Stamlou

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Again, welcome! --Jan Kameníček (talk) 19:57, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Pagelists

[Continuing from Jan's page]

To make a page list, you have two options. The "original" way: edit the Index page (in this case Index:Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 - Volume 1.djvu). In the Pages section, you can enter the pagelist, which looks something like this for Index:Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 - Volume 1.djvu:

<pagelist
1to6="–"
7="Title"
8=4
8to24=roman
25=1
305=1
313to316="–"
/>

This means:

• Pages 1 to 6 (of the file, not as numbered in the images) are "blank" or otherwise not part of the page numbering
• Page 7 is the "Title" page
• Pages 8 to 24 are numbering in lowercase roman numerals.
• Page 8 is page 4 (iv) - inferred because page 12 is page viii.
• Page 25 is page 1 (in normal numbers) and this continues for the rest of the body of the book
• Page 305 is page 1 (there's a set of numbered adverts at the back)
• Pages 313 to 316 are blank/not numbered.

There is also a graphical pagelist builder: when editing the Index page, click the "Preview Pagelist" button, then check the checkbox next to it. THen when you click the pagelist, you will be taken to the pagelist editor. More instructions here: mw:Help:Extension:ProofreadPage/Pagelist widget.

Hope that helps! Inductiveload—talk/contribs 14:29, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

@Inductiveload: Thank you so much, this helps a lot, now I understand. --Stamlou (talk) 15:36, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Great! There's also a handy tool for importing the computer-generated page list from the Internet Archive or Hathi Trust: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-ImportPagelist. Let me know if you need any help! ^_^ Inductiveload—talk/contribs 16:19, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Monthly Challenge

I saw on your user page that do/did work in the French Mission 7500. We (mostly me and another) stole were inspired by the idea and created the Monthly Challenge. We'll be moving to a new month tonight and there's a few slots going begging. Please feel free to nominate something that you'd like to see. ^_^ Inductiveload—talk/contribs 16:33, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Table of Contents

@Inductiveload: I appreciate all your suggestions. Please help with the table of content on Index:Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 - Volume 1.djvu. Thanks again. --Stamlou (talk) 18:01, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

I set one up at Page:Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 - Volume 1.djvu/21 and part of the next page. Does that make sense?

Note: the all-small-caps text in the main cells is actually provided by the index-specific styling via Index:Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 - Volume 1.djvu/styles.css. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 18:35, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

@Inductiveload: Great! many thanks. --Stamlou (talk) 21:48, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you

I wanted to send you a huge thank you for your work on Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843. Please let me know if there's any work or author that you would like to be featured on next month's MC. Languageseeker (talk) 01:01, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

@Languageseeker: I really enjoyed my work on Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843. I am now giving time to french WS. Will be back soon. --Stamlou (talk) 14:26, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Traditions of Palestine

I wanted to let you know that Traditions of Palestine was selected for the October MC. Languageseeker (talk) 01:51, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Index:Elizabeth Fry (Pitman 1884).djvu

This file just got updated on Commons and I'm waiting for a page shift to be done. I'll let you know when it is done. My apologies. Languageseeker (talk) 14:35, 30 October 2021 (UTC)

The Index has been fixed. Languageseeker (talk) 01:50, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

I wanted to wish you a Happy Holidays filled with warmth and good books! In case you're looking for something to proofread, we have Middlemarch from last month that seems to have garnished little interest. Or, you can look through the list and pick something else that excites or intrigue you. Anyway, sending you much cheer this season! Languageseeker (talk) 00:22, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and season's greetings to you. On page 1 of Middlemarch: a Study of Provincial Life, how would you format the quote at beginning of paragraph. Stamlou (talk) 22:07, 13 December 2021 (UTC)

Middlemarch

Hi, I wanted to leave you a quick note that Middlemarch has been replaced by a better scan. Thank you for your work on this volume. Merry Christmas and I hope that you are in good health and cheer. Languageseeker (talk) 13:30, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

yeah ! Cheers ! Stamlou (talk) 15:32, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Another problem with Middlemarch proofread: I get an error message (we cannot access the URL currently) when using the transcribe text button with the Google option selected. Stamlou (talk) 17:02, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

The two damaged pages were replaced. Are you still having trouble with Google OCR? Languageseeker (talk) 17:27, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

Many thanks for the replacement, Google OCR fixed itself, it looks like. Stamlou (talk) 17:42, 27 December 2021 (UTC)

More fun from the MC

Hi! Once again, a huge thanks for Middlemarch. It's a true achievement. I hope that you're doing well. It's been snowy here which has brought me great joy.

