relevant Phab task is
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169875, where your thoughts are very
> welcome. It won't be worked on for a while and I can't guarantee that it
> will definitely happen, but if it's something the Wikisource community
> would benefit from, then that would absolutely increase the likelihood
> we'll work on it.
>
> Best,
> Sam
>
> On 12 October 2017 at 13:07, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Gerard Meijssen, 12/10/2017 15:04:
>>
>>> Given the discussion about finished books on the Korean Wikisource, I
>>> this demonstrates that we really need to advertise the finished books to a
>>> reading public.
>>>
>>
>> In Italy, after many years of talk with local libraries, the Wikisource
>> books are included in the catalogs of many libraries (also via a local
>> ebook provider, MLOL, who hired some wikimedians to work on the "open
>> collection", big kudos to them).
>>
>> Nemo
>>
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