User talk:Mattwj2002

Dombey and Son
Hi, Mattwj2002,

I noticed that you are working on Dombey and Son. Since it seems like it's your first time here, I recommend that you read our general guidelines for adding texts. It will only take a few minutes to do. Specifically, I was wondering if you'd mind going back and adding header to all the pages of Dombey and Son. As we are currently undergoing a massive project to add this template to every page on WS, it would really help the few of us out who are undertaking this initiative. Thanks for your interest in and contributions to Wikisource!—Zhaladshar (Talk) 21:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Littell's Living Age
I haven't actually worked on this particular project, but I heard that the plain text they provide is low quality OCR. If you are not finding errors however that is great. The Making of America project has a huge inventory so it makes sense if some of it was done using older OCR and some other things are better quality.--BirgitteSB 12:53, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

cookbook
Hi, this can be uploaded onto Commons, as it is commons:Template:PD-1923. Categorise English DJVU files into commons:Category:Scanned English texts. Cheers, John Vandenberg (chat) 01:09, 29 May 2008 (UTC)


 * ah, I see I am too late. :-) John Vandenberg (chat) 01:10, 29 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The next step is to create Index:The Pilgrim Cookbook.djvu, and then User:JVbot can upload the djvu text. John Vandenberg (chat) 01:20, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Wind in the Willows
congrats on finishing it! John Vandenberg (chat) 00:01, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

adminship
Pls accept at Administrators. -- John Vandenberg (chat) 01:28, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Congradulations
You now have a sysop flag!--Birgitte SB  00:33, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats! giggy (O) 08:06, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Final push for the Proofread of the Month...
This month's Proofread of the Month, Index:The Pilgrim Cookbook.djvu, is still a ways away from being fully validated. However, we're within striking distance.

If all ten members proofread just two (but preferably three) pages a day, we'll be able to finish the book before the end of the month.

We can do it. :) EVula // talk // 01:20, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Index:Montesquieu - The spirit of laws.djvu
Hi Mattwj2002,

Thanks, yes, if you can upload this OCR I will be very happy :) - --Zyephyrus (talk) 23:21, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Task ordering for the 'bot?
Hi, Matt. Thanks for your 'bot. It appears to be extremely useful. I am one of the participants on the DNB project. Billinghurst, by dint of heroic effort, found DJVU files for all 63 original volumes and got them into Wikisource somehow, and then asked your 'bot to work its magic on them: that's more than 20,000 pages. I notice that the 'bot managed to get through vol 1 while also working on vols 6 and 37, but it seems to have stopped.

Questions:
 * 1) What is the order in which the 'bot attacks these pages?
 * 2) Roughly how long will it take to grind its way to the end?
 * 3) will I mess anything up if I create a text page "by hand" before the 'bot gets to it?

-Arch dude (talk) 02:52, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reply. Fortunately, most of the volumes were not originally from Google Books and therefore do not have the problem you mentioned. I will avoid doing any pages "by hand" since these will cause you extra work. You mentioned "a few hours" per text, so at 63 texts, we are looking at at least a week: I can find useful stuff to do while I wait, no problem. -Arch dude (talk) 10:49, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. I'm not the uploader, and I have no clue as to how to upload the "right" files Do you have some guidance? -Arch dude (talk) 11:27, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

I have a minor conundrum. You and your friendly 'bot are used to helping editors who intend to transcribe entire single books from start to finish. The DNB is not small, and the tiny group that is working on it are not working front-to-back. Instead, we tend to work on specific articles of interest based on "what is needed most." In particular, I started the formal project as a place to hold the originals for articles that we need over at Wikipedia. This means that I jump all over the place within the 63 volumes. Based on the work you are doing, I was going to suspend my manual transcriptions until you finished the 63 volumes, and then shift to using the pagescan/proofread/transclude scheme. Apparently, you do not intend to blindly forge through all 63 volumes: I'm guessing that this is because you need to do a certain amount of babysitting of the 'bot to get this to work, and your work will be directed at texts that someone will actually look at in the next month or two. So, my problems is: wait for the 'bot (and quit making forward progress on the Wikipedia project) or continue manual transcriptions, knowing that I'm increasing the number of articles that I will eventually need to convert to the pagescan/proofread/transclude scheme. If you have a guesstimate on when you and the 'bot will finish the transmogrification, I can make a better assessment of which makes sense. It does not matter how long you intend to take: I appreciate what you are doing in any event, but it might make my planning a bit simpler if I know your intentions. -Arch dude (talk) 03:31, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi AD and Matt. AD, Matt is doing the volumes, and is now up to vol.19.  He has been waiting for me to reload the image files as they needed to be degooglefied, so hopefully we are talking days to a couple of weeks, not weeks or months.  If you want to keep track of where they are up to then please follow progress at WikiProject DNB/Djvu files, which I am updating on a daily basis. -- billinghurst (talk) 22:55, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Matt .. FINISHED just now! :-)

