Re: [Wikisource-l] QR Codes for Wikisource texts

[Sam Wilson]

I have done this sort of thing (once only, but it was useful I think). It was a 
report in the local library, that is now on Wikisource, and I slipped a single 
loose leaf into the front of it that explained that a digital version was 
available on Wikisource and what address to find it at. That would have been a 
good place to have a QR code. (Although, it's also a use case that would is 
served by those library catalogues that permit user annotations, such as 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27433064 .)
As for redirecting to Wikisource based on a QR code, I have an inkling that 
User:Pigsonthewing and User:Gnangarra were talking recently about a 
Wikidata-based QRpedia system, that would embed the Wikidata ID into the QR 
code rather than the Wikipedia page name. Then, the qrpedia software would 
redirect to the relevant language Wikipedia based on the sitelinks. I imagine 
that this software (and I'm not sure it exists beyond planning stage yet) would 
pretty easily be able to instead redirect to Wikisource or any other project.
—Sam

On Fri, 7 Jul 2017, at 01:38 PM, Ilario Valdelli wrote:
> In all of your discussion I have not undertood why someone should go to the 
> library to have a qrcode while it is available online.> 
> Kind regards
> 
> On 7 Jul 2017 07:22, "Bodhisattwa Mandal"  
> wrote:>> Hi,


>> There has been significant decline in library readerships in India. 
>> Libraries are remaining almost empty throughout the day. I believe, that is 
>> because, with the increasing usage of internet, there has been a change in 
>> behaviour about reading physical books. People are preferring to remain 
>> online and get information from the internet, rather than to stay in a 
>> library and study there. The libraries are not also coping with this 
>> scenario and not upgrading themselves, and losing readers.>> Also, the smart 
>> phone penetration in India is also increasing. It has been estimated almost 
>> one third of Indian citizens will use smart phone by 2019 and that's a huge 
>> number. Nowadays, many people who do not have computers, have smartphones 
>> with cheaper internet than before. But many of them doesn't know how to 
>> search a book in internet, even if does find some book, tends to forget the 
>> urls, and unfortunately almost nobody knows anything about Wikisource, even 
>> from the academy.>> Now, if we have a QR code generation system for 
>> Wikisource, we can collaborate with the town libraries or college libraries, 
>> send them the codes and help them build a QR code library of books. They can 
>> give the codes to readers according to their demands, which will redirect 
>> them to Wikisource. We can also generate QR codes for every book we work on 
>> and upload them to Commons with a suitable title, creating a QR code library 
>> ourselves, thus making the codes google searchable and accessible to the 
>> readers. In every case, the viewership of the site will increase.>> Regards,


>> On Jul 7, 2017 7:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:>>> 
>> Certainly, this can be done.
>>> 
>>> Could you elaborate a little more about the use scenarios you are 
>>> imagining?>>> 
>>> A.
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal 
>>>  wrote: Hi all,


 Can we create a Wikisource specific QR code generator tool for the NS0 
 pages? People often forget the urls or sometimes doesn't know the way 
 to search texts in Wikisource. If we can generate qr codes, that would 
 also benefit libraries from remote places or readers who don't have 
 computers in their possession . I think it will definitely increase 
 the viewership of the site to a significant amount.  What's your opinion 
 regarding this? Regards,
  Bodhisattwa


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Re: [Wikisource-l] QR Codes for Wikisource texts

[Ilario Valdelli]

In all of your discussion I have not undertood why someone should go to the
library to have a qrcode while it is available online.

