December 2, 2011

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The Beaver Bulletin / Le Bulletin du castor


DP Canada: Recycling Dead Trees into Living Text
DP Canada: Nous recyclons les arbres morts pour en faire des textes vivants


Volume 4, Issue #104--December 2, 2011
(Full listing of previous issues is available at DPC Newsletters)


Contents

Simon Says...

This issue's article consists of several very important announcements:

First, this is DPC's Fourth Anniversary!!! We launched the site officially on December 1st 2007. Happy Birthday to everyone, and thanks for everything you do. I have had talks with Don Tapscott, a well-known Toronto-based business author and consultant, who wrote "Wikinomics", a book about web-based cooperative workflows. Until recently, he was completely unaware of the DP community, and of DPC in particular.

He now acknowledges that we constitute one of the world's largest and most effective web-based workflows. Don't get confused with Twitter and FaceBook. They do a lot of communicating, but they don't do any work--in other words, there are few if any tangible end results, just a lot of temporary gratification. And corporate workflows typically don't involve so many people, or spread fully around the world, or process so many transactions as we do.

When I explained to him where we wanted to go, and the new developments we have in mind, he became sceptical [Ed: aka "skeptical" for those who use "other" dictionaries]--so I invited him to come back and see DPC and fadedpage in one year, to see what we'll have accomplished by our fifth anniversary.

Second, I'm announcing the DPC Member of the Year for 2011. For a list of reasons as long as your arm, it's Miscia!!!

Yay, Miscia!!!


She is a CPer, a PM who actively monitors her projects (said he shamefacedly), a mentor, a PPer--and she also is a PF offering a helpful hand to anyone who needs it. Like several others, she also steps into situations where I'm distracted, so she is part of the "glue" that holds DPC together. And likely does a lot more that I'm not even aware of. So, for reasons that epitomize the spirit of DPC, Miscia is Member of the Year.

Third, I do plan to finalize a revised edition of the DPC Formatting Guidelines by February 2012, so please make sure I know about any changes or tweaks you feel should be included. This is part of our ongoing policy of updating the main Guidelines annually--February for the foofing, and August for the proofing. We have a specific forum for this updating purpose Suggestions for Formatting Guidelines II.

Fourth, lately DPC has experienced members coming forward to begin to take part in both CPing and PPing--this is very good news, and we all do whatever we can to assist these members in any way we can. Several have "tucked themselves under my wing". Unfortunately, I don't feel that I can put as much into these mentoring situations as the members deserve. This is due in part to the startup of fadedpage.com (our new Display Site) and to my beginning to develop programs of on-line training for brand-new proofers and foofers. By the way, I'll be looking for help in that regard quite soon, as I get the technology questions resolved.

So, now I'm soliciting experienced members to "adopt" some new CPers, and separately some new PPers, to steer them through those difficult beginning steps. The CP Guidelines are being revised by Tizz, I hope to get a revision of the PP Guidelines started soon, but I think that a more hands-on approach is called for, too.

After four years, DPC seems to be running along quite smoothly, growing slowly (the best way by far) and evolving in complexity as it goes. As Quill has said, we have made our monthly targets for 22 months in a row! I think that some of the measures suggested above will help us to deal with the main problem of the overall DP community--we tend to experience too much "turnover" in new members. That is, too high a percentage of new registrants check us out, then go away without becoming regular members.

Congratulations again to all DPCers on our fourth anniversary

Cheers

Simon


Special "Technical" Announcement

Simple Simon advises of a "little problem" on DPC's website. We have several new "visitors" which are actually utilities that coachmike has added to DPC's servers. They are designed to increase security or support additional content management capabilities associated with our display site "fadedpage.com"--they are harmless but, unfortunately, very frustrating for some DPC members.

The main culprit is "cloudflare" or "cloudflare.com". A few users of Firefox browser versions for Windows or Mac operating systems have found that they could not access DPC and/or experienced a warning message that deleted their bookmarks to the site's "default page". This is due to some kind of "protective" software that detects scripts being run on a website they visit. Unfortunately, this type of protection is usually overkill, since about 50% of all web pages run scripts these days.

