Index talk:The Dog.djvu

Welcome to "The Dog". This is a P1 (beginners’ proofreading) Project, managed by User:Zoeannl. For the purpose of this exercise, I have created, and re-OCRed the pages.

Please follow the PG Proofreaders Guidelines when Proofreading, especially retaining the line-breaks as this improves the accuracy of checking against the scan. I will remove the hard returns on Transclusion. I will also collate references, and link the Table of contents on Transclusion.

It would be helpful if proofreaders note on this page (in Edit mode):
 * any uncommon spellings i.e. spelling that is not common now. E.g. to-day. These should not be SICed.
 * any common scannos. We will have a bot trawl through the proofread text to catch any missed.

Chapter Title
Chapter Titles are followed by a mix of chapter starters. Please pick according to what the scan shows.

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Common scannos

 * Idiosyncrasies—consistent (mis)spelling etc. to be preserved
 * to-day;
 * bull-dog; Parnone (talk) 03:09, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Scanno list (common scanno for correct spelling)
 * cent. for cent; formulae for formulæ; naive for naïve;

Communication

 * Pages with work to do or feedback wanted: Please copy the djvu page link to reference and sign with 4 tildes
 * Page:The Dog.djvu/11: does this look OK? ~
 * Page:The Dog.djvu/11: does this look OK? Zoeannl (talk) 22:14, 30 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Please use the "missing" templates and/or mark the Page Status as problematic if you have left formatting to do e.g. tables, images or if there are foreign characters in the text. Help:Beginner's guide to proofreading
 * Exceptions to Proofreading guide: please ask or note anything that is not covered by the Proofreading guide.
 * here


 * Note here if you checked against another scan
 * e.g. This scan used to determine illegible text on Page:The Dog.djvu/11 ~


 * This scan used to determine illegible text on Page:The Dog.djvu/11 Zoeannl (talk) 00:38, 29 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Internal communication within text: <--Note this--> for explanations of your work to the validator/ project manager/ anyone interested.


 * This scan used to determine illegible text on Page:The Dog.djvu/12 ("northerr" should be "northern") Parnone (talk) 03:09, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Contributors: "Pages I have done"

 * Project manager Zoeannl (talk) 22:14, 30 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Parnone (talk) 02:26, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * add yourself here

Automatic listing of links
Any links will be collated at transclusion
 * Wiktionary links to uncommon/obscure words; foreign quotes for Wikiquote
 * Author links
 * Publication references (to be considered for WS inclusion if not already published in WS)

Prepared Images
Table with image links and page numbers

I copied this format from Popular Science. Would you anticipate any problems using it generically for "easy" images? Cheers, Zoeannl (talk) 23:55, 3 November 2021 (UTC)


 * PSM used an old version of my current design. Below is what I use now, change the name between {{FIS and {{FI, and delete the unneeded parameters.


 * {{FIS is  based for offset images which allow the text to flow around the template naturally in a single paragraph.


 * {{FI is  based and I use it for centered images. Paragraphs break into two, when floating to left or right

{{FIS | file        = | width       = px | float        = left or right | margin-right = 8px | margin-left = 8px | cstyle      = margin-top:2em; !important | tstyle      = font-variant:small-caps | talign      = center | top-caption or caption = }}


 * Same template altered for centered images

{{FI | file        = | width       = px | cstyle       = margin-top:2em; !important | tstyle      = font-variant:small-caps | talign      = center | top-caption or caption = }}


 * — Ineuw (talk) 04:42, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * {{ping|Ineuw}} Thank you! I am downloading the image by right clicking the page scan, then cropping. I want to make the background of the image white or transparent? Do you have any recommendations on how to do this? Cheers Zoeannl (talk) 23:39, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, I just checked Help:image and there is new instructions. I'll attempt following them. Cheers Zoeannl (talk) 23:58, 4 November 2021 (UTC)
 * I use Irfanview as the image tool. It's simple and powerful. I can help you with that. Also, I work with IA's .jp2 files, which are the "best quality". Then I batch convert them to .jpg or .png. Batch operations can also cleanup the image 90%. — Ineuw (talk) 00:07, 5 November 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, step-by-step.
 * I am looking at files already uploaded to Commons and WS. The Dog is .djvu. The file page has the original IA address. Do I need to download the individual pages from IA as .jp2? I can do that.
 * I've been unable to download Irfanview on my computer. I'll ask my husband to help me tomorrow. I downloaded GIMP but I couldn't follow the instructions.
 * The FIS template has a page option-can I make a single document(?) with the book's images and only upload that one document to Commons?
 * Cheers, Zoeannl (talk) 00:41, 5 November 2021 (UTC)