User:Zoeannl/Bots


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I am working on a proof-reading guide that mirrors Distributed Proofreaders’ (Project Gutenberg) guide. Their proofreading statistics make Wikisource’s look pitiful so I figure they must be doing something right. There are many barriers to starting at Wikisource (and Wikipedia) that could be overcome if people could start with something familiar-like proofreading à la DP. And then they could build up skills that give them confidence to go on to wiki-ing or back to DP to project manage or do post-processing. I wanted to do more at DP but the learning curve was to steep-and I mostly do proofreading as a relaxation, DP has very (too) high standards because it produces a static product. I do think the Wikisource product is much better, I think it invaluable to have the original text attached to the ebook, and the possibilities with annotations are exciting. So I’m here… am becoming confident with templates, Beeswaxcandle’s suggestion is I should try scripts next to do some automated clean-up before proof-reading. And I’m wondering, if bots could be written for novices to use as they get to trying transclusion, e.g. checking for common scannos, picking up possible links to books or authors already in Wikisource…