There are a few more works by women authors that you might enjoy:

• North and South about the dark sides of Industrialization.
• The complete works of Mrs. E. B. Browning (Volume 1) which is a critical edition of one of the finest poetesses in English.
• The Professor (1857 Volume 2) The last volume of the Brontë sisters that has not been proofread.

For something more modern, there is Lolly Willowes about a woman who become a witch. Any help with any or all of them would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Languageseeker (talk) 20:52, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Hello! it was great working on Middlemarch, I really enjoyed reading that book, a great work. We have been freezing for a month, but now its better and I don't mind the cold and the snow. Blue sky and sun with white snow, so luminous!

Thanks for the suggestions. Will have a look. Stamlou (talk) 19:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Blue sky and white snow seems like a dream. Enjoy that view, Languageseeker (talk) 21:40, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

March MC

Hi, I really appreciate you finishing North and South so quickly. If you want, [[Index::The works of George Eliot (Volume 23).djvu|Silas Marner]] is running this month. Languageseeker (talk) 01:32, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

The works of George Eliot

Hello,

Thanks for all your work during the recent MC's. However, I noticed that you have marked a few pages of The Works of George Eliot as problematic, which at least from my cursory glances, look fine. Could you possibly elaborate on what is problematic about them?

Thanks again,TeysaKarlov (talk) 00:32, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Never mind, I see you asked on the scriptorium. On a previous page I used the SIC template where I saw the "o"/"c" issue, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Template:SIC, swapping o's for c's in the presumed word. TeysaKarlov (talk) 01:16, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

More Eliot?

In case you're interested, we're running Daniel Deronda this month. Your work is always greatly valued. Languageseeker (talk) 18:26, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

The Mill on the Floss

Thank you for you help with Daniel Deronda, in case you're interested, I just added The Mill on the Floss. Languageseeker (talk) 23:52, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

I am busy right now with french contribution. I just finished reading The Mill, borrowed on WS. How is your spring coming along. Here we are experiencing extrems, very hot and then quite cold, but it's all very beautiful. Stamlou (talk) 13:29, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

Well, French is also very, very important. :) Spring has been a little rainy, but I always enjoy the bright array of flowers followed by the lush green of late Spring. Not too many hot days so far, but I can feel them coming. Languageseeker (talk) 12:08, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Happy New Years~

Happy New Years! May it bring you health, peace, and all the best this year. Languageseeker (talk) 00:28, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Deleting discussions

Please take care not to delete discussions from nomination pages. I also moved your nom to the current year; you placed it in 2021. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:19, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, Please forgive my blunder. I appreciate your help and advice. Stamlou (talk) 21:17, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Comin' Thro' the Rye

Done a few moves to remove the roman numerals from page titles per Help:Subpages, and fixed up the links. With the subpages, I recommend that you prepend the subpart of the book to each section as well, to help differentiate the chapter component repetition. — billinghurst sDrewth 21:53, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Middlemarch

Hi, I recently finished validating Middlemarch (1874), and have a few concerns:

1. There were hundreds of words missing from the Wikisource text, along with many mis-scanned words and punctuation. I'm new to the Wikisource project, but I'm curious: what type of OCR software did you use to scan this text? It seems to have had a lot of trouble with the original source text.

2. As discussed here (Wikisource:Scriptorium/Help#Book starts with straight quotes, and remainder uses curly quotes), Books 1 and 2 use only straight single and double quotes, but Books 3 through 8 use curly single and double quotes. (Note that the original source text uses strictly curly quotes.) I left this scheme in place, and corrected a few scattered straight quotes I found in Books 3-8, but may have missed some. Do you know how this transition from straight to curly quotes occurred, during scanning of the original source?

