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Newbie question. I am astounded how Table 1 was converted to wiki mark-up. Is this a tedious, manual process? Or, is there some OCR layer in the DjVU software that "knows" how to automate aid for tables? I am very impressed. -- Thekohser (talk) 14:21, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Probably worth asking Inductiveload (talk • contribs) on his talk page (we tend not to watch Page namespace except through RC and patrolling), though my guess is manual. If he has a cheating tool, he hasn't been sharing.

We come across tables in a lot of works (tables of contents) and it becomes second nature for a few of us, and we have Pathoschild's regex tool to help as appropriate for heavy text search and replace. — billinghurst sDrewth 14:42, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I've reached out to Inductiveload, per your suggestion. -- Thekohser (talk) 14:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, that table was a full manual job, because I was experimenting with the borders. Copy pasting also makes it a lot easier, especially when most rows are formatted the same. Welcome, by the way, I hope you can find a quiet place to edit peacefully and constructively here—we have a lot less drama than WP or Commons! Also, are you related to the author of this article? Inductiveload—talk/contribs 21:10, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

My relation to Samuel Kohs is (as far as I know) coincidental only. Long story short: My 19th century ancestors on my father's side had the surname Dovedait (which appears to have been rare to begin with and is now extinct). Two Dovedait parents perished in a building fire (in Pittsburgh?) around the 1880's. The orphaned children were adopted by the mother's sister in Detroit, who was married to a man with the surname Koos. During WWI, some within the Koos family sought relief from anti-German sentiment in the United States, so they petitioned a judge to "Americanize" the name, or at least make it "less German". The judge suggested that "Kohs" would work... although (again, as far as I know) the predominantly Lutheran Koos family had no idea that "Kohs" was an already existing German-Jewish surname. Samuel C. Kohs was (as far as I know) one of those already existing members of the Kohs family that "my" bloodline unintentionally usurped the name from. Don't even get me started on my mom's side of the family. -- Thekohser (talk) 14:56, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

P.S. Over on Wikipedia, User:JzG felt that I had a conflict of interest by editing the Samuel Kohs article, and he made it a point to hold that against me somehow. Kind of silly, seeing as how I'm not even related in any way to Samuel. Just a typical anecdote of how nasty Wikipedia politics can be. I retaliated in my own less-than-mature ways. Bygones, I hope. -- Thekohser (talk) 14:59, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

That's quite an interesting tale! I have no interest in that kind of politics, I was just curious about it, but that sounds like an en.WP action! Billinghurst is quite interested in that kind of biographical story (he is especially active with the Dictionary of National Biography). Good luck with the tables, I will try to keep an eye on them. any problems, ask away on my talk page (or come and chat in IRC - there are some friendly chaps there a lot of the time). Cheers, Inductiveload—talk/contribs 19:00, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

A good beginning for quick table design

Hi. Just noticed your post on Inductiveload's talk page and my apologies for butting in, but this is a good tool for beginners (like myself) who wishes to learn wiki tables' intricacies. Also, there is an extensive range of info available on all wikis. - Ineuw (talk) 17:05, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

What an awesome tool! Thanks. I could even use it on my own wiki. -- Thekohser (talk) 14:47, 6 May 2010 (UTC)