Djvutxt or sed, what parameters applied
Matt, when the bot rips the text, which of the applications are you running, and what parameters are you applying? Running it on the Windoze box is giving higher character weirdness compared to what I am seeing of your operations. Now I could fiddle or I can ask. :-) -- billinghurst (talk) 00:22, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

DJVU
Hey mate, I'm hopeless with DJVUs - but I found a nice 33-page book I'd love to see one day make featured text, so would proof it all myself, if you could just help me out by uploading the DJVU for The Fight at Dame Europa's School currently at http://www.archive.org/stream/fightatdameeurop00pulluoft/fightatdameeurop00pulluoft.djvu ? I'll muddle around then and learn my way around updating it :) Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Nostradamus‎. 01:34, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Wrong replacement for DNB Vol 2
For reasons that will forever remaina mystery, 2 of the U of Toronto DNB at archive.org has a different naming convention from the other volumes. The one you have listed:
 * http://www.archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati02leesuoft

is actually volume 2 of the suppliment.

The actual Volume 2 is at:
 * http://www.archive.org/details/dictionaryofnat02stepuoft

Note the missing "i" immediately before the "02".

There is also a set of volumes with names like:
 * http://www.archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati03stepuoft

The set is not complete. Note the "i" is there for all of these. -Arch dude (talk) 14:43, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

After investigation, I notice that all of the "lees" are suppliments, not original volumes. I am unclear on the copyrigth status of the suppliments after 1923. I made notes in your table. -Arch dude (talk) 14:53, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Matt. I notice that you have updated the table. What is the current plan (if any) for replacing the page scans? I would like to re-start my transcription effort. If thre is not plan, I'll start using what we havd, but I'll also keep a "private" copy of any pages I transcribe. That way I will be able restore any page that you replace during your replacement effort: that should in turn allow you to eventually update to better OCRs without worrying about ovarlaying my work. Does this sound reasonable? -Arch dude (talk) 19:17, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Arch dude, to answer your question I am trying to get a list of text to be uploaded here. These are going to be replacement text that are of the best quality without any missing pages, bad pages, or other problems.  If you can help with this, I would really appreciate it. --Mattwj2002 (talk) 07:59, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure! how can I help? -Arch dude (talk) 23:15, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Hero!
Thanks for those and so promptly. Have a great New Year, and don't get caught being bad. :-) -- billinghurst (talk) 09:48, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiMoney
Hey, following your (and everybody's) contributions to the discussion on the Scriptorium about buying books online specifically for Wikisource, I've created Wikisource:Purchases and request you all check it out; add books you see for sale anywhere online (not just eBay) that you'd like to see some collaborative interest on, and sign up to help on existing listings. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Bahá'u'lláh. 15:05, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Moving pages
Hello,

Could you please move pages with your bot from Index:Principiaethican00mooruoft.djvu to Index:Principia Ethica 1922.djvu, see. Thanks, Yann (talk) 12:04, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

DNB vol. 59 reload text
Matt. Referring to Wikisource talk:WikiProject DNB, would you please get the bot to reload the text from the trimmed upload. Thx. -- billinghurst (talk) 01:41, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Suck in text ...
As per your forthright instruction :-P  Index:Highlights of Copyright Amendments Contained in the URAA Circular 38B Rev07-2006.djvu would appreciate it if its textual components could be united with its image. Thx. -- billinghurst (talk) 04:04, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Tech head book 
Omnibuses and cabs : their origin and history

Re: The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary
So far as I can find, there are three editions on Google Books. However, none of them looks as though they will be particularly easy to pick up, as they all have the same types of scanning issues. BD2412 T 05:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Index:A Brief History of Modern Philosophy.djvu
For Due. Watch him. -- billinghurst (talk) 04:31, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I hate cabbage
Guinea pig food! -- billinghurst (talk) 03:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Please bot
---^

