User talk:EncycloPetey/Archives/2013

Category:PSM uncategorized articles
Hi. There are numerous articles related to Zoology and Botany in Category:PSM uncategorized articles waiting for your categorization. Could you kindly look them over and add the proper categories. Thanks. — Ineuw talk 04:44, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

"Red skies in the morning....."
EncycloPetey, this isn't highly important but I do think the letters in the color red should be duplicated here  —Maury (talk) 02:07, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * That's not possible unless we fail to link the author. I think it's less inportant, as the other only red text is the "Contents" headers and the page number on page vi.  As a result, I didn't make the text red. --EncycloPetey (talk) 02:09, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I understand and understood what you have stated. It wouldn't look good. I have seen a book done by (I think) AdamBMorgan where red was used and it looked very good but there was no blue link in his area of text.—Maury (talk) 02:19, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I have likewise seen colored text done successfully. It works best when the book itself was printed as a work of art as much as a book.  In this instance, that's not so, as only the title page has anything resembling an "arty" look. --EncycloPetey (talk) 02:22, 30 March 2013 (UTC)

April PotM
Hi, the missing text layer on the PDF is a problem for a PotM. I've found a couple of versions on IA with DjVu files as noted in the Wikisource talk:Proofread of the Month. Would you have time to bring one of them over? Beeswaxcandle (talk) 23:46, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I might, later today, but I need to know which one we want. Someone needs to see which possibility in of suitable quality, and whether it is complete, without scanning problems. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:47, 31 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I looked through both editions on IA; (1) 1st edition has at least two instances where there are two identical sets of images back-to-back (see images between pages 26 & 27 for example. Some images are B&W.  I believe all numbered pages to be present and in the correct order otherwise.  (2) 2nd edition: Better images to work with, no double-images or B & W images, all pages present & in order.  One page (230) is a blur, however—almost non-existent.  Just a quick run-through... Londonjackbooks (talk) 00:07, 1 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks LJB. I've asked George for advice as to the best way forward. There's still some pages left for validation in the March work so we can let it run an extra day or two, while we sort the file out. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 07:08, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Subtitle
I was basing on Help:Index pages: "The subtitle should not be part of the link." But if disambiguation is needed (although I could not see it), then thats fine. Moondyne (talk) 00:23, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Freehand formatting
When doing works, especially PotM, we have generally tried to not have a 'freehand' size formatting [//en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Page%3ANatural_History%2C_Birds.djvu%2F169&diff=4449837&oldid=4419981&diffonly=yes], generally we have applied a more standard smaller (or similar) approach. Or if we are looking to have something like the approach taken, then it is worthwhile having that discussion/noting such on the corresponding 'Index_talk:' page. Not to say that I am disagreeing with the choice of size, just more about how we get a consistent approach. Guess that we are going to have to run a bot through the work anyway. — billinghurst  sDrewth  02:21, 27 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Certain kinds of templates interact well, and others don't, and in this case there was a way to format the text without calling another template, which is the approach I prefer. The page I was formatting had used a multi-page formatting template, which was clearly wrong, so I checked the work's Talk page, but there was no stated preference for formatting. If people don't state the standard set for the work, then I can't follow it. I found also that there was quite a lot of missed punctuation in proofread and verified pages, which doesn't bolster my confidence in the final product.  --EncycloPetey (talk) 02:48, 29 May 2013 (UTC)

Title
EncycloPetey, will you please fix the title properly? so that it shows:

M F Maury address - Philodemic Society - 1846

This is inside of the Index worked on today where we add the title. For some reason mine is not a hotlink

Kind regards, —Maury (talk) 19:00, 2 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure I understand where you want me to edit. Can you provide a link to the location? --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:05, 2 June 2013 (UTC) V


 * Sorry, I myself am having great difficulty on this borrowed and confusing laptop until my new computer arrives.