Kind regards

On 7 Jul 2017 07:22, "Bodhisattwa Mandal" 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There has been significant decline in library readerships in India.
> Libraries are remaining almost empty throughout the day. I believe, that is
> because, with the increasing usage of internet, there has been a change in
> behaviour about reading physical books. People are preferring to remain
> online and get information from the internet, rather than to stay in a
> library and study there. The libraries are not also coping with this
> scenario and not upgrading themselves, and losing readers.
>
> Also, the smart phone penetration in India is also increasing. It has been
> estimated almost one third of Indian citizens will use smart phone by 2019
> and that's a huge number. Nowadays, many people who do not have computers,
> have smartphones with cheaper internet than before. But many of them
> doesn't know how to search a book in internet, even if does find some book,
> tends to forget the urls, and unfortunately almost nobody knows anything
> about Wikisource, even from the academy.
>
> Now, if we have a QR code generation system for Wikisource, we can
> collaborate with the town libraries or college libraries, send them the
> codes and help them build a QR code library of books. They can give the
> codes to readers according to their demands, which will redirect them to
> Wikisource. We can also generate QR codes for every book we work on and
> upload them to Commons with a suitable title, creating a QR code library
> ourselves, thus making the codes google searchable and accessible to the
> readers. In every case, the viewership of the site will increase.
>
> Regards,
>
> On Jul 7, 2017 7:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:
>
>> Certainly, this can be done.
>>
>> Could you elaborate a little more about the use scenarios you are
>> imagining?
>>
>> A.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Can we create a Wikisource specific QR code generator tool for the NS0
>>> pages?
>>>
>>> People often forget the urls or sometimes doesn't know the way to search
>>> texts in Wikisource. If we can generate qr codes, that would also benefit
>>> libraries from remote places or readers who don't have computers in their
>>> possession .
>>>
>>> I think it will definitely increase the viewership of the site to a
>>> significant amount.  What's your opinion regarding this?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikisource-l] QR Codes for Wikisource texts

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
In Reasonator every item incuding content from Wikibooks have their QR-code.
Thanks,
 GerardM

https://tools.wmflabs.org/reasonator/?=237572

On 7 July 2017 at 07:22, Bodhisattwa Mandal 
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> There has been significant decline in library readerships in India.
> Libraries are remaining almost empty throughout the day. I believe, that is
> because, with the increasing usage of internet, there has been a change in
> behaviour about reading physical books. People are preferring to remain
> online and get information from the internet, rather than to stay in a
> library and study there. The libraries are not also coping with this
> scenario and not upgrading themselves, and losing readers.
>
> Also, the smart phone penetration in India is also increasing. It has been
> estimated almost one third of Indian citizens will use smart phone by 2019
> and that's a huge number. Nowadays, many people who do not have computers,
> have smartphones with cheaper internet than before. But many of them
> doesn't know how to search a book in internet, even if does find some book,
> tends to forget the urls, and unfortunately almost nobody knows anything
> about Wikisource, even from the academy.
>
> Now, if we have a QR code generation system for Wikisource, we can
> collaborate with the town libraries or college libraries, send them the
> codes and help them build a QR code library of books. They can give the
> codes to readers according to their demands, which will redirect them to
> Wikisource. We can also generate QR codes for every book we work on and
> upload them to Commons with a suitable title, creating a QR code library
> ourselves, thus making the codes google searchable and accessible to the
> readers. In every case, the viewership of the site will increase.
>
> Regards,
>
> On Jul 7, 2017 7:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:
>
>> Certainly, this can be done.
>>
>> Could you elaborate a little more about the use scenarios you are
>> imagining?
>>
>> A.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
>> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Can we create a Wikisource specific QR code generator tool for the NS0
>>> pages?
>>>
>>> People often forget the urls or sometimes doesn't know the way to search
>>> texts in Wikisource. If we can generate qr codes, that would also benefit
>>> libraries from remote places or readers who don't have computers in their
>>> possession .
>>>
>>> I think it will definitely increase the viewership of the site to a
>>> significant amount.  What's your opinion regarding this?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikisource-l] QR Codes for Wikisource texts

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi,

There has been significant decline in library readerships in India.
Libraries are remaining almost empty throughout the day. I believe, that is
because, with the increasing usage of internet, there has been a change in
behaviour about reading physical books. People are preferring to remain
online and get information from the internet, rather than to stay in a
library and study there. The libraries are not also coping with this
scenario and not upgrading themselves, and losing readers.

