User talk:Jamiemccabe

Beeswaxcandle (talk) 17:27, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Some notes on editing prose
Hi, I regularly look through the work of new contributors here to see if there are suggestions that could be made. For Index:Life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1).pdf there are a couple of things to tweak.


 * 1) We don't preserve line-breaks in prose text. This is because we are making the text available rather than reproducing the printed pages. We are using an electronic medium in which the size of available paper doesn't constrain line length. This allows the text to be read on the full range of screen sizes and resolutions that are available to readers today.
 * 2) A consequence of this non-preservation, is that words divided between lines can be put back together and thereby become searchable text.
 * 3) We use a blank line between paragraphs. When a paragraph finishes at the bottom of page, we put a nop on the last line by itself. If we don't do this, the software assumes that the text is continuous between pages.
 * 4) Page header content such as page numbers is put in the smaller box above the long box where the text goes.
 * 5) For title pages, we try to reproduce the general layout using combinations of templates, such as center and x-larger.
 * 6) When an illustration is on a page, but a high-def version is not available, we insert missing image at the appropriate place and mark the page as "Problematic" (blue button). This adds the page to a list of pages that require the attention of someone with the appropriate skills.

I've adjusted the first couple of pages, so that you can see what I'm talking about.

If there's anything you need more clarity on, please ask on this page. I'll see your question and will come back to you (knowing that my time zone is UTC+12). Beeswaxcandle (talk) 08:17, 1 April 2020 (UTC)