Thanks. :) Jude (talk) 12:12, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Index:What will he do with it.djvu and the question mark
Hi, after your name change I researched the question mark issue a little. In the book itself the question mark is missing on [ page 11], only to appear on [ page 13]. The British Library uses a question mark most of the time, but not so when the title is cited in other works. is quite discordant on whether to use a question mark or not. Anyway, do what you please with this info.--GrafZahl (talk) 09:49, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Copied the following reply from my talk page.--GrafZahl (talk) 17:01, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Is it okay to leave it as it is now? I just saw page 11 and that is why I changed it.  Please let me know what your input is on changing it.  Thanks. --Mattwj2002 (talk) 01:41, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think it's that important whether we include the question mark or not (I did my little research because I thought you might be wrong, but the various sources are really undecided). MAybe it's best to leave it as it is now as I've started to proofread some pages.--GrafZahl (talk) 17:01, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: alphabetisation
That's fine, unfortunately, it'll get nuked the next time I update it. :) I'll change the SQL to actually order the results instead of spitting them out randomly. Jude (talk) 06:55, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Index:Vairagyasatakam.djvu
Hello Matt, Can you pls run the OCR bot on this one? Regards, Nvineeth (talk) 10:58, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot. --Nvineeth (talk) 14:47, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

For bot boy
Hey mate, would you be so kind to pop over to User talk:Capitalismojo and bot the three works that are linked to from that page. Many thanks. Hope that you enjoyed your long drive. -- billinghurst (talk) 14:24, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

And the thought about a Cheats and Walkthru for subpages and the like. Virtual beer in it for you. -- billinghurst (talk) 13:50, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

OCR button
Hello,

The ocr button is now enabled by default. you'll need to update your preferences as it's been disabled for you. sorry for the inconvenience. ThomasV (talk) 18:06, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 12.djvu/505
Hey Matt, when you have a moment, can you do some proofing on the Walter Bagehot sketch which is part of PSM Vol. 12. Thx. -- billinghurst (talk) 02:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Popular Science
Well, I can't speak to others; but my main idea in joining was to familiarise myself with what articles are out there (even if not OCR/proofread yet) so that when a Collaboration of the Week deals with a science issue, I can run to Popular Science and proofread/OCR the three articles published in the magazine that deal with the subject. So on that vein, I would think having just a large "list of article titles" centralised somewhere would be very helpful - and I'd be willing to help. We could break it into three or four columns so it wasn't overly long. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Carl Linnaeus. 14:00, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I haven't quite got the hang of DJVUs yet, but I just created the copyright page for each of the first ten issues; would appreciate if you could transclude the Indexes for them. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Carl Linnaeus. 09:59, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

doofus
This is the link that Mike gave you irc info

Cloak Request
I hereby officially request a cloak of Wikisource/Mattwj2002. --Mattwj2002 (talk) 15:33, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

DNB upload for vol. 9
If I'm understanding you correctly, this is just about the images (not the text, which remains the same). And the "old" djvus correspond to what is found at http://www.archive.org/details/dictionarynatio50stepgoog, for example in the "book reader" as well as the PDF download. NB that these Google-generated scans have numbers, here = 50, unrelated to the volume number, and the Commons page for some reason says "vol 48" on its link to archive.org; but the link of origin does go to the same place. With all that said, it does seem that the new scan is an improvement on some of the murkier pages, e.g. Page:Dictionary of National Biography volume 09.djvu/11 versus http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ADictionary_of_National_Biography_volume_09.djvu&page=11. And so if I have the right question in mind, the answer would be "yes, the older djvus can be deleted". Charles Matthews (talk) 12:57, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Popular Science
As of today, I believe the first 30 volumes should each have their title page and copyright page proofread. I doubtless made some small errors with my wanton copy/paste/edit process, mixing up a date, or missing that both authors weren't credited in 1879, or that they changed address one issue earlier than I noticed...but just validate those when you get a chance if you can. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Carl Linnaeus. 18:35, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
 * No point sending the cash until we have somebody lined up in the United States to scan it within a few days of receiving it. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:David Livingstone. 06:34, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * There is no webpage about it, you have to phone one of the scanning centres - of which you can find a list at the Texts division of archive.org Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:David Livingstone. 12:50, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * No response yet.
 * I only see "CHAPTER XLIII: 40 A.H.—Khariji conspiracy—'Ali assassinated—Mu'awiya escapes" on the Wiki copy, and on the AI copy - I don't see the issue? Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din. 20:13, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Can you check if a text is in the public domain for me?
Unfortunately not; it's published in 1927, and was renewed in 1954 (R138631).--Prosfilaes (talk) 10:38, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament
''Zyephyrus, I think your the only admin on the English Wikisource that knows Greek. I wanted to let you know about A Greek English Lexicon of the New Testament. Could you also please leave a message on the Greek Wikisource about this as well? I would let them know, but frankly it is Greek to me. Please leave a note on my talk page. Thanks. --Mattwj2002 (talk) 06:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC)''
 * I can't write a text in Greek Mattwj2002, only copying one that already exists, I'm afraid that I can't be of any help. --Zyephyrus (talk) 10:13, 10 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid that someone has been giving me more credit than I deserve! While I have had occasion to work with bits and pieces of Greek text, I am by no means capable of composing a sentence in Greek, and proofreading passages longer than that would soon overwhelm me. The work you cite is still mostly English, and to the best of my knowledge there has been no significant work done regarding how dictionaries are to be treated.  That puts you on the ground floor for work about this important class of works.  I apologize for being unable to be more helpful about Greek, but I do look forward to your input about dictionaries. Eclecticology - the offended (talk) 00:09, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Glad to help
Hi, thanks for the welcome and glad to help when I can. Ineuw (talk) 02:07, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

More djvu-help?
Can You help me with another new old swedish bible I've found?

