[Wikisource-l] Tools for organizing a Wikisource Anniversary Proofreading Contest (WAPC) in your local Wikisource

[Cristian Consonni]

Hi all,

together with Andrea (User:Aubrey), Bodhisattwa (User:Bodhisattwa) and
Jayanta (User:Jayantanth) we have put together a page about the
"Wikisource Anniversary Proofreading Contest" (WAPC). If I recall
correctly, the first WAPC was organised for the first time 3 years ago
in November in occasion of the 10th anniversary of Wikisource.

You can find more info about WAPCs on Meta:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_anniversary_proofreading_contest
there you can find some tips on how to run a WAPC in your local Wikisource.

We have also put together a set of tools on GitHub - under the
umbrella of a new "organisation" called `wscontest` - here they are:
https://github.com/wscontest/
you can find the repos for some tools
* the votecounter script, to count the points for each contestant;
* the ranking script, to designate the winner (who has the most
points) and to draw the second and third-place winners;

These tools are also available on Tool Labs under the `wscontest`:
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wscontest/

The documentation, at least for the votecounter script, is quite
extensive and I think that with this tools it would be possible to run
a contest in your local Wikisource, provided that you find someone
with Tool Labs access which can help with running the scripts.

However, it would be very nice if we could write a nice front-end for
everything so that organizing a contest. counting votes, and
establishing the winner, so that it becomes easy and can be done by
any community without technical support. Basically, we would need to
design and code some front-end:
* a page where you create a contest and upload a book list and define
the parameters of the contest: starting and ending date, how points
are awarded, etc.;
* a page where you launch the votecount script and collect the results;
* a page where you launch the ranking script and get the winners
posted on Wikisource;

It would also be very nice if we could add some authentication with
Wikimedia/Wikisource credentials.

I would like to see if we can gather some interest and help for coding
this idea. Alas, I have little time myself to code what is needed, but
Jayanta can also help and we already have a small team. You can also
put your name on meta here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_anniversary_proofreading_contest#Interested_users

Ciao,

C

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[Sam Wilson]

Good idea!

Talking of which, anyone know who runs the @wikisource Twitter
account[1]?

(I've only just found
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:WikiProject_Social_media but
it doesn't say.)


On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, at 05:26 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote:
> Yes! Thanks.
> People who have a Wikisource account on FB or other social media,
> please share :-)
> Aubrey
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Sam Wilson
>  wrote:
>> __
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wikisource will be getting some visibility to the rest of the
>> MediaWiki/Wikimedia community:
>>
>> Coming event: Wikisource OCR demo
>> The *OCR tool for Indic language Wikisources*[2] will be demonstrated
>> by Kaldari at the next MediaWiki CREDIT showcase[3] on Wednesday, 7
>> September 2016 at 18:00 UTC[4]. The session will be broadcast on
>> Youtube (link TBA) and live discussion will take place on Etherpad[5]
>> (side-channel discussion will be in #wikimedia-office on IRC).
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sam
>>
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Links:

  1. https://twitter.com/wikisource
  2. https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Google_OCR
  3. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase
  4. 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MediaWiki+CREDIT+showcase+%28September+2016%29=20161005T18=%3A
  5. https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
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Re: [Wikisource-l] Event: demo of the OCR tool for Indic languages

[Andrea Zanni]

Yes! Thanks.
People who have a Wikisource account on FB or other social media,
please share :-)

Aubrey

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Sam Wilson  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Wikisource will be getting some visibility to the rest of the
> MediaWiki/Wikimedia community:
>
> Coming event: Wikisource OCR demo
> The *OCR tool for Indic language Wikisources*
>  will be demonstrated
> by Kaldari at the next MediaWiki CREDIT showcase
>  on Wednesday, 7
> September 2016 at 18:00 UTC
> .
> The session will be broadcast on Youtube (link TBA) and live discussion
> will take place on Etherpad 
> (side-channel discussion will be in #wikimedia-office on IRC).
>
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
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[Wikisource-l] Event: demo of the OCR tool for Indic languages

[Sam Wilson]

Hi all,

Wikisource will be getting some visibility to the rest of the
MediaWiki/Wikimedia community:

Coming event: Wikisource OCR demo
The *OCR tool for Indic language Wikisources*[1] will be demonstrated by
Kaldari at the next MediaWiki CREDIT showcase[2] on Wednesday, 7
September 2016 at 18:00 UTC[3]. The session will be broadcast on Youtube
(link TBA) and live discussion will take place on Etherpad[4] (side-
channel discussion will be in #wikimedia-office on IRC).


Thanks,
Sam

Links:

  1. https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Google_OCR
  2. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase
  3. 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=MediaWiki+CREDIT+showcase+%28September+2016%29=20161005T18=%3A
  4. https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/CREDIT
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