Also, the smart phone penetration in India is also increasing. It has been
estimated almost one third of Indian citizens will use smart phone by 2019
and that's a huge number. Nowadays, many people who do not have computers,
have smartphones with cheaper internet than before. But many of them
doesn't know how to search a book in internet, even if does find some book,
tends to forget the urls, and unfortunately almost nobody knows anything
about Wikisource, even from the academy.

Now, if we have a QR code generation system for Wikisource, we can
collaborate with the town libraries or college libraries, send them the
codes and help them build a QR code library of books. They can give the
codes to readers according to their demands, which will redirect them to
Wikisource. We can also generate QR codes for every book we work on and
upload them to Commons with a suitable title, creating a QR code library
ourselves, thus making the codes google searchable and accessible to the
readers. In every case, the viewership of the site will increase.

Regards,

On Jul 7, 2017 7:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:

> Certainly, this can be done.
>
> Could you elaborate a little more about the use scenarios you are
> imagining?
>
> A.
>
> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
> bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can we create a Wikisource specific QR code generator tool for the NS0
>> pages?
>>
>> People often forget the urls or sometimes doesn't know the way to search
>> texts in Wikisource. If we can generate qr codes, that would also benefit
>> libraries from remote places or readers who don't have computers in their
>> possession .
>>
>> I think it will definitely increase the viewership of the site to a
>> significant amount.  What's your opinion regarding this?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Bodhisattwa
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Re: [Wikisource-l] QR Codes for Wikisource texts

[Asaf Bartov]

Certainly, this can be done.

Could you elaborate a little more about the use scenarios you are imagining?

A.

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM Bodhisattwa Mandal <
bodhisattwa.rg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Can we create a Wikisource specific QR code generator tool for the NS0
> pages?
>
> People often forget the urls or sometimes doesn't know the way to search
> texts in Wikisource. If we can generate qr codes, that would also benefit
> libraries from remote places or readers who don't have computers in their
> possession .
>
> I think it will definitely increase the viewership of the site to a
> significant amount.  What's your opinion regarding this?
>
> Regards,
> Bodhisattwa
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[Wikisource-l] Indic Wikisource Update July 2017

[Jayanta Nath]

Hello all,

We've just published the July 2017 Indic Wikisource statistics. We are very
happy to announce that, we have now 11 Indic Wikisources. From the birth of
Punjabi Wikisource, within a two month, they have beaten Marathi and
Assamese  Wikisource.

Here is the top 3 rank according to different criteria few stats ...

As per Number of article
1. Sanskrit Wikisource ( 17214 pages) -  supported by 0.04% scan pages.
2. Kannada Wikisource ( 12537 pages) - supported by 0.62% scan pages.
3. Telugu Wikisource ( 11881 pages) - supported by 24.89% scan pages.


As per Number of page Validation

1. Telugu Wikisource ( 20159 pages)
2. Tamil Wikisource ( 6312 pages)
3. Gujarati Wikisource ( 5652 pages)


As per Number of page Proofread

1. Telugu Wikisource ( 25184 pages)
2. Bengali Wikisource ( 10793 pages)
3. Tamil Wikisource ( 9244 pages)

As per percentage supported by scan pages.
1. Bengali Wikisource  (94.64%)
2. Telugu Wikisource ( 24.89%)
3. Gujarati Wikisource (20.21%)

Full Indic Wikisource stats here below where Language subdomains are ranked
by the number of page verifications : [category q3] + 2x[category q4]
https://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Indic_Wikisource_Stats

I want to specially mention that there are no visible improvement on
proofreading works and page content supported by scan at Marathi,Assamese,
Sanskrit, Panjabi , and Kannada Wikisource.

Regards,
Jayanta Nath
Indic Wikisource Community
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[Wikisource-l] QR Codes for Wikisource texts

[Bodhisattwa Mandal]

Hi all,

Can we create a Wikisource specific QR code generator tool for the NS0
pages?

People often forget the urls or sometimes doesn't know the way to search
texts in Wikisource. If we can generate qr codes, that would also benefit
libraries from remote places or readers who don't have computers in their
possession .

I think it will definitely increase the viewership of the site to a
significant amount.  What's your opinion regarding this?

Regards,
Bodhisattwa
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