It's this pdf I need converted to djvu and the Google-pages in he beginning removed.

A proper name for the file could be: "Bibelen eller den Heliga Skrift (1828).djvu". -- Lavallen (talk) 12:04, 2 November 2009 (UTC)


 * A third bible (new testament) of interest would be this. (already a DjVu, but the Google pages has to be removed.) A proper name could be "Normalupplagan (1911).djvu". I will have busy days, filled with proofreading! :) -- Lavallen (talk) 16:20, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Iran
Just one. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din. 03:12, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

The 5 volume purchase
Congrats for the 5 volume scan. I don't know if you prefer replies here, or on my talkpage. — Ineuw (talk) 02:13, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Archaic spellings
Hi Matt; Just to keep you up to date, I posted an initial attempt to collect the archaic spellings extracted as of now, from PSM. Archaic spellings and names Have a nice day. Ineuw (talk) 16:02, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

1st Image in Volume 2
Hi Matt. How are you? I uploaded to the commons, this image I found in Volume 2, Page 8. Unfortunately, I can't make out the name. Could you please advise? I must insert it, in the image info on the commons and assign a category. Many thanks. Ineuw (talk) 01:10, 13 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I will track it down. :-) How are you? Ineuw (talk) 01:25, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Your welcome Ineuw! I am doing well thank you! Just about ready to do some online Christmas shopping.  I am on IRC too if you like to chat. :) --Mattwj2002 (talk) 01:28, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

An archive .org book request
Hi Matt,

If, and when it's possible, can we have this book scanned? into Wikisource to be proofread? http://ia331317.us.archive.org/3/items/stormylifeoflasi007823mbp/ Thanks. Ineuw (talk) 21:50, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

DJVUs
I've proofread all three of the DJVUs you did for me, much thanks, one is validated and the other two are in queue. I hunted around for more short ones and found the following if you can spare a few minutes of time. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din. 06:11, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Patriotic Address In Aid of the Widows and Orphans of the Canadian Soldiers Killed in the South African War, 1900, just 4 pages
 * Take this book with you, 15 pages (but will need to be cut in half), 1918 book warning soldiers returning home that they may have picked up sexual diseases from whorehouses and not to transmit to their loved ones (Oh please, featured text, featured text!)
 * If that isn't short enough, how about Canadian Appeal for the Widows and Orphans of the South African War? Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Thomas Carlyle. 05:41, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Sleep
Hey, Matt. Sleep is the best. I hope you rested well. Within five minutes after my irc message, I was also soundly there. :-) — Ineuw (talk) 15:37, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

The elusive Volume 75
Hi Matt, it's been awhile since we connected. :-) Perhaps you can try the Robarts Library of the University of Toronto. They were/are one of the donors of archival to the IA. Another good library to approach may be the Toronto Public Library. — Ineuw (talk) 16:26, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again
Thanks for the help last night. The index to Volume 1 of Science is up, and I've created the first 100 pages. Feel free to look it over for any obvious mistakes. I plan on proofing and developing the Table of Contents soon. Thanks again! --Clifflandis (talk) 20:05, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

What to do?
Hi Matt, when you get the chance, look at this page. Is there anything we can do about such scans? Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 2.djvu/626 Sleep well. :-D — Ineuw (talk) 06:18, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Proofreading documentation for PSM
Hi Matt, I've created this page about the proofreading process of PSM. Although it's based on, it's applicable to the style for decades to come. The idea is to introduce a standard for repeat titles, paragraphs, etc., and get the pages and page name structure finalized. I am writing a proposal for that separately.

Please look when you feel like it, and let me know what you think. Take care and sleep well. — Ineuw (talk) 03:33, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

PSM Volume 1 is proofread
Hi Matt, and first off, I missed you yesterday, and want to wish you a beautiful holiday season. Other than that the volume is proofread. I also completed some pages starting at the beginning and end:

Popular Science Monthly Volume 1/May 1872/The Study of Sociology I

Popular Science Monthly/Volume 1/Advertisements etc.

— Ineuw (talk) 00:00, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Is it worth doing this?
Hi, Matt. Is it worth inserting images like this? If so, is it possible to eliminate the white frame? the table is already transparent. Here is the original page, Page:Popular Science Monthly Volume 1.djvu/802 resulting in Popular Science Monthly/Volume 1/Advertisements, bottom page.