The url is here http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:M_F_Maury_address_before_the_Philodemic_Society.pdf

Fixing any portion of that area will help.—Maury (talk) 16:06, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Riders of the Purple Sage
Hi,

I see this Index marked for structural issues yet I cannot find any at first (or 2nd) glance - can you clue me in on the exact issue(s) so I can go about resolving it/them? Thx. -- George Orwell III (talk) 20:57, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I posted in the Scriptorium. It's just the Google notice at the front that needs to be removed, so that the Index file will align correctly.  Otherwise, the file is fine. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:59, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Oh. OK. I'm on it. Look for an updated File: in about 20 minutes or so. -- George Orwell III (talk) 21:14, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:35, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Done & FYI - I happen to notice scan page nos. 67 & 91 have portions clipped or blurred. -- George Orwell III (talk) 21:40, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Yes, I'd noticed the damage to the original book as well, but this is by far the best copy for images, and is also the first edition and not a later one. The damage seems minimal, and Adam thought it would not be a problem, so I followed his advice. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:43, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


 * I actually missed page 91. However I found another scan of the same edition and patched it up.  It should be OK now. Sorry for a delay on assisting with this, I've been really overwhelmed in meatspace recently. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 00:21, 15 June 2013 (UTC)


 * No worries. I always try to have lots of projects going at once, so that I'll have plenty to work on when unexpected events intervene.  In any event, I hadn't gotten around to working with Riders until a little while ago today, so it's not as if I've been waiting around.  Thanks for the fix! --EncycloPetey (talk) 00:25, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Spambots
Hi. Edits by spam-only accounts like and  should be deleted and the users globally locked. The next time you see one of these, just nominate it for speedy deletion. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 21:23, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm an admin; I don't have to nominate anything. I have no means of taking global action, however, nor the means to verify that an edit was made by a spambot. I'm not going to block what could be a legitimate account merely because I assume it was done by a bot.  I will sometimes block for spam-only accounts, but not out of a guess. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:31, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * See this and this, and NTSAMR. Best regards, --LlamaAl (talk) 21:55, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Index:Gems of Chinese literature (1922).djvu
Hello. Thank you for fixing up both Page:Gems of Chinese literature (1922).djvu/15 and Gems of Chinese Literature/K'ung Fu-Tzŭ'' (Confucius)/Miscellaneous Extracts. What a dopey mistake! Obviously, I didn't even realise it until after you'd corrected things again. MODCHK (talk) 06:05, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. That's why I browse Recent Changes: I find interesting stuff or sometimes find little errors I can help with, and I know that other folks out there are doing the same for me. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:33, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Index:Laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylonia.djvu
Index:Laws of Hammurabi, King of Babylonia.djvu has now been validated. ✅ --kathleen wright5 (talk) 12:57, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Second Freedmen's Bureau Bill
Hi EncycloPetey, thanks for your help so far with the Second Freedmen's Bureau Bill. . What next? Does Wikisource have its own OCR system? We are trying to build sources for 40 acres and a mule. Thank you & aloha! Groupuscule (talk) 10:36, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikisource User Group
Wikisource, the free digital library is moving towards better implementation of book management, proofreading and uploading. All language communities are very important in Wikisource. We would like to propose a Wikisource User Group, which would be a loose, volunteer organization to facilitate outreach and foster technical development, join if you feel like helping out. This would also give a better way to share and improve the tools used in the local Wikisources. You are invited to join the mailing list 'wikisource-l' (English), the IRC channel #wikisource, the facebook page or the Wikisource twitter. As a part of the Google Summer of Code 2013, there are four projects related to Wikisource. To get the best results out of these projects, we would like your comments about them. The projects are listed at Wikisource across projects. You can find the midpoint report for developmental work done during the IEG on Wikisource here.

Global message delivery, 23:21, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Email
Hi EncycloPetey, I have sent you a Wikisource email.--Erasmo Barresi (talk) 13:53, 6 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes. I have had internet difficulties for a couple of days, and I start working again this week.  Please be patient, as I have less time this week than I did during the summer. --EncycloPetey (talk) 14:53, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

Poem formatting
So, I'm working on the Diary collaboration and keep running into poems. Some of them, in existing (and validated) pages use br tags rather than poem tags; is this an exception to the general rule of preferring poem tags, or should I endeavour to use poem tags in newly-created or proofread pages? Ironholds (talk) 18:21, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Association Football book
Hi, on WT:PotM you said that you've already brought this book down. I can't find it. Can you give me a pointer so that I can update the PotM templates? Cheers, Beeswaxcandle (talk) 07:16, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It looks as though Adam has already uploaded the file at commons:File:Association Football and How to Play It (1908) by John Cameron.djvu. He's also set up an index page. --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:28, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Book Mexico of the Mexicans.
Need some help in setting up the transclusion of pages, I am doing something wrong with the chapters.https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mexico_of_the_Mexicans. Thank you--Raúl Gutiérrez (talk) 14:13, 19 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but I've been away from Wikisource lately and just saw your query. I assume the issue has been attended to, since the work appears to be completed now. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:58, 26 December 2013 (UTC)