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Volume 4, Issue #98--September 9, 2011
(Full listing of previous issues is available at DPC Newsletters)


Contents

Simon Says...

On Tuesday, September 6, the PG/DP community lost one of its founders, Michael S. Hart, who created Project Gutenberg. I did not know Michael and spoke to him by phone only twice, in the period when coachmike and I were establishing DPC. But the overwhelming impression one got was of a strongly motivated man, dedicated to maintaining and expanding the Public Sector, to literacy and to protecting our literary heritage.

Forty years ago, he started the development of e-books by typing documents into terminals to the main computer at the university where he worked, and making them available free to anyone who had access to the very limited network of the time. How crude, compared to the methods we use today! Yet big oaks from little acorns grow. PG spawned DP, and now we have a strong network of volunteer websites dedicated to producing free e-books from public domain volumes.

There is a case to be made that even the advent of TIA and Google Books began from the initial impetus of PG's launch in 1971. From a few documents typed in to a vast network of volunteers who produce huge quantities of true e-books (as distinct from the scansets produced by other workflows)--where will it end up?

And now a few words from someone who knew Michael much better--Greg Newby, CEO of the Project Gutenberg Library and Foundation:

"Michael Stern Hart was born in Tacoma, Washington on March 8, 1947. He died on September 6, 2011 in his home in Urbana, Illinois, at the age of 64. His is survived by his mother, Alice, and brother, Bennett. Michael was an Eagle Scout (Urbana Troop 6 and Explorer Post 12), and served in the Army in Korea during the Vietnam era.

Hart was best known for his 1971 invention of electronic books, or eBooks. He founded Project Gutenberg, which is recognized as one of the earliest and longest-lasting online literary projects. He often told this story of how he had the idea for eBooks. He had been granted access to significant computing power at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. On July 4 1971, after being inspired by a free printed copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, he decided to type the text into a computer, and to transmit it to other users on the computer network. From this beginning, the digitization and distribution of literature was to be Hart's life's work, spanning over 40 years.

Hart was an ardent technologist and futurist. A lifetime tinkerer, he acquired hands-on expertise with the technologies of the day: radio, hi-fi stereo, video equipment, and of course computers. He constantly looked into the future, to anticipate technological advances. One of his favorite speculations was that someday, everyone would be able to have their own copy of the Project Gutenberg collection or whatever subset desired. This vision came true, thanks to the advent of large inexpensive computer disk drives, and to the ubiquity of portable mobile devices, such as cell phones.

Hart also predicted the enhancement of automatic translation, which would provide all of the world's literature in over a hundred languages. While this goal has not yet been reached, by the time of his death Project Gutenberg hosted eBooks in 60 different languages, and was frequently highlighted as one of the best Internet-based resources.

A lifetime intellectual, Hart was inspired by his parents, both professors at the University of Illinois, to seek truth and to question authority. One of his favorite recent quotes, credited to George Bernard Shaw, is characteristic of his approach to life: 

 "Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable 
 people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, 
 therefore, depends on unreasonable people."

Michael prided himself on being unreasonable, and only in the later years of life did he mellow sufficiently to occasionally refrain from debate. Yet, his passion for life, and all the things in it, never abated.

Frugal to a fault, Michael glided through life with many possessions and friends, but very few expenses. He used home remedies rather than seeing doctors. He fixed his own house and car. He built many computers, stereos, and other gear, often from discarded components.

Michael S. Hart left a major mark on the world. The invention of eBooks was not simply a technological innovation or precursor to the modern information environment. A more correct understanding is that eBooks are an efficient and effective way of unlimited free distribution of literature. Access to eBooks can thus provide opportunity for increased literacy. Literacy, and the ideas contained in literature, creates opportunity.

In July 2011, Michael wrote these words, which summarize his goals and his lasting legacy: "One thing about eBooks that most people haven't thought much is that eBooks are the very first thing that we're all able to have as much as we want other than air. Think about that for a moment and you realize we are in the right job." He had this advice for those seeking to make literature available to all people, especially children: 

 "Learning is its own reward. Nothing I can say is better than that."

Michael is remembered as a dear friend, who sacrificed personal luxury to fight for literacy, and for preservation of public domain rights and resources, towards the greater good.

This obituary is granted to the public domain by its author, Dr. Gregory B. Newby."

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And now for something a bit lighter. I recently attended a reunion of sorts, comprised of former executives of a large food conglomerate. At one point in my career, I was VP Human Resources, then VP Corporate Planning & Development for a large supermarket corporation, then later Chairman & CEO of a multi-plant food manufacturing company. All my old colleagues gathered at what was billed a "Fair"--circus themes and other nonsense, but good fun and an opportunity to catch up.

And at that event, I met a Pie-man!!! Literally, this guy has spent most of his life running companies that make pies of all kinds. So, Simple Simon met a pie-man, going to the Fair.

Life is poetry.

Cheers

Simon


Special Requests

Calling all P3 Proofers

Please help! The F1 queue has just 10 projects. Our foofers have been very busy "beavers".... They've filled up the F2 queue, but F1 needs more projects, please.

