put on hold if copywrite is available within the next 3 years.
determine publishing date, editions and available files-pick file to publish on WS. For advice on choosing a suitable scan and/or edition, go to the Scriptorium
Check file is entire and legible, page by page is best.
Create index page. Label ToC, Index, Title pages and blank pages clearly on the Index page (so proofreaders can skip them, if they prefer). Help:Beginner's guide to Index: files.
Grade according to number of images, tables, foreign language-Add grade category to Index page; Identify any special treatment needed (i.e. exceptions from the Proofreaders’ Guide and/or e.g. Project specific templates. Set up Index Discussion page.
For Beginners Category: Create all pages with OCR, headers, smallref. Use problematic page status for anything that isn’t text only and/or requires special formatting e.g. Title pages, Illustrations contents, Index. Beginners are expected to be able to do references, hws&e, special characters, chapter header formating. Do Table of Contents.
Proofread the first page and link to Index Discussion, to set exemplar for Chapter headings etc.
Nominate with appropriate labels/category.
Shephard proofreaders, check watchlist regularly
Validate
Transclude
List source, contributors on the discussion page. List issues, standardisations and style notes specific to this publication and/or scan.
Bot run
List of references, wikilinks,
Spell check, common scanno check.
Publish
follow up wikilinks. Reverse reference (i.e. add references to this publication) especially author’s bibliography on WP.
follow up references, considering whether they are worth adding to WS.
Index:Inaugural address delivered to the University of St. Andrews, Feb. 1st 1867.djvu (Ads, good formatting practice)
Index:Mun - England's treasure by forraign trade.djvu long s for validating
Index:The Works of Arthur Murphy - Volume 1.djvu (7 volumes!) long s, easy to read
Index:Weird Tales volume 02 number 03.djvu columns
Index:The bibliography of Swinburne; a bibliographical list, arranged in chronological order, of the published writings in verse and prose of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1857-1887) (IA bibliographyofsw00shep).pdf lists