If you are having this problem, you should add "CloudFlare" to your list of "acceptable" script generators.

There are a couple of related threads that you can check out and, perhaps, add your own comments:

Also, if you use another browser/OS combination and are having similar problems, please let Simon know and/or add the applicable information to one of the above discussion threads.

Thanks.


Special Requests

Attention all CPers (current and potential) and PMs

Many thanks to the CPers who have been working hard to prepare and upload more projects for our voracious P1 proofers. There are now about 25 projects in the P1: Waiting queue (not including BEGIN projects).

However, the selection of genres is a bit thin: currently there are mostly drama, mystery and general fiction, along with a couple of history and adventure. Whatever you have will be very gratefully received by DAvid (aka De2164): fiction or non-fiction.

If you are interested in CPing, but have never done so, you can check out Simon's article in the July 1, 2011, newsletter.

As always, if you are aware of potential books that are PD in Canada but you do not wish to do the actually CPing, please leave a post in the Providing Content forum.

Any available or potential PPers?

We've recently had a couple of new PPers sign up to do our projects, please welcome them.

Currently there are about 60 projects in the queue.

Lots of choices depending on what you like:

  • easy, average, hard;
  • several history, lots of biography, various types of fiction, humour (or is that "humor" :wink:), folklore, periodicals, science, juvenile, various reference material and other genres;
  • most are in English, but there are also projects in Portuguese, French, German, English with French, and Spanish (at the time of writing);
  • the regular projects range in size from about 40 pages to over 800 while any BEGIN projects generally range from 5 to 15 pages; there are usually quite a few EASY projects if you want to try your hand at PPing;
  • a number of them have illustrations.

There are also a few moldy oldies that have been sitting in the PP pool for almost two years--one for almost 3 years--most, though, are LOTE projects. There are also a number of English projects that have been in the PP queue for just over one year. Any takers?

We're always looking for new PPers. If you are interested, drop by any of the PPing-related forums or send a PM to Simple Simon:

For those people who are interested in learning how to PP, generally the BEGIN projects are an ideal way to do it. The projects are very short and have few if any illustrations or other formatting requirements. Since the projects are short and simple, PPing them is very easy. There are also other EASY projects which, though longer, would be good for beginners.

These days there are seldom any BEGIN projects in the PP queue--which are usually extremely easy; so if you see a BEGIN project in the rounds that you'd like to PP, you can drop a private message to De2164 and ask him to make you the PPer.

Please remember, there are several experienced PPers who will give some direction if asked. Check out the forum discussion thread: Would like to PP? Check here or at the links above.


New Forum Topics for November

Do you ever check the DPC Forums Index to see if there are any new topics that might be of interest to you?... I'm not talking about project discussion forums, but forums related to CPing, PMing, PPing, general topics, even new User Team forums, etc., etc., etc. Have a peek at some of them; maybe you'll find an answer to that question that you haven't gotten around to asking or weren't sure if you could or should ask it.... Or maybe you'll find a post that will give you a giggle or two.

In November, we had the following new, interesting, forum threads created:


DPC eBooks Posted to PG Canada

Here's this issue's installment for DPC books posted to PG Canada in the last two weeks. The books are listed alphabetically by author, then title; short story titles (if any) are underlined.

This listing covers November 19 to December 2:

  • Heart of Asia. True Tales of the Far East. (1951) by Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960)
  • Microcosmographia Academica. Being a Guide for the Young Academic Politician. (1908) by Francis Macdonald Cornford (1874-1943)
  • Cracker Barrel Trouble Shooter (1954) by James Arthur Kjelgaard (1910-1959)


Editorial

DPC Member of the Year for 2011--Congratulations to Miscia. She works on projects from start to finish: CPing through PMing, including proofing and formatting; then she PPs some of them. She's involved with the Drama Training projects and does all sorts of mentoring--she is a PF, too. Way to go, girl!!