 * Is there a possibility to fix the images so that they are not constrained by a visible frame and blend into the surroundings better?


 * This message was edited and updated from the original because the link to the page changed. — Ineuw (talk) 15:46, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

The general armory
Would this be a worthwhile addition to Wikisource? http://www.archive.org/details/generalarmoryofe00burk

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:02, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Matt, he with the big fat pipe, this means would you please add it to your to upload list when you have a chance. It is too big a file for me. billinghurst (talk)

Djvu to text
Hi Matt, it's been a long time since we connected. I hope, all is well with you. I have an OTIFF file from IA, and converted into .pdf and .djvu, in Windows. Unfortunately, I am unable to extract a text file from the contents. I installed DjVuLibre and it's collection of command line tools but djvutxt.exe doesn't work for me. What am I doing wrong? — Ineuw (talk) 17:32, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Suggested title to import


Might be worth it to get some older pictures of Opera performances on Commons. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:53, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Please scrape from archive.org to Commons

 * James Bruce (1730-1794)
 * Publisher G. G. J. and J. Robertson, Edinburgh
 * http://www.archive.org/details/travelstodiscove01bruc File:Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile - In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 volume 1.djvu (1790)
 * http://www.archive.org/details/travelstodiscove02bruc File:Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile - In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 volume 2.djvu (1790)
 * http://www.archive.org/details/travelstodiscove03bruc File:Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile - In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 volume 3.djvu (1790)
 * http://www.archive.org/details/travelstodiscove04bruc File:Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile - In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 volume 4.djvu (1790)
 * Select specimens of natural history collected in travels to discover the source of the Nile, in Egypt, Arabia, Abyssinia, and Nubia Commons:File:Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile: In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 volume 5.djvu (1790) [cannot locate an edition]

Archive.org
Hey Matt, when you have a chance, would you please grab
 * http://www.archive.org/details/talesedg00poeerich Commons:File:Tales, Edgar Allan Poe, 1846.djvu

Thanks. billinghurst  sDrewth  21:55, 29 January 2010 (UTC) Den of Espionage

Den of Espionage
Hello Matt, Sherurcij told me you were the one to see about the index. I was creating a table of contents but if pages are going to be moved around then that would defeat the purpose. Here is the information I am referring to here and here. Thanks for any help you will be able to provide. --Xxagile (talk) 05:25, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, Sherurcij was mainly concerned that if we found the second pieces to letters somewhere along the line (example) that we would have to move them around in order to piece them together, I looked as I was going through typing up some of the pages but I didn't see any, but I wasn't paying that much attention to them. I think that we should just leave them as they are because we wouldn't be allowed to transclude before we ordered the pages. It would be easier, not necessarily better, to just match them up during the transclusion process. Thoughts? --Xxagile (talk) 04:37, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Hello Matt, just wondering if you got the above message. I know people frequent your page a lot so you might have missed it :). This pretty much explains my position as of right now. What are your thoughts? --Xxagile (talk) 01:53, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Missing pages
Hi Matt,

How are you? It's been awhile since we connected. I think that there are pages missing past the last index page of PSM Volume 3.djvu/813. The last entry on the page begins with "S", and is missing the customary last line .— Ineuw (talk) 20:32, 1 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Nice to hear from you. Don't buy or scan anything. Let's advance with the proofreading and collect all the bad pages. In the meanwhile, I will inquire around in academic libraries for any copies, to be scanned for the missing pages at location. I noticed that some copies were donated to IA by the U of Toronto, and I will inquire from McGill U. Take care. — Ineuw (talk) 00:57, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

For your ToDo list
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/DaviesMan has three uploads of PDF files. It would be very nice if we could have these downloaded, converted to PDF then loaded to Commons. We can then remove them locally. Thanks. billinghurst  sDrewth  03:18, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

User:Mjbot
Could your bot set up the pages of this index like it did for PopSci? Thanks.--The New Mikemoral (talk) 07:18, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, --The New Mikemoral (talk) 20:39, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Explorer upload needed
Commons:File:South - the story of Shackleton's last expedition, 1914-1917.djvu from http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924032382529

Thx. billinghurst  sDrewth  10:08, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
-- Mike moral  ♪♫  18:15, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

A hello and a request
Hi Matt and how are you? How is the new job shaping up?

I am also posting this in requests.

In Volume 9 of PSM, the index was placed at the beginning of the volume, while the page numbers are sequential as shown below.