3. I marked all pages "Validated", mostly using "Edit in Sequence". But this feature seemed glitchy when I tried to quickly update the status, and I had to go back and revert garbled changes it introduced. I was able to correct this on all pages except page 599 (Page:Middlemarch (Second Edition).djvu/599), which is the only page still at "Proofread" status. I apparently don't have permission to Validate it again, so I assume somebody else must do it.

When that is done, Middlemarch will be fully validated.

Thanks for adding this classic text to Wikisource, I really enjoyed reading (and proofreading) it! Harris7 (talk) 10:51, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Felicitation, for your great work on this wonderful book. I very much enjoyed working on it also. Stamlou (talk) 15:40, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

{{nop}} on pages without text

Hi, I saw that you added {{nop}} to empty page Page:Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons (IA travelsinwestafr00kingrich).pdf/746.

So far as I am aware, there is no need to do this. Blank pages should be omitted from transclusion. However, even if they are included, the software appears to ignore them anyway. In this case there's a nop on the preceding page (745), so everything was OK. Regards, Chrisguise (talk) 13:12, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Thank you I appreciate this information. Stamlou (talk) 14:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Silas Marner - many typesetting errors

Hi, I appreciate your thank-you's as I work my way through more of George Eliot's works (currently Silas Marner in The Works of George Eliot (Cabinet Edition)/Volume 23).

I just wanted to point out that this one has a strange recurring error in the source text that seems to be a typesetting problem, not spelling errors. I posted a brief discussion here: Page talk:The works of George Eliot (Volume 23).djvu/135 - please take a look and let me know what you think?

I'm tempted to go back and simply fix many of the existing SIC's (i.e. leaving just the corrected word), as they all seem to be instances of the same printing problem in the source text. Harris7 (talk) 21:11, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

I Think your suggestion of correcting without the SIC makes sense. But you should ask advise on Wikisource:Scriptorium. My first language is french. Thank you for the great work. Stamlou (talk) 21:28, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

@Stamlou - Hi, it turns out the problem was in the DJVU file, not the source text. (per discussion here.) Another user regenerated the DJVU, and the problem is gone. I've gone back and removed all the SIC's that were due to this problem. Regards, Harris7 (talk) 22:40, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Great! Stamlou (talk) 23:17, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

West African Studies/Chapter I

It looks to me as if you created this page and then decided it should be with 1 instead of I and created that. We should not have two pages transcluding from the same source. I think that it is probably best to move the page, which then creates a redirect. Alternatively, you could blank the firest page and mark it for speedy delete, or manually turn it into a redirect (which is what I have done). -- Beardo (talk) 06:43, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting my error and explaining it so well. Stamlou (talk) 11:20, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

You say: move the page which then creates a redirect. How is it done? Stamlou (talk) 11:36, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Ah - it's not obvious, is it. (I think that it used to be moreso). At the top right, next to "Search Wikisource" there is a tag that says "More" - one of the options there is "Move". -- Beardo (talk) 15:57, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

I don't seem to have a tag that says "More", at the top right, next to "Search Wikisource". Stamlou (talk) 17:51, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

No ? On mine it goes "Read", "Edit", "View history" then a star, them "More", then the search box at the end. -- Beardo (talk) 20:13, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes I found it under "Tools". Stamlou (talk) 23:13, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Table of Contents: Index:A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879).djvu

I'm validating the pages on A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879). There's a typo I don't know how to correct. Please see IX on the table of contents. At the bottom, it says the page numbers are 143-146. But I think it should say 143-166, since the next section starts at 167. Also Section 1, Section VI, , Section X, and Section XV are the only ones that say "Pages" in front of the numbers. Please advise when I can continue validating the pages. Thank you. Maile66 (talk) 00:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Please post your questions on Wikisource:Scriptorium as my knowledge in this matter is too limited. The page number error for chapter IX is in the source text. Your validating work is greatly appreciated. Stamlou (talk) 14:33, 31 March 2024 (UTC)