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DPC 4th Anniversary--Yesterday, December 1, was DPC's 4th anniversary of going "live" for working on projects. We've come a long way in the 4 years and 4 months since Simple Simon and coachmike got the site started (early August 2007). We have over 1200 registered members of whom several hundred are regular contributors. We've posted 660 distinct ebooks to either (or both) PG-International or PG Canada. We've proofread or formatted almost 1.2 million pages for the over 1500 individual projects that have been created.

We can give ourselves a collective "pat on the back" and be very proud of what we have done together. Well done, everyone!!!

You can add your congratulations to the new thread DPC's 4th Anniversary.

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Formatting Guidelines Update--Calling all foofers ... Simon has plans to go "official" with the recent Formatting Guidelines revisions in February 2012 (that's only 2 months away). So if there is anything that you've been wanting to have some input on, now is the time. You can add your comments to the current Suggestions for Formatting Guidelines II thread.

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Site Code Update--You will have seen Simon's comments in the August 26 issue of Simon Says.... He has copied the comments to this forum thread and would really like to have your comments ... even if just to say that you support the decision made. Of course, if you have suggestions for fixes ... Simon would love to have them.

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Content Providing (CP) Guidelines Revisions--As Simon mentioned in the August 26 issue, Tizz has taken on the task of doing a total rewrite of the CP Guidelines. If you have any comments, suggestions, etc., please see this thread or send her a PM. All input will be gratefully accepted.

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Display site now known as fadedpage.com--Shall we use the acronym FPC? I've set up a poll here. Please vote and add any comments that you wish.

If you have any further ideas or are willing to help in some way do let Simon know. You can post in the Display Site forum, send him a PM or an email to starlink @rogers.com. All ideas and help are gratefully welcomed and accepted.

A new thread has been created for comments about the new site fadedpage.com.

Previous articles about the Display Site can be found at:


Useful Links

For those that wish to set up bookmarks in your browser's "Favorites" for the Proofreading and Formatting Guidelines and other DPC wiki pages:


ÜberProject #1: Chronicles of Canada

To see the current status of the volumes, check out the ÜberProject wiki page for The Chronicles of Canada here: http://www.pgdpcanada.net/wiki/index.php/The_Chronicles_of_Canada

  • De2164 and IonaV are prepping the rest of the volumes. Sufficient PMs have volunteered to handle all remaining volumes--we just need PPers, but the volumes can be picked up from the PP pool when they have completed the rounds unless there is a volume that a PPer really wants to do--in that case let the PM know sooner rather than later.
  • We have borrowed "mint condition" copies of the full set and so will be able to get good scans of all the maps and illustrations as well as picking up missing pages (if any). Thank you to hugger1935 for the use of the books.

* P1: Waiting: 0; proofing/formatting rounds: 1; available for or in post-processing or PPVing: 8; waiting for posting: 6; posted to Project Gutenberg: 11 There are several in New Project being prepared for the P1: Waiting queue with one or two yet to be prepped. Many thanks to jimmy for working on the PPing. ...

  • PP standards have been set and the books do not have anything extremely difficult at all. Check the Chronicles wiki page for the PP standards. Some of the standards for PPing have been updated.
  • Volumes 13, 17 and 24 are being done at DP-Int since the authors of these volumes are out of DPC's copyright purview. They will be posted to PG-Int in due time.. Volumes, 13, 17 and 24 are now in PP. Vol. 17 is now eligible for posting to PGC as the author died in 1960; the other author (Vol. 13 & 24) died in 1970 so we still have a few years to wait for those books to be eligible for PGC.
  • Eleven volumes have been posted to PGC and/or PG-International:
    • Volume 1: The Dawn of Canadian History, A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada,
    • Volume 2: The Mariner of St Malo: A Chronicle of the Voyages of Jacques Cartier,
    • Volume 3: The Founder of New France, A Chronicle of Champlain,
    • Volume 5: The Seigneurs of old Canada: A Chronicle of New World Feudalism,
    • Volume 8: The Great Fortress: A Chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760,
    • Volume 11: The Winning of Canada, A Chronicle of Wolfe,
    • Volume 12: The Father of British Canada, A Chronicle of Carleton,
    • Volume 18: The 'Adventures of England on Hudson Bay', A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North,
    • Volume 20: Adventurers of the Far North, A Chronicle of the Arctic Seas,
    • Volume 27: The Winning of Popular Government: A Chronicle of the Union of 1841, and
    • Volume 29: The Day of Sir John MacDonald, A Chronicle of the Early Years of the Dominion.