 * 1) Can an admin move the last 6 djvu pages by 10, clean up the links, delete the redirects, and reassign the index pages the proper order at the end of the volume? I can move pages but must wait about a day before the redirects are deleted. Be well and have a nice day. — Ineuw (talk) 14:24, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Please ignore this. It has been managed and all is OK. — Ineuw (talk) 02:04, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Photographs of religious book pages
Thanks for the offer of help at the Scriptorium! I've given details about the book there, but I was also curious about the technical details. The details at Help:DjVu files make me uncertain — would you rather that the images be in jpg or pdf? I have Adobe Acrobat Professional, so I can convert the jpgs into pdfs if you prefer. Nyttend (talk) 12:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, if you reply here, would you please leave me a talkback? Nyttend (talk) 12:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know whether the PDFs I could produce would be high quality, so I think I'll go with (1) emailing a ZIP to you, or (2) uploading them to Commons. If you'd prefer emailing, use EmailThisUser to send me your address, and I'll reply with the ZIP attached.  Thanks!  Nyttend (talk) 22:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

File:Dictionary of National Biography volume 09.djvu at WS:DEL
I started a discussion at WS:DEL concerning the above referenced file. Your input would be greatly appreciated. If you think the larger, higher-resolution file is the one we should be using, perhaps it can be moved to Commons? Tarmstro99 (talk) 16:24, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Apollonius Rhodius: the Argonautica
The info for the file is:

The name is "Loeb Classical Library, L001 (1912).djvu" Inductiveload— talk/contribs  20:37, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
Did we get these all uploaded, and can I archive that section now? — billinghurst  sDrewth  04:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

The Caliphate: Its Rise, Decline and Fall
Any chance you'll finish this? Looks like a fantastic book! Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Thomas Carlyle. 02:16, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

upload request
My upload timed out when I had a go. :-/ If possible, might you may able to kill the Google front page on it. Thx — billinghurst  sDrewth  11:04, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

http://ia311313.us.archive.org/1/items/anaccountenglis00collgoog/anaccountenglis00collgoog.djvu [[:Commons:File:An account of the English colony in New South Wales.djvu

Moving PSM index pages
Hi Matt. How are you doing? Long time no speak. May I move your original index transclusions to be included in the PSM project as one of the sub pages?— Ineuw (talk) 03:06, 22 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Nice to hear from you. I will move it :-)  -  Ineuw (talk) 06:16, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

DJVU
http://www.archive.org/details/blessingsofpolyg00hilliala to Blessings of Polygamy when you get a chance. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Charlotte Mason. 00:12, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

New York Times
You might like to know that the New York Times at the IA is mostly completed! Inductiveload— talk/contribs  02:51, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Short poems for you to work on if you feel up to it
Backblock Ballads and Later Verses :-) Inductiveload— talk/contribs  02:21, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

PSM Volume 75
Hi. I just noticed that the long awaited PSM Vol 75 is available for download from IA:

Volume 75

Also, this is also my way of saying hello. -  Ineuw (talk) 03:33, 29 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Received your note and as always it's nice to hear from you. This note was just to let you know that I keep an eye occasionally on matters ongoing. I guess you can follow my progress silently, and as you said, my hands are more than full but I am enjoying it. I've been receiving good academic response and encouragement to stay on course and complete the TOC's, without which the contents are not usable. I don't think that this is what you had in mind initially, but please bear with me. Have a beautiful week.  -  Ineuw (talk) 14:22, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

imagetransfer.py
Research time for you. Can you have a look at imagetransfer.py (part of pywikipedia) as we are going to need to use it to transfer files directly from Commons to enWS. I have identified some files at Commons that we need to move over due to the death date of the authors. Give me a buzz whenever. — billinghurst  sDrewth  13:32, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Job to do
Hi Matt, Would you please grab and convert http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/21/36/00041791.pdf into djvu and upload. request. Thanks. — billinghurst  sDrewth  15:02, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Asking for MJBot
Hi Matt. Would it be possible to run the MJBot on these pages? Or, please let me know if this is a problem. Thanks in advance. - Ineuw (talk) 03:28, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi Matt. Just received your message. How are you? About the Mexico .djvu, it's not a problem. I will do as you say, having considered that as well. BTW, have you looked at the PSM pages with images lately? -  Ineuw (talk) 05:16, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Index:Nullification Controversy in South Carolina.djvu
Hi Matt&mdash;your bot created all the pages for Index:Nullification Controversy in South Carolina.djvu last year, and looking at the results I'm afraid that it would have been better had they not been created: our OCR is better than the original text layer. Could you have your bot delete all the pages for which it is the most recent editor? Thanks. —Spangineerwp (háblame) 22:03, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. —Spangineerwp (háblame) 03:42, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

DjVu from basics
archive.org is unable to generate a djvu for a file, and it would be good if we could look at this PITA ourselves http://www.archive.org/details/alumnioxoniense01oxfogoog

