User talk:Inductiveload/Archives/2017

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He lives

— billinghurst sDrewth 02:03, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

I did wonder how long I could skulk in the shadows! Inductiveload—talk/contribs 02:05, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

You came skulking out of the shadows. If you had stayed in the shadowlands ((Page: Index:), probably a good while longer. — billinghurst sDrewth 05:41, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

I just failed my stealth check. Not a critical failure, that would be adding to {{New texts}}, but not much hope of that for QOK until I learn Persian, or co-opt a friendly speaker! Inductiveload—talk/contribs 14:49, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Maybe, @Yoosef Pooranvary: can help. Hrishikes (talk) 15:13, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Inductiveload: How can I help? --Yousef (talk) 16:13, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi, @Yoosef Pooranvary:. I've got a work, Quatrains of Omar Khayyam (tr. Whinfield, 1883), that has 500 side-by-side English/Persian quatrains, which I started years ago. The English recently is all proofread, and about about 35 of the Persian sides were very kindly done by User:Pedram.salehpoor a long time ago. It's a lot of work, but perhaps you'd be interested in adding a few of the Persian versed? Obviously, no pressure to do any! I have tried to do a little bit in the errata, but I'm am almost entirely unfamiliar with Persian as a language/alphabet, and I haven't quite got around to learning enough letters to be able to accurately type it or compare against pre-typed online versions. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 16:26, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Regarding wikiheaders and anchors

Hi! I saw your recent edit to Author:Guangxu, and thought you might benefit from knowing that wiki-headers inside equal signs (e.g. "===Imperial Decrees===") can already automatically be used as anchors, so you don't need to also add an {{anchor}} after it. Just FYI :) —Beleg Tâl (talk) 14:34, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the attention and the info. My thinking was it's easy for someone to change (or remove) a ===header=== without knowing they'll break an anchored link (especially as What links here] doesn't show the anchor on any incoming links, in this case, Author:Cixi. (I hope) it's less likely anyone will change an explicit {{anchor}} without a second thought about breaking incoming links. Probably it's less of an issue in the Page/Main namespaces, where the works generally "freeze" on completion and have few authors who set it up "just so", compared to Portal/Author, where the pages are in a state of continuous flux. Or, perhaps, I'm just paranoid! Inductiveload—talk/contribs 14:44, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Welcome back

The title says it all. — Ineuw talk 09:33, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

PDF to djvu

Hi, do you know what the best PDF to djvu converter is, one that will preserve the OCR text? Thanks. Samiur Rahman 2017 (talk) 21:02, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

What are you trying to achieve with PDF->DjVu conversion? PDFs are already compressed - you're unlikely to get better compression by re-compressing already-compressed data with a different algorithm. I tried pdf2djvu - it inflated a Google Books scan by around 3 times. You can use PDFs and their text layers at Wikisource just the same as DjVu. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 22:18, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology as new text?

Hello. I noticed Jung's Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology was added to New texts, but it isn't yet completely proofread. Merely wondering. Londonjackbooks (talk) 00:41, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

The non-proofread bits do actually appear to be proofread, including italics and even author links, but the original contributor left a lot of it red. I'm going to go through it again, but as far as I'm aware, it's "complete". Inductiveload—talk/contribs 00:46, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

The Index is still redlinked, and looks like it needs a Mainspace page. If the pages have been 'proofread', should they not then all be advanced to yellow so it can be marked as a proofread index? IMO it is not yet complete otherwise, despite appearances. Londonjackbooks (talk) 00:50, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

To be quite honest, I wasn't planning on the index at all, as I just don't see the point of transcribing hundreds of lines of index when we have a search engine. I'll advance the red pages. Feel free to remove from new texts if you're not happy with it being there now. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 00:55, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Also IMO, I believe an index to be an integral part of the original text and should be proofread in order to advance a work. I will inquire to see if there are any express WS guidelines to the contrary. Thanks, Londonjackbooks (talk) 01:08, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Never mind, I'll just remove it from new texts. I only wanted to fix the images originally anyway! Inductiveload—talk/contribs 01:13, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

No problem. Sorry to be a busy-body about it! Londonjackbooks (talk) 01:22, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Well, you're the admin these days, not me! ;-) Inductiveload—talk/contribs 01:24, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me ;) Wasn't really acting in that capacity :) Came across it for other reasons. Londonjackbooks (talk) 01:31, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Congratulations, by the way, I wasn't around when it happened! Inductiveload—talk/contribs 01:33, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. It may take me another 7 years before I am comfortable/confident as such. I perform basic tasks. Welcome back, by the way! Londonjackbooks (talk) 01:37, 12 November 2017 (UTC)