ÜberProject #2: Jesuit Relations

Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France; 1610-1791

Vol. 65: Lower Canada, Mississippi Valley, 1696-1702, is in post processing; though Simple Simon says that it has been a long, slow process. Smooth Reading is done ... now Simon gets to finalize the text version (readable) and he'll also be working on the HTML readable and both scholarly versions as well. The scholarly versions will be UTF-8 friendly so that we can include ALL the strange characters and abbreviations from the original Jesuit diaries.

This volume has taken longer to PP as precedents and procedures for the PPing of this project needed to be set up. If you've done any work on any of the volumes either here or at DP-Int, you'll know that they are not simple.

Vol. 66: Illinois, Louisiana, Iroquois, Lower Canada, 1702-1712, is in post processing.

Vol. 67: Lower Canada, Abenakis, Louisiana; 1716- 1727 is in post processing.

Vol. 68: Lower Canada, Crees, Louisiana; 1720-1736 is in post processing.

Vol. 69: All Missions; 1710-1756 is in post processing.

Vol. 64: Ottawas, Lower Canada, Iroquois, Illinois; 1689-1695 is in P2: Available. More of the same strange characters with Latin as well as old French spellings and English along with a smattering of native words.

A set of standards has been determined and added to the Project Comments. An ÜberProject wiki page for Jesuit Relations has been created. It includes the basic instructions for proofing and formatting.

Further volumes: Simon plans to CP Volumes 70 - 73 (last) before starting backwards from Volume 63.


ÜberProject #3: Governor General's Award Books

Warmheart has created an ÜberProject page for this uberproject. The page looks very good and has lots of links. You can see the details of what she has completed to date here: http://www.pgdpcanada.net/wiki/index.php/Governor_General%27s_Literary_Awards Check it out, you might find something interesting there....

There are only a couple of books that are available since many of the authors are still alive--ah, well, we'll get them eventually.

We have another GG Awards book for proofing: Little Man (1942) by George Herbert Sallans (1895-1960). It's currently in P3: Available.


ÜberProject #4: Periodicals

Graham's Magazine

Second year--waiting to be prepped: 6; P1: Waiting: 0; proofing/formatting rounds: 0; post-processing: 5; waiting for posting: 1; posted to Project Gutenberg: 0

Many thanks to rcool for stepping up to PP these periodicals.

First year--ALL issues are posted to Project Gutenberg

Our Young Folks

An illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls

Issued monthly; Publication Dates: January 1865 thru October 1873 when it merged with St. Nicholas.

Volume 4: prep: 1; P1: Waiting: 0; proofing/formatting rounds: 0; post-processing: 0; posted to Project Gutenberg: 0

Volume 3: prep: 6; P1: Waiting: 3; proofing/formatting rounds: 3; post-processing: 0; posted to Project Gutenberg: 0

Volume 2: prep: 1; P1: Waiting: 0; proofing/formatting rounds: 0; post-processing: 11; posted to Project Gutenberg: 0

Volume 1: post-processing: 10; posted to Project Gutenberg: 2

Warmheart's wikipage for the Periodical can be found through this link: http://www.pgdpcanada.net/wiki/index.php/Our_Young_Folks .

Scientific American

These are very early issues from 1846. The first issue has now been posted. Simon hopes to get more prepped for proofing soon.

