Last modified: 2014-09-12 09:34:28 UTC
Google Books > Internet Archive > Commons upload cycle Wikisources all around the world use heavily GB digitizations for transcription and proofreading. As GB provides just the PDF, the usual cycle is: go to Google Books and look for a book check if the book is already in IA if it's not, upload it there get the djvu from IA upload it on Commons use it on Wikisource For point 4, we have this awesome tool: https://toolserver.org/~tpt/iaUploadBot/step1.php What we miss right now is a tool for point 2.1, that would serve many other users outside the Wikimedia movement too. Eventually, we could think of a bot/script which would do all the work altogether, notifying the user when their help is needed (eg metadata polishing, Commons categories, etc.) Mentors: Aubrey is available for "design" mentorship, paired with a technical expert. We can maybe ask help from a IA expert. URL:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Google_Books_.3E_Internet_Archive_.3E_Commons_upload_cycle
This proposal has been listed at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects and we are filing a report to gather community feedback and share updates.
(In reply to vladjohn2013 from comment #0) > Google Books > Internet Archive > Commons upload cycle > > Wikisources all around the world use heavily GB digitizations for > transcription and proofreading. As GB provides just the PDF, the usual cycle > is: > > go to Google Books and look for a book > check if the book is already in IA > if it's not, upload it there > get the djvu from IA > upload it on Commons > use it on Wikisource > > For point 4, we have this awesome tool: > https://toolserver.org/~tpt/iaUploadBot/step1.php What we miss right now is > a tool for point 2.1, that would serve many other users outside the > Wikimedia movement too. Eventually, we could think of a bot/script which > would do all the work altogether, notifying the user when their help is > needed (eg metadata polishing, Commons categories, etc.) Mentors: Aubrey is > available for "design" mentorship, paired with a technical expert. We can > maybe ask help from a IA expert. > > URL:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/ > Possible_projects#Google_Books_.3E_Internet_Archive_.3E_Commons_upload_cycle Hi This is to inform that I am working on Bug 57813 - Google Books > Internet Archive > Commons upload cycle, via GSOC-2014 project. I'm ready with with the outline of google-books download script. -- Rohit Dua 8ohit.dua New Delhi,India
I have selected a mentor-ship project<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Google_Books_.3E_Internet_Archive_.3E_Commons_upload_cycle> which corresponds to this Bug 57813. I have proposed a rough proposal (after discussing the steps with mentors/community). Link to proposal: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:8ohit.dua/GSoC_proposal_2014 It would be great if we could get the community's valuable suggestions/ feedback for the proposal/project. Thanks a lot. Rohit Dua (8ohit.dua) Delhi, India
Rohit, Paolo (is he following this report?), your proposals are still missing in Google Melange. Please submit them there as a draft linking to your wiki pages. In any case, we will evaluate your proposals in mediawiki.org. Thank you!
FYI, I accept to mentor Rohit Dua.
(In reply to Yann Forget from comment #5) > FYI, I accept to mentor Rohit Dua. Tyhank you! Instructions: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_mentors
Rohit's GSoC project was marked as PASSED by his mentors, but the required final blog post is still missing and, in general, it is unclear what we have and what is missing to resolve this report as FIXED. Please wrap up your project properly.