The DjVu software fails when we try making a DjVu for that particular item:

Executing: /usr/local/djvu/bin/documenttodjvu --profile=manuscript300 --filelist=/tmp/derive-alumnioxoniense01oxfogoog-DjVu/filelist.txt /tmp/derive-alumnioxoniense01oxfogoog-DjVu/alumnioxoniense01oxfogoog.djvu. noocr 2>&1 Aborted documenttodjvu returned an error! Error was

/usr/local/djvu/bin/documenttodjvu --profile=manuscript300 --filelist=/tmp/derive-alumnioxoniense01oxfogoog-DjVu/filelist.txt /tmp/derive-alumnioxoniense01oxfogoog-DjVu/alumnioxoniense01oxfogoog.djvu. noocr 2>&1 died with retval:134. Last line: Aborted

If you're really eager to have the DjVu, one thing to try (no guarantees it'll work) is rederive the original pdf into jp2s instead of the tifs we have there now, and see if you succeed in making a DjVu from the jp2s. — billinghurst  sDrewth  12:21, 22 July 2010 (UTC) ✅ you did it — billinghurst  sDrewth  04:44, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Full version of Labilliere's?
Hi Matt. At http://books.google.com/books?id=3kiSQAAACAAJ do you see a snippet or a full version? If you see the full version, would you mind uploading it to Archive.org for processing. Thanks. — billinghurst  sDrewth  04:43, 30 August 2010 (UTC)


 * and Mennell's
 * http://books.google.com.au/books?id=vFsHAQAAIAAJ — billinghurst  sDrewth  05:45, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

alternate scan
I avoid google scans if there is another option, they frequently have major problems. There is a better scan at historyofcolonyo02turn, I trust that source. I found it by adding  to a google search, I suspect they bury search results from their competitor's site. cygnis insignis 11:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Apologies Matt, fwiw: A history of the Colony of Victoria from its discovery to its absorption into the Commonwealth of Australia (1904) Turner, Henry Gyles. also in two vols. is completely different work :P I notice that the work you are after is also in 2 volumes, the arche.org link is the second of these. cygnis insignis 11:52, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * and I just realised that it was only vol.2 of 2. :-( so not a lot of point at this moment. — billinghurst  sDrewth  12:31, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
This looks for a job for Superman. Needs to be converted to djvu, though I am guessing that it is not in English, so the OCR may not be relevant. We would need to check that it is completely in the Public Domain, and that cannot be done until it is downloaded. (This notice will self-non-destruct in 437 years, 7 days, and four microseconds.) — billinghurst  sDrewth  00:36, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

PSM Volume 75 images
Greetings and salutations. - Downloaded the .JP2 file of PSM Vol 75 to extract the images, and lo and behold, 50-60% of the pages with images-the images are blanked out! I uploaded a sample page for you to see HERE and was wondering if the .djvu file in your possession is the same? I extracted 58 pages with images which are nice, sharp, and clear. So, it’s a mystery why the rest are missing. Would Google deliberately eliminate images??? Take care. -  Ineuw (talk) 20:46, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi again. - Since I access IA through the online books library of the U of Penn, I notified them as well about the availability of volume 75, and the missing images. I received a reply, saying that Google omits images in cases where they might be copyrighted, (which should be incorrect because Vol 75 is from 1909?). In my opinion, this Google contribution is useless, and I will write to IA about it. Perhaps we can salvage your contribution. -  Ineuw (talk) 22:31, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. The tracking numbers would be great. (Is this a postal tracking #? or an IA issued number?) My experience with IA is the same, they don’t reply, but they did correct one of my complaints awhile back, which means they read their forum posts. Since I have more time, I will bug them until they respond. As an afterthought, the responder from onlinebooks at upenn was very helpful and informative. I can write him as well and ask for advice, as well as about other, more reliable scanning sources. -  Ineuw (talk) 17:06, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Just a warm greeting
Hi. I am glad to hear from you since I haven’t seen any postings on this page for a long time.

I corresponded with someone - who knows someone at IA. :-) and I would slowly like to resolve issues relating to their scanning quality in PSM. If I get corrected replacement pages, can they be inserted to replace the badly scanned originals on the commons .djvu file, or is the .djvu is a single continuous file? In that case I propose to create some volume related appendix to the relevant volume on the commons and indicate their placement.

Furthermore, if you still have the shipping number for your Volume 75 contribution and provide the details, perhaps I can convince them to scan it to replace the Google provided copy, in which all photos were omitted. It’s worth a try.