We've started a wiki page for it: http://www.pgdpcanada.net/wiki/index.php/Periodicals/Scientific_American.

The Maple Leaf

This Canadian juvenile periodical was published between 1852 and 1854 for a total of 30 issues. IonaV is PMing and handling the prep. Susan downloaded the scans; however, we will need a PPer.

Volume 1 (6 issues): prep: 5; P1: Waiting: 0; proofing/formatting rounds: 0; post-processing: 1; posted to Project Gutenberg: 0.

A wikipage has been created: http://www.pgdpcanada.net/wiki/index.php/The_Maple_Leaf

"Old Periodicals" Criteria

Remember, these aren't the only periodicals that we can do--there are lots of others out there and some that are quite unique. Is there one that you'd like to do? Suggestions for favourite OLD periodicals are always welcome, but they must meet 3 criteria:

  1. published earlier than 1865 to avoid the need for copyright checking
  2. good quality scans of a reasonable number of issues (preferably in whole volumes of 6-months or a year)
  3. interesting content, out of the ordinary, Canadiana, ...


ÜberProject #5: Works by Charles Dickens

Simple Simon and IonaV are Dickens fans. We know that there are many more out there. Although there are some of Dickens' works on the other PG sites, some of it is text only. We've got early editions of those books with illustrations as well as stories that have not yet been posted. As well, there are letters and essays and ...

More details and an ÜberProject wiki page to come.


ÜberProject #6: John Graves Simcoe

John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, and military leader of Canada, and one of the true Canadian "Fathers of Confederation". This is NOT dull history either.

Projects about or by Simcoe in P1: Waiting: 0; proofing/formatting rounds: 0; post-processing: 1; waiting for posting: 2. Three have been posted to PGC.

Simon is looking for more books for this project; if you know of any others (you can check out the list on the ÜberProject page) and can provide titles/locations or scansets, he would be very grateful.


ÜberProject #7: Gilbert (George) Murray

Gilbert Murray lived from 1866-1957. He was quite a prolific writer with some 90 odd titles to his name with 32 of them being translations of Greek dramas.

Status of these projects--post processing: 8; proofing/formatting rounds: 1; P1: Waiting: 0; in prep: 0; completed PP (waiting for posting): 7; Posted to Project Gutenberg: 24.

The Faith, War and Policy (1917) is a series of 13 essays which is being presented as short projects and as such is in various stages of proofing, PPing and/or posting.

Miscia has created a wikipage which will be a work in progress ... naturally: Gilbert Murray. Miscia has recently revised the wikipage to include other works by Mr. Murray that are either currently going through or have completed the rounds at DPC.


ÜberProject #8: Art Latcham Magic Collection

This new ÜberProject has been launched--see the update for more details.

Status of these projects--The first of these has now been posted to Project Gutenberg.

However, this project is on the back burner until Simon can acquire a high speed scanner as he is the only one who can prep the books.

For more information see the comments in the Simon Says... article in the March 26, 2010 issue.


ÜberProject #9: Nelson's History of the War

This is a brand new ÜberProject to be PM'd by Tizz. Nelson's History of the War is written by John Buchan in 24 volumes (the war in question is WW I). The volumes are illustrated with maps. The first volume will soon be in the rounds. Tizz has provided some very interesting background which can be found on the ÜberProject wiki page: here.

This is now in the rounds if you've been waiting for it! Status of volumes: prep: ??; P1: Waiting: 0; proofing/formatting rounds: 1; post-processing: 0; posted to Project Gutenberg: 0.

Tizz is looking for a PPer for at least the first few volumes (roughly 270 pages each, very straightforward) to work out a common style. So if you are interested in helping her set up PP styling, please send her a PM.


We Grow Every Day

We have 1,242 members. Welcome to all new members; I hope you find some projects that you will enjoy doing. Many of our members are also members of DP-Int/US and/or DP Europe--we welcome them and thank them for all their continued support and interest in DPC. (Numbers are accurate up to "press" time.)

New
December 2011 1
November 2011 18
October 2011 13
2011 Q3 65
2011 Q2 54
2011 Q1 77
2010 total 219
2009 total 321
2008 total 235
2007 total 239
Total to date 1242


Milestones

We are using this space to "celebrate" notable milestones achieved by a member, team, group or project. For example, we'll report when a member completes 5,000 pages in any one round; then we'll let you know when they've done 10,000 pages and so on.

The "team" numbers are the cumulative totals for each round for each member while they are members of a particular team. So that's why, the team pages go up whenever a team member's totals increase. Another reason to join a team or two....

Completed 90,000 pages in a round:

  • no one at present...


Completed 85,000 pages in a round:

  • no one at present...


Completed 80,000 pages in a round:

  • Foofers' Corner in F2


Completed 75,000 pages in a round:

  • no one at present...


Completed 70,000 pages in a round:

  • no one at present...


Completed 65,000 pages in a round:

  • no one at present...


Completed 60,000 pages in a round:

  • no one at present...


Completed 55,000 pages in a round:

  • Foofers' Corner in F1 NEW!!!
  • P3 Pros in P3
  • Team USA in P3


Completed 50,000 pages in a round:

  • uwe-joachim in F2
  • Drama Team in P2


Completed 45,000 pages in a round:

  • Team Canada in P1


Completed 40,000 pages in a round:

  • hugger1935 in P2
  • Miscia in F2
  • Drama Team in F2
  • Ex-Pats in F2
  • Team Canada in P3 and F2


Completed 35,000 pages in a round:

  • RCEberwein in F1
  • rolands in P3
  • Drama Team in P3
  • P2 Expediters in P3


Completed 30,000 pages in a round:

  • Team Canada in P2
  • Drama Team in F1


Completed 25,000 pages in a round:

  • cmspence in F2
  • hugger1935 in F1
  • LOTE Flotes my Bote in F2


Completed 20,000 pages in a round:

  • Miscia in P3
  • Scribe in F2
  • snowseraph in P2
  • stygiania in P3
  • Drama Team in P1
  • Team USA in F1


Completed 15,000 pages in a round:

  • Bibi in P3
  • Foofers' Corner in P1, P2 and P3
  • Weather Reports in F2
  • Team Canada in F1
  • Team USA in P2 and F2 NEW!!!


Completed 10,000 pages in a round:

  • Antigony in F1
  • De2164 in F1
  • GIMadore in P1
  • hugger1935 in P1
  • literagnu in F1 NEW!!!
  • Marmaduke in P3
  • RCEberwein in P1
  • rcool in P1, P2, and P3
  • stygiania in F2
  • walmac in P1
  • Illustrators in F1 NEW!!!
  • Infomaniacs in P3
  • P2 Expediters in P2 and F2
  • P3 Pros in F2
  • Team British Columbia in P1
  • Team français in P3
  • Team German in P3, F1 and F2
  • Table Tamers in F1
  • Team USA in P1


Completed 5,000 pages in a round:

  • awg47 in P3
  • Adair in F1 and F2
  • clr in P3 NEW!!!
  • Daniel G in P1
  • gmiller in P2
  • goofball in P1
  • hazeleyeflgal in F2
  • hugger1935 in P3 and F2
  • jadrien in P3
  • jimmy in F1
  • Loll in P1
  • Long Green in F1
  • mcbax in P3
  • Miscia in P2 and F1
  • mongrelboy in P2
  • peter_rabbit in P2
  • Pippin in F1
  • RCEberwein in P2 and P3
  • snowseraph in P1
  • supo88 in P1 and P2
  • T Roch in F2
  • terryt937 in P1, P2 and F1
  • Warmheart in P2, P3 and F1
  • yajeulb in F1
  • DPing with Cats in P1, P2 and F1
  • Infomaniacs in P2
  • LOTE Flotes my Bote in F1
  • P3 Pros in P2
  • Smoothies in P2 and P3
  • Team British Columbia in P2, P3, F1 and F2
  • Team français in P1 and P2
  • Team German in P2
  • Team UK in P1, P2, P3 and F1

And how many pages have been done in each of the rounds? Naturally, F2 will be at the bottom since they are the last round that gets the projects before PPing and P1 will be on top since they get to start all the projects. <grin> Another consideration is that P3 or F2 stats may be slightly smaller if the PM/PPer has skipped his/her/their project through either one or both of those rounds. So let's see where each round was at the end of November:

  • P1 completed over 270,000 pages
  • P2 completed over 256,000 pages
  • P3 completed over 227,000 pages
  • F1 completed over 227,000 pages
  • F2 completed over 209,000 pages

Great work, people!!!


Proofing & Formatting Stats

We did it again ... ALL rounds have met and exceeded their November targets with several over 150%. Way to go proofers and foofers!!! That's 22 months now.

Of course, since we're only on the second day of December (2/31 = 6% = 216 pages), there is no way I'm even going to guess what will happen over the next 4 weeks ... we've got holidays coming up, too. So, maybe, next issue I'll hazard a prognostication,... <<grin>>

Round P1 P2 P3 F1 F2
November target3,6003,6003,6003,6003,600
November final5,9356,1595,5516,9013,995
November final %164.86%171.08%154.19%191.69%110.97%
December target3,7203,7203,7203,7203,720
*December to date227298387200174
December to date %6.10%8.01%10.40%5.38%4.68%

*Numbers accurate to "press" time.

For more statistics and related links go to: Statistics Central.


Books In Process And/or Posted To PG Canada or PG-International

At press time, we had 660 Gold Star books posted to PGC or PG-Int. Fantastic work, everyone!!

There are currently 219 Bronze Star projects which are undergoing proofreading or formatting with another 25 waiting in the queue (not including the BEGIN projects). There are 573 Silver Star projects in the various post processing stages with 269 being post-processed and 62 waiting for PPers; the balance consists of those that have completed post processing and are awaiting posting at PG or are parts of projects that have been or will be merged which is why the Silver Star numbers are extremely variable. For more details about the posted and/or active projects, please see the listings on the DPC Welcome page.


User Team Talk

Have you checked out our user teams? To check out the teams or to join one go to: User Teams. The Team threads are located under Proofing Team Talk. Is there a team that you'd like to see? You can create a team from the link on the User Teams page--you might be surprised by who shows up to join you.

We have 29 teams; more are always welcome.


Possible Future Articles

This is YOUR newsletter: yes, there are forum posts and user team posts, but is there something that you want to tell the whole DPC community? You are allowed to brag here. You can also be anonymous if you choose ... we won't tell.

  • Tips or Hints: for those people who do/did a lot of proofing and/or formatting on DP-Int/US &/or DP-Eur, do you have any tips or "rules" that you follow to help yourself while you proof or format? Even a re-wording of a guideline that helps you remember how to do something specific.
  • Tell us why you joined DPC.
  • Quotable Quotes: have you seen a thought-provoking quote that is relevant to the DP Community while you were doing your proofing that you just had to pass on?...
  • The most interesting, outrageous, or strangest line you proofed: before it was proofed (if that was the outrageous or strange part) and what it was after proofing (please do not submit obscene language, it will not be published).
  • New projects: PMs is there a series of books or books by a very prolific author that you'd like to do?--let us know so that we can help pass the word to the proofers so they'll be there to jump in and work on them.
  • Kudos, Bouquets & Compliments: are there any DPers that you would like to give special thanks and/or recognition to: a mentor who gave you lots of guidance, a PPer that made your project into a very wonderful looking book for posting to PG, a CPer or image/text preparer who went the extra little bit to provide you with clean scans, well OCR'd text, or good illustrations for your project, another DPer who made you feel really welcome or provided you with some good advice or....
  • "Guest articles" by anyone and everyone who wishes to....
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