Editing User talk:Jayvdb



== We don't have the wikisource: interwiki link prefix ==

We also don't have the [[wikiquote:]] interwiki link prefix. But we have [[wiktionary:]] and [[commons:]]. See [[Interwiki map]] (which really should be [[Appropedia:Interwiki map]]). I'd like to have [[w:]] in addition to the verbose [[wikipedia:]]. I'm trying to make this site more hospitable for Wikimedia Foundation project wiki expatriates. It's a process. See my [[User:Teratornis/Tasks|tasks page]]. --[[User:Teratornis|Teratornis]] 17:09, 22 February 2011 (PST)

:Hi, I've left a note on the interwiki map page.  After meeting up with Chris at [[wikiversity:University of Canberra/RCC2011]], my involvement here will initially be focused on building links between the Appropedia and English Wikisource projects, so I would love it if s: and wikisource: could point there. [[User:Jayvdb|Jayvdb]] 17:32, 22 February 2011 (PST)  I'm also keen on Appropedia and Wikimedia Australia collaborating together, so a 'wmau' interwiki would be handy. [[User:Jayvdb|Jayvdb]] 17:34, 22 February 2011 (PST)

::I've added all those - thanks for the suggestions. I've pinged Lonny and Jason about running the update script.

::Teratornis, agreed it should be [[Appropedia:Interwiki map]], but I assume the link is in the update script somewhere... best to move in a single jump to the nice extension suggested by John at [[Talk:Interwiki map #SpecialInterwiki]]. 

::John, welcome! --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 03:03, 28 February 2011 (PST)

:::Thanks for the welcome.
:::I did tell my mum about Appropedia, but her internet has been useless since everything went pear shaped during the Toowoomba floods. [[User:Jayvdb|Jayvdb]] 03:33, 28 February 2011 (PST)

== public domain search ==
We talked about migrating/replicating the [[public domain]] source list/search to Wikisource.  How do we go about doing this? [[User:Jayvdb|Jayvdb]] 03:33, 28 February 2011 (PST)

== Wikisource texts ==
I see [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Attrib_pd]] - [[Harnessing Solar Power (USAID in Africa - Success Stories)]], [[Solar Cookers, Efficient Stoves Help Rural Families Worldwide]], and [[Drip Irrigation Turns Gravel into Green]] would be appropriate on English Wikisource, however German Wikisource would probably baulk at [[Tropfbewässerung hilft den Bauern, Geld zu sparen]], as they dont like works that are not accompanied by a scan of the hardcopy.

The source of [[Green chemistry]] would be appropriate on English Wikisource, and the press release on [[Earthquake proofing for buildings]] would also be suitable; these are good examples of where Wikisource would host the entire work, and Appropedia would only utilise a digest version of it.

[[UN Commission on Sustainable Development “Energy Cycle” (2005-2007)]] contains many state.gov resources which could be archived on Wikisource; the UN documents are not always PD, but usually are.

in re [[Volatile Organic Compounds]], it looks like it is part of a published booklet, in which case the entire booklet would be suitable for Wikisource.

[[Cambridge Cohousing]] and other parts of this database would not be suitable on Wikisource, as it is a growing resource, and Wikisource doesnt like works which are not completed.

I think [[Three Acres and Liberty]] would be a good place for us to start interproject collaboration.

[[User:Jayvdb|Jayvdb]] 03:33, 28 February 2011 (PST)

:Thanks - let me think over this. 

:Didn't realize UN sometimes used PD - good to know!

:Our PD works are generally taken from obviously PD sources (usually US govt; [[Three Acres and Liberty]] is from Gutenberg.org)... so I suppose the only advantage in getting them from us is that they've been converted to wiki markup? We'd be happy with that, of course. --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 08:36, 1 March 2011 (PST)

:"The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture" is one to think about. There's a pre-1923 edition which is out of copyright - already in electronic text form and used on [http://www.gardenology.org/ Gardenology], but it doesn't seem to be on Wikisource or Gutenberg.org. I'd like to double-check the PD status and adapt it for ourselves. 

:I also found this [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29659/29659-h/29659-h.htm grape growing manual], probably useful for us and not on Wikisource AFAICT.  --[[User:Chriswaterguy|Chriswaterguy]] 23:25, 3 March 2011 (PST)

::re UN, see [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Template:PD-UN wikisource:Template:PD-UN]
::All PD works are suitable for Wikisource, grape growing manuals included ;-)
::Scans of Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture are available on [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Standard%20Cyclopedia%20of%20Horticulture%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts archive.org].  it looks like there is more than one volume in this work.  We need to find which set of scans are the best quality, upload the DJVU file(s) to Commons, and start transcribing them on Wikisource.
::There is another grape growing manual on Internet Archive, and again there are a few sets of pagescans to choose between[http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=grape%20growing%20manual%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts]
::A search on [http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype%3Atexts%20AND%20subject%3A%22Horticulture%22 Horticulture] returns many lifetimes of transcription work ;-)
::[[User:Jayvdb|Jayvdb]] 00:25, 4 March 2011 (PST)