Attention all CPers (current and potential) and PMs

Many thanks to all CPers/PMs who have been uploading new projects. We have more in the P1: Waiting queue but more are always needed--both non-fiction as well as 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.

The P1: Waiting queue sometimes looks larger than it actually is. Besides any BEGIN projects, there are often several multi-part projects that only go in one at a time as well as several books by the same author--i.e., single part/book must go through P1 before the next one is released.

Any available or potential PPers?

Currently there are about 95 projects in the queue. Simple Simon is very good about picking up projects to PPV in order to keep that queue as short as possible ... But we can't post anything if there is nothing to PPV....

Lots of choices depending on what you like:

  • easy, average, hard;
  • lots of history, lots of biography, 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 four in Portuguese, five in French, one in German, one English with French and one in Spanish (at the time of writing);
  • the regular projects range in size from about 25 pages to over 800--there are quite a few EASY projects if you want to try your hand at PPingc;
  • a number of them have illustrations.

There are also a number that have been sitting in the PP pool for almost two years--one for almost 3 years--including French, German and Portuguese projects. 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, re-doing them is very easy. There are also other EASY projects which, though longer, would be good for beginners.

If you are interested, please send a PM to Simon and he'll advise you how to get started.

Please remember, there are several experienced PPers who will give some direction if asked. Lostpaces has offered to mentor new PPers so you are not alone. Check out her forum discussion thread: Would like to PP? Check here. Or send her a PM.


New Forum Topics for August

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 August, 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 August 26 to September 9:

  • Old Herbaceous (1950) by Reginald Arkell (1882-1959)
  • Things That Have Interested Me (1921) by Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
  • Das Lumpengesindel [The Pack of Ragamuffins / De la racaille] a short story from the book Kinder und Hausmärchen gesammelt durch die Brüder Grimm (1857) by Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859)
  • Grain (1926) by Robert James Campbell Stead (1880-1959)
  • Charles I and Cromwell. An Essay. (1950 [second edition]; 1935 [original edition]) by George Malcolm Young (1882-1959)


Editorial

Site Code Update--You will have seen Simon's comments in last issue's Simon Says.... He has copied the comments to a 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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Drama Training-- ... They're back.... Well, they will soon be back. I've been advised that Tizz and Miscia are gearing up for more Drama Training projects. Besides the easy ones for those proofers and foofers who want to get their toes wet, there will also be some harder projects for the die-hard drama lovers. Watch for more details in the next issue.

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Proofreading Guidelines Revisions--Version 3.0 of the FAQ Proofreading Guidelines have now been posted. The revisions take effect immediately and, as of September 1, 2011, are considered the basis for P3 Qualifications.

Thanks to everyone who recommended and/or contributed to the discussion on these revisions.

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Content Providing Guidelines Revisions--As Simon mentioned in the last 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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Member of the year--It's that time of year again. Please send your nomination(s) for DPC Member of the Year to Simon via email or PM--along with your reason(s) for nominating that person or persons. Your nominee(s) should be someone whom you think has contributed a great deal to DPC's success during the past year or so. [Oh, Simple Simon and coachmike are not eligible--that's the rule from previous years.]

The name of the winner will be announced on our anniversary on December 1, 2011.

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Calling PPers!--Simon is looking for PPers for the Graham's Magazine periodical. It's a relatively simple periodical with occasional illustrations. There are already several issues posted that can be used as models so it's just a matter of taking over PPing the project. He's also looking for CPs/PMs to handle the prep and/or project management. If you are interested in either process, please send a PM to Simple Simon.

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Problem links to Guidelines--Some of the links have been corrected. From the Round pages and the Project Pages, the links do go to the correct pages. You will notice a short jump via the old php Proofreading Guidelines or Formatting Guidelines pages as those links are redirected. However, the links on the proofing interfaces still go to the old Proofreading Guidelines wikipage.

This is one of the "fixes" that is on the list for the site code update.

If you wish, you can always set up bookmarks in your browser's "Favorites" for the correct Guidelines and the main FAQ page:

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Display site--As an FYI, Simon has done a number of articles discussing his ideas for the Display Site. They can be found at:

Simon welcomes your input, too. So if you've any ideas, either send him an email or post to the discussion forum that is noted below.

Do please provide Simon with any suggestions or ideas that you have. He's provided an email link (starlink @ rogers.com) so that you can send him comments that you don't want to write in a forum post. Any and ALL ideas, comments, suggestions, questions, etc. are welcome. I'm sure that there are lots more ideas out there.


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: 0; available for or in post-processing or PPVing: 12; waiting for posting: 2; 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.
  • 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 now in post processing.

Vol. 64: Ottawas, Lower Canada, Iroquois, Illinois; 1689-1695 is in P1: 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: Little Man (1942) by George Herbert Sallans (1895-1960). It's currently in P2: Available.


ÜberProject #4: Periodicals

Graham's Magazine

Simon is looking for PPers for this periodical. It's a relatively simple one with occasional illustrations. There are already several issues posted that can be used as models so it's just a matter of taking over PPing the project. He's also looking for CPs/PMs to handle the prep and/or project management. If you are interested in either process, please send a PM to Simple Simon.