Otherwise, everything is OK. Perhaps we’ll bump into each other on the weekend, as I assume it’s when you’re around in IRC. Take care and be well. -  Ineuw (talk) 21:11, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

The Art of Cookery
Matt, I've uploaded to Commons, I'd like to find the 1747 edition, there is a very high quality jpeg of the first page available on Commons, but the source doesn't seem to have the rest. I'll hold off on setting an index up here until we know if we can get the first edition. More info is here Art of Cookery and here Hannah Glasse.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 10:03, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
 * And a Yule-tide Greeting to you! :-)--Doug.(talk • contribs) 10:38, 25 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Check it out: Index:Art_of_Cookery_1774_edition.djvu. Guten Rutsch!--Doug.(talk • contribs) 20:28, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Meat for Thrifty Meals
We should try to find a scan of this: http://bellasbargains.mybisi.com/product/meat-for-thrifty-meals-farmers-bulletin-no-1908-vintage-book-1942. I actually have a 1947 printing the booklet, but it's well used :-) I will scan it in a pinch but a nice clean scan would be sweet.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 13:12, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

I saved it for you
This is my 100 000th WMF (retained) edit and I saved it for you. Initially I was going to vandalise your talk page with it, then I realised that you might never see it and that would spoil my fun. Billinghurst (talk) 09:48, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Matt!
(16:53:10) diegogrez: can you replace the video I uploaded at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quiksilver_Ceremonial_2011_Punta_de_Lobos.ogg with the ogg which will appear here http://tinyogg.com/watch/jisMV/ --Diego Grez (talk) 21:32, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Popular Science Monthly/Index Pages
Hi,

I speedied WikiProject Popular Science Monthly/Index Pages as redundant at Ineuw's request. You created it, but hadn't touched it for years, so I figured it would be okay. Feel free to restore if you still see a use for it.

Hesperian 00:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Index:The Cutter's Practical Guide 1898 Edition Part 1.djvu
I've noted some pages appear to be in the wrong order..

Try checking the order of physical page numbers around page 50 onwards in the djvu.

It's not a major concern, but it would be nice if this could be fixed.. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:04, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, Compos'd at leveral times.djvu
Hi. Can you pls joint this thread and have an opinion, as original uploader of "File:Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, Compos'd at leveral times.djvu"? Thanks--Mpaa (talk) 09:51, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Your resignation of adminship
Hi Matt,

On this wiki, 'crats can grant adminship but cannot revoke it. In accordance with [//en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AHesperian&diff=3855902&oldid=3847678 your request] I have posted a steward request on meta.

Thanks for your admin work here. As far as I'm aware you're stepping back in good standing, and I would be happy to restore your bit if you change your mind in future.

Hesperian 14:21, 20 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Done[//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Permissions&oldid=3771318#Mattwj2002.40en.wikisource] Hesperian 14:28, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome. I'm sure the decision wasn't lightly made. Good luck. Hesperian 14:36, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Amazon
Matt, I placed that text on Wikisource many years ago and I had no scanned images. I inherited the volumes and I hand-typed the text. I *think* I may have scanned a few images but that's it. I have OCR capabilities and I own the latest version of Adobe Acrobat for handling files. The process back then is nothing like what we do on Wikisource today. Kindest regards, Maury ( &mdash; William Maury Morris II  Talk 07:29, 11 November 2012 (UTC)


 * BTW, I don't want to touch that work. I was asking about an Illustrated History of England and cited the work you saw as an example of how I want to format the "Illustrtaed History of England" which is 9 volumes totaled. Do you think you could help with any of those volumes? Just volume 1 would help. Kindest regards, Maury ( &mdash; William Maury Morris II  Talk 08:42, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

John Cassell's Illustrated History of England on HathiTrust.Org
Matt, here is the link that you asked about. I am trying to get these volumes placed on en.WS If I can get them here I am willing to do the work of transcription and proofreading. I need only volume I at this point. Kindest regards, Maury ( &mdash; William Maury Morris II  Talk 15:08, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005945104


 * 1) Full view v.1 (original from University of Wisconsin)
 * 2) Full view v.2 (original from University of Wisconsin)
 * 3) Full view v.3 (original from University of Wisconsin)
 * 4) Full view v.4 (original from University of Wisconsin)
 * 5) Full view v.5 (original from University of Wisconsin)
 * 6) Full view v.6 (original from University of Wisconsin)
 * 7) Full view v.7 (original from University of Wisconsin)
 * 8) Full view v.8 (original from University of Wisconsin)
 * 9) Full view v.9 (original from University of Wisconsin)

Mjbot Issues
I was looking at the page Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 18 Part 2c.djvu/176. I noticed that the small capital letters seemed to screw with the bot. Just thought I’d mention it. There are some other strange characters, but such is to be expected.Ushakaron (talk) 22:50, 10 June 2014 (UTC)