When we tried to convert into wiki code (a needed step to add links and to convert files into a "wiki hypertext") a pdf file, that's a opaque, closed format, such a work turned off in a nightmare. If we simply load free pdf books "as they are", I don't see any advantage, but "feed wikisource numbers/statistics" nd this in presently far from my personal interest.
As you guess, I'm one of users who don't support Aubrey's enthusiasm about texts born digital, even if free. :-) Alex 2013/6/12 David Cuenca <dacu...@gmail.com> > Nobody is saying anything about using copyrighted works, there are many > books that have an open license that would allow to include them in > Wikisource. > > For instance in ca-ws we have this translation from 2009: > > http://ca.wikisource.org/wiki/Llibre:El_secret_de_l%E2%80%99or_que_creix_%282009%29.djvu > > The original is in the PD, and the translator gave away his rights. It > would have been much easier to work directly with the pdf, instead of > converting to djvu. > > Micru > > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Aarti K. Dwivedi < > ellydwivedi2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If I am not wrong, as of today, most books that were born digital, are >> still under copyright. Of course, they are available freely on the >> internet. But we can't use the pirated copies. How would we go about the >> procurement of these books? >> If we procure these copyrighted books, then the only we would have to do >> is to check for proper formatting. Isn't it? >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Lars Aronsson <l...@aronsson.se> wrote: >> >>> On 06/12/2013 02:48 PM, Andrea Zanni wrote: >>> >>>> We could define some tasks as >>>> * corrected the page >>>> * OPTIONAL added optional templates/links/annotations >>>> *... >>>> >>> >>> Geotagged all the photos, ... >>> >>> The list doesn't end. You need a generic mechanism >>> for any new feature you can invent. But aren't our >>> existing templates and categories the best way to >>> do this? You could just add to each page: >>> {{done|proofread=user1|**validated=user2|geotagged=**user4|...}} >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Lars Aronsson (l...@aronsson.se) >>> Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature - http://runeberg.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Wikisource-l mailing list >>> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.**org <Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Aarti K. Dwivedi >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikisource-l mailing list >> Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l >> >> > > > -- > Etiamsi omnes, ego non > _______________________________________________ > Wikisource-l mailing list > Wikisource-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikisource-l > >
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