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

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: 5; proofing/formatting rounds: 1; 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 and will possibly do the PPing.

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: 3. Three have been posted to PGC.


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: 2; proofing/formatting rounds: 1; P1: Waiting: 0; in prep: 0; completed PP (waiting for posting): 6; Posted to Project Gutenberg: 16.

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.

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. </span>


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.

Status of volumes: prep: ??; P1: Waiting: 1; proofing/formatting rounds: 0; 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 are now up to 1,193 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
September 2011 2
August 2011 33
July 2011 13
2011 Q2 54
2011 Q1 77
2010 total 219
2009 total 321
2008 total 235
2007 total 239
Total to date 1193


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 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:

  • Team USA in P3


Completed 50,000 pages in a round:

  • uwe-joachim in F2
  • P3 Pros in P3


Completed 45,000 pages in a round:

  • Drama Team in P2
  • Foofers' Corner in F1


Completed 40,000 pages in a round:

  • Miscia in F2
  • Drama Team in F2
  • Ex-Pats in F2
  • Team Canada in P1 and F2


Completed 35,000 pages in a round:

  • hugger1935 in P2
  • rolands in P3
  • Drama Team in P3
  • P2 Expediters in P3
  • Team Canada in P3


Completed 30,000 pages in a round:

  • RCEberwein in F1 NEW!!!


Completed 25,000 pages in a round:

  • Drama Team in F1
  • LOTE Flotes my Bote in F2
  • Team Canada in P2


Completed 20,000 pages in a round:

  • cmspence in F2
  • hugger1935 in F1
  • Miscia in P3
  • Scribe in F2
  • snowseraph in P2
  • stygiania in P3
  • Drama Team in P1 NEW!!!
  • Team USA in F1 NEW!!!


Completed 15,000 pages in a round:

  • Foofers' Corner in P2 and P3
  • Weather Reports in F2
  • Team Canada in F1
  • Team USA in P2


Completed 10,000 pages in a round:

  • Antigony in F1
  • Bibi in P3
  • De2164 in F1
  • GIMadore in P1
  • hugger1935 in P1
  • Marmaduke in P3
  • RCEberwein in P1
  • rcool in P1, P2, and P3
  • walmac in P1
  • Foofers' Corner in P1
  • Infomaniacs in P3
  • P2 Expediters in P2
  • Team français in P3
  • Team German in F1 and F2
  • Team USA in P1 and F2


Completed 5,000 pages in a round:

  • awg47 in P3
  • Adair in F1 and F2
  • Daniel G in P1
  • gmiller in P2
  • goofball in P1
  • hazeleyeflgal in F2
  • hugger1935 in P3 and F2
  • jadrien in P3
  • jimmy in F1
  • literagnu in F1
  • Long Green in F1
  • mcbax in P3
  • Miscia in P2 and F1
  • mongrelboy in P2
  • Pippin in F1
  • RCEberwein in P2 and P3
  • snowseraph in P1
  • stygiania in F2
  • supo88 in P1 and P2
  • terryt937 in P1, P2 and F1
  • Warmheart in P2 and F1
  • yajeulb in F1
  • DPing with Cats in P1, P2 and F1
  • Illustrators in F1
  • Infomaniacs in P2
  • LOTE Flotes my Bote in F1
  • P2 Expediters in F2
  • P3 Pros in P2 and F2
  • Smoothies in P2
  • Table Tamers in F1
  • Team British Columbia in P1, P2, P3, F1 and F2
  • Team français in P1 and P2
  • Team German in P2 and P3
  • 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 August:

  • P1 completed over 249,000 pages
  • P2 completed over 234,000 pages
  • P3 completed over 206,000 pages
  • F1 completed over 207,000 pages
  • F2 completed over 196,000 pages

Great work, people!!!


Proofing & Formatting Stats

Fantastic!!! ALL rounds met their August page targets!! As well, P1 and P2 did over 200%!! Great work proofers and foofers!!!

We're 30% of the way through September (9/30 = 30%). Will this month be any different than last? Well, P1 and F1 are well on their way to reaching their page target early this month; perhaps by sometime next week. P2 and P3 are also ahead of target; F2 is slightly behind target and might need some help later this month. Let's see what the numbers are like in two weeks.

Round P1 P2 P3 F1 F2
August target3,7203,7203,7203,7203,720
August final8,1227,5095,2114,4184,474
August final %218.33%201.85%136.41%118.76%120.27%
September target3,6003,6003,6003,6003,600
*September to date2,3451,6471,4812,318962
September to date %65.14%45.75%41.14%64.39%26.72%

*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 634 Gold Star books posted to PGC or PG-Int. Fantastic work, everyone!!

There are currently 177 Bronze Star projects which are undergoing proofreading or formatting with another 31 waiting in the queue (not including the BEGIN projects). There are 547 Silver Star projects in the various post processing stages with 251 being post-processed and 94 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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