Tag Archives: Wikisource

Creating Wikisource author pages

Posted on 2017-08-26 by Sam Wilson

I figured out how to do some slight video editing in OpenShot, and have tried to make another Wikisource tutorial:

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Importing books from IA to Wikisource

Posted on 2017-08-21 by Sam Wilson

After being inspired by Ewan McAndrew at Wikimania, I’ve taken a crack at doing my own video about importing books from the Internet Archive into Wikisource: There are a few mistakes here, and as I’ve yet to figure out how … Continue reading →

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WikiCite 2017

Posted on 2017-05-23 by Sam Wilson

(Firefox asked me to rate it this morning, with a little picture of a broken heart and five stars to select from. I gave it five (’cause it’s brilliant) and then it sent me to a survey on mozilla.com titled … Continue reading →

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Editing MediaWiki pages in an external editor

Posted on 2017-02-21 by Sam Wilson

I’ve been working on a MediaWiki gadget lately, for editing Wikisource authors’ metadata without leaving the author page. It’s fun working with and learning more about OOjs-UI, but it’s also a pain because gadget code is kept in Javascript pages … Continue reading →

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New feature for ia-upload

Posted on 2017-02-06 by Sam Wilson

I have been working on an addition to the IA Upload tool these last few days, and it’s ready for testing. Hopefully we’ll merge it tomorrow or the next day. This is the first time I’ve done much work with … Continue reading →

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Wikisource hangout notes

Posted on 2017-01-29 by Sam Wilson

The notes from the Wikisource hangout last night are now on Meta.

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Wikisource Hangout

Posted on 2017-01-23 by Sam Wilson

I wonder how long it takes after someone first starts editing a Wikimedia project that they figure out that they can read lots of Wikimedia news on https://en.planet.wikimedia.org/ — and when, after that, they realise they can also post to … Continue reading →

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Penguin Classics portal on Wikisource

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Sam Wilson

I’ve made a start of a system to pull data from Wikidata and generate a portal for the Penguin Classics, with appropriate links for those that are on Wikisource or are ready to be transcribed. I’m a bit of a … Continue reading →

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2016 begins

Posted on 2016-01-07 by Sam Wilson

It’s 2016 and it seems like a good time to attempt some new type of explanation of things. Things in general, I mean, and things internety. Or, maybe not ‘explanation’ so much as formless rambling. That’s easier on the brain, … Continue reading →

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Wikisource category browser now has other languages

Posted on 2015-07-11 by Sam Wilson

I’ve updated the Wikisource validated works’ category browser tool to include other languages. So far it’s just Italian, and to some perhaps-incorrect extent French (there’s only four? that’s not right). I just need more Wikisources to tell me the names … Continue reading →

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