User talk:Toby~enwikisource

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Again, welcome! John Vandenberg (chat) 11:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

EB1911[edit]

It's great to see you're keenly working on EB1911, and it is fantastic to know you have a physical copy, as there are times where the digital scans are deficient. See WS:EB1911 for details.

In case you are not aware, I have found the quickest method is to use w:Firefox with the CleanHide extension, find the entry on http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/ , e.g. ADYE_SIR_JOHN_MILLER_1819_19oo_, and use CleanHide to remove the junk from the page, then copy and clean it up before posting to Wikisource. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi John[edit]

This is great to do. The information you give me is new to me but I will figure it out. Until now I work as follows: I choose a subject (in the future I will choose things I am realy interested in), I then look it up in the original cd version and do an ocr scan on it. I compare the ocr version (copied to word) with the original version and correct it. When I think it is ok I put it in wikisource. I am still figuring out the layout. Your links are very handy. Greetz --Toby 01:13, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

EB formatting[edit]

I can't see your watchlist, so you will need to point out which changes are causing you some concern. Underlying the problem you are facing is the lack of a style guideline tailored for EB1911 — it is a big enough project that it needs it's own style guideline if we are going to end up with a consistent feel across all pages.

I suggest that you start a new section on Wikisource talk:WikiProject 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica with an overview of what has happened, and invite Suicidalhamster (talkcontribs) to come and discuss it there. I will also get involved in the discussion if necessary, and others may also. John Vandenberg (chat) 00:34, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

email notifications[edit]

Hi, after a proposal to enable email notification, Wikisource is now able to notify you of any changes to pages on your watchlist and/or changes to your talk page. In order to take advantage of these features, you need to enabled them in your preferences. --John Vandenberg (chat) 14:48, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your account will be renamed[edit]

23:35, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed[edit]

06:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC)