November 6, 2009
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Volume 2, Issue #50--November 6, 2009
(Full listing of previous issues is available at DPC Newsletters)
Simon Says...
First, a congratulatory note to "Quill" on the occasion of the 50th Issue of our Newsletter--a fantastic job!!! Thank you from all of us.
Second, an updated report on the management team of DPC.
coachmike and I remain as the only SAs (Site Administrators ... who can do everything), so far. This is not likely to change until we get our "display site" going--then I will be pulled away to some extent, though I do plan to decrease my consulting practice to some extent at the end of this year.
IonaV is a Forum Moderator and wiki sysop, and also handles the Newsletter in an amazing professional manner--thank you, Quill. This is our 50th Issue!!! I have just made her a PF, but with no specific responsibilities.
Warmheart is a Forum Moderator and wiki sysop as well as our Smooth Reading Coordinator.
Our PFs are:
De2146 BEGIN Coordinator and PF Stygiania P3 Qualification, P2 Mentoring Coordinator, and PF jjz F2 Qualification and PF IonaV Forum Moderator, Newsletter Coordinator and PF Gironina PF (without portfolio) rfrank Software Coordinator and PF
and our newest PF, announced today ...
Adair, who will be taking responsibility for encouraging F1s to qualify, and will create a new Forum for this purpose. More info (and perhaps an initial article) in the next Newsletter.
Thanks to all of you--the site would not operate without your work, your all-seeing eyes, and your encouragement and support to all the members.
Third, a brief notice about the BEGIN situation.
DAvid has some computer/Internet access problems right now that are impeding his functioning as BEGIN Coordinator--so I'm stepping in temporarily. We need to ensure a steady supply of projects for our new members to start on, to encourage them to stay with us.
21 new BEGIN projects have just been created--and one of them has already scooted through the rounds into the PP queue.
I'm looking for clean, simple projects suitable for BEGIN--no footnotes, good scans, few complicated proofing issues, and entertaining. Preferably short stories (5 to 25 pages) that can stand alone. Could come out of a collection (would be posted to PGC alone, but also re-assembled into a compendium volume). Any suggestions? or preferably, some nice, clean sets of scans.
Please, DAvid, come back soon!!
Cheers
Simon
Editorial
Congratulations, Adair--Our newest PF.
PLEASE NOTE: The "new" FAQs and non-English Guidelines, including the Proofreading Guidelines and Formatting Guidelines, that you can access through the new FAQ Central page contain DP-Int content. These are in the process of being revised for DPC.
Proofreading and Formatting Guidelines--Simon and IonaV are working on Version 2 for each of the Guidelines. They will be much closer to what DP-Int's currently are; though we'll still have our basic "match the scan" policy when it comes to things like ellipses. The new Proofreading Guidelines are almost ready to go, but please be patient just a little while longer.
Server and site issues--We've had our new server for about 3 months now and, naturally, some problems did crop up though several of our old problems did disappear. We've had a forum for posting problems and concerns: Code Update Aug 2009 - reports of possible issues thread. Simon promises to review of all reported problems and concerns; then he'll report back as to what has been or will be done about them.
Naturally, if further problems do crop up, you can still add them to the forum thread or send a PM to Simon.
Unfortunately, due to "real life" matters, there is a further delay in getting the new site code up and running. No firm date as yet. We'll keep you advised as we learn more.
Checklists--Several months ago, Simon was producing basic checklists for PPers--though he has taken a break while other matters occupied his time. Simon has created a wikipage (linked to the main DPC Wiki) for the Checklists for New PPers. He has included the checklists that he has done so far. You can see from the Table of Contents what he plans for future checklists.
Any and all comments and/or questions from PPers are requested and welcome. Anyone else can comment as well. Send any questions or comments to Simple Simon. He also advises that there could be some slight changes to what he has done in order to integrate his lists with our new FAQ wiki pages.
Of course, eventually, checklists for CPing and PMing will eventually be done.
ÜberProjects--see the updates below. For those that are interested, Simon has decided that he's going to post periodicals to PG-Int as well since the ones we are doing are all pre-1923. It will also give DPC work greater coverage.
Check out the list of "possible future articles" at the end of the newsletter--are you interested in contributing or do you know of someone who could, or would like to, contribute, we'd love to have your article and/or thoughts. And you can do so anonymously if you choose. It doesn't have to be long: a sentence or two, a short paragraph or two, or more if you really like to "talk"; send a PM to Quill.
Revisions to Guidelines, FAQs and the DPC site code
Guideline Differences--Once we get our Proofreading and Formatting Guidelines updated to go along with our upcoming site code upgrade, we intend to produce a wikipage with the differences. We're working on the Guidelines updates at this time and we hope to produce the "differences" page shortly thereafter.
Combined Proofing and Formatting Guidelines-- The eventual "combined guidelines" will be a very summarized version, not a complete document--but it's a huge task, which is the reason for the delay in issuance, among other tasks that are keeping Simon very busy. Even DP-INT has no such animal--so we can't copy theirs. Once it is drafted, Simon will ask for review by experienced proofers and foofers to ensure that it is understandable--that is, not confusing or missing some extremely important rule.
New DPC site code--It's almost here....
ÜberProject #1: Chronicles of Canada
There continue to be lots of spaces for volunteers to PM, PP and even CP. 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 doing the prep on the rest of the volumes. Sufficient PMs have volunteered--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've arranged to get "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.
- Volumes 7 and 10 are in P2: Available, Volume 31 is in F1: Available; Volume 32 is in F2: Available; Volumes 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14 15, and 21 are available for or in Post-Processing. There are several in New Project being prepared for the P1: Waiting queue with a couple more yet to be prepped.
- 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. For those that are interested, the books are all in the P3 waiting queue.
- Nine 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,
- Volune 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 Ahronicle 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
Vol. 65: Lower Canada, Mississippi Valley, 1696-1702, is currently in F2: Available. Simple Simon is the PM and has decided that he will definitely PP this first volume, though he says that he will undoubtedly seek help from someone fluent in French to "look over his shoulder" on that side of things. He'll probably do the same for other languages as well.
Vol. 66: Illinois, Louisiana, Iroquois, Lower Canada, 1702-1712, is in F2: Available. It is just like Vol. 65: strange characters, old style French spellings and accents, bits and pieces of other languages--lots of fun.
Vol. 67: Lower Canada, Abenakis, Louisiana; 1716- 1727 is in P2: Available. Lots of "fun" with strange characters, old style French spellings and accents, bits and pieces of other languages.
Vol. 68: Lower Canada, Crees, Louisiana; 1720-1736 is in P1: Available. Again, lots of "fun" with strange characters, old style French spellings and accents, bits and pieces of other languages.
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.
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. :)
ÜberProject #4: Periodicals
Graham's Magazine is the first part of our ongoing periodicals ÜberProject. All the first year's volumes are either in process or completed. There are two issues currently undergoing proofing or formatting. Ten issues have been posted. The second year has started now with two in the proofing rounds and four waiting.
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.
Three issues are in PP, five issues are undergoing proofing or formatting. Warmheart also has one in P1: Waiting, and two of the first year are in prep. Vol. 1, issue 1 has been posted to Project Gutenberg Canada.
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, too--from 1846. The first issue has now been posted. Simon has more being prepped for proofing.
We've started a wiki page for it: http://www.pgdpcanada.net/wiki/index.php/Periodicals/Scientific_American.
The Maple Leaf--This is a Canadian juvenile periodical published between 1852 and 1854. Susan and IonaV are going to share the duties of PMing. Iona is handling the prep, Susan has downloaded the scans and will do the PPing. They are hoping to get it into the rounds within the next week or so.
A wikipage has been created: http://www.pgdpcanada.net/wiki/index.php/The_Maple_Leaf
Remember, these aren't the only periodicals that we can do--there are lots of others out there and some that are very different than "Graham's". Is there one that you'd like to do? Suggestions for favourite OLD periodicals are always welcome, but they must meet 3 criteria:
- published before 1860 to avoid the need for copyright checking
- good quality scans of a reasonable number of issues (preferably in whole volumes=a year)
- interesting content, out of the ordinary
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 ...
- Bleak House, the original version illustrated by "Phiz", is in prep.
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood is currently in F2: Available.
- A Christmas Carol, The Original Manuscript has been posted to Project Gutenberg.
- Two short stories for our anniversary blitz are posted to our wiki (http://www.pgdpcanada.net/wiki/index.php/Dickens_%22First_Anniversary%22_project): The Christmas Tree and What Christmas is as we get older. They will be posted to PG Canada with other Dickens' short stories.
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 proofing and/or formatting rounds: 2; in P1 Waiting: 4.
Simon has more prepped or waiting to be prepped.
We Grow Every Day
We are now up to 758 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 | |
|---|---|
| November 2009 | 4 |
| October 2009 | 22 |
| 2009 Q3 | 35 |
| 2009 Q2 | 55 |
| 2009 Q1 | 168 |
| 2008 total | 235 |
| 2007 total | 239 |
| Total to date | 758 |
Milestones
We are going to use 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 40,000 pages in a round:
- uwe-joachim in F2
Completed 35,000 pages in a round:
- no one at present...
Completed 30,000 pages in a round:
- rolands in P3
- Foofers' Corner in F2 NEW!!!
- Team USA in P3
Completed 25,000 pages in a round:
- no one at present...
Completed 20,000 pages in a round:
- Team Canada in P1
Completed 15,000 pages in a round:
- Foofers' Corner in F1
- LOTE Flotes my Bote in F2
- Team Canada in P2
Completed 10,000 pages in a round:
- Bibi in P3
- De2164 in F1
- P3 Pros in P3 NEW!!!
- Team Canada in F1
- Team German in F2
- Team USA in F2
Completed 5,000 pages in a round:
- Adair in F1
- Daniel G in P1
- gmiller in P2
- hugger1935 in F1 and F2
- mcbax in P3
- rcool in P1 and P2
- snowseraph in P1 and P2
- stygiania in P3 and F2
- supo88 in P2
- Warmheart in P2 and F1
- yajeulb in F1
- DPing with Cats in P1, P2 and F1
- Foofers' Corner in P2
- Infomaniacs in P2 and P3
- P2 Expediters in P3 and F2
- P3 Pros in F2
- Team Canada in P3
- Team German in P3
- Team Smoothy (aka 'Smoothies') in P2
- Team USA in P2
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 October:
- P1 completed over 117,000 pages
- P2 completed over 105,000 pages
- P3 completed over 91,000 pages
- F1 completed over 93,000 pages
- F2 completed over 76,000 pages
Great work, people!!!
Proofing & Formatting Stats
Way to go, proofers and foofers ... ALL rounds made their October targets, some by really wide margins.
Now we're into November--with 20% of the month completed. Can we do it again? P2 will certainly reach their target early--maybe even next week at the rate they are going.
| Round | P1 | P2 | P3 | F1 | F2 |
| November goal | 3,300 | 3,300 | 3,000 | 3,300 | 3,000 |
| *November to date | 556 | 2,293 | 936 | 956 | 1,075 |
| November to date % | 16.85% | 69.48% | 31.20% | 28.97% | 35.83% |
| October goal | 3,410 | 3,410 | 3,100 | 3,410 | 3,100 |
| *October to date | 6,334 | 5,870 | 3,391 | 3,867 | 4,257 |
| October to date % | 185.75% | 172.14% | 109.39% | 113.40% | 137.32% |
*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 238 Gold Star books posted to PGC or PG-Int (with 4 in PPV). Fantastic work, all.
There are currently 198 Silver Star projects in post processing and 150 Bronze Star projects which are currently undergoing proofing or formatting. For more details about these projects, please see the listings on the bottom of the DP 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 currently have 24 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....
