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**[[magazines|SBW Magazines]]** | **[[magazines|SBW Magazines]]** | ||
- | The first stage of the project was to scan all the pre digital magazines to PDF. This stage is almost complete, **with | + | The first stage of the project was to scan all the pre digital magazines to PDF. This stage is almost complete, **with |
The second stage is also well progressed. This stage has used optical character recognition (OCR) to convert the PDFs to text. Human intervention is then needed to edit and tidy the text files that are produced. OCR does only a rough job, so a fair bit of manual editing is needed to get the text corrected. This website was originally set up to allow anyone to help edit the text files, but is now being used more widely for storage of club history more generally. | The second stage is also well progressed. This stage has used optical character recognition (OCR) to convert the PDFs to text. Human intervention is then needed to edit and tidy the text files that are produced. OCR does only a rough job, so a fair bit of manual editing is needed to get the text corrected. This website was originally set up to allow anyone to help edit the text files, but is now being used more widely for storage of club history more generally. | ||
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One of the aims of the project was to distribute the work, and allow as many members (and even non-members!) as possible to work on it. | One of the aims of the project was to distribute the work, and allow as many members (and even non-members!) as possible to work on it. | ||
- | It takes around an hour to tidy up one issue, less for specific articles. Even if you have only a bit of free time to help out, why not give it a go. **As at Jan 2022, 82.2% of the magazines have been completed.** | + | It takes around an hour to tidy up one issue, less for specific articles. Even if you have only a bit of free time to help out, why not give it a go. **As at Oct 2024, 71.3% of the magazines have been completed.** |
**No experience is necessary.** If you can read, you can certainly help! To help out with the project, just [[http:// | **No experience is necessary.** If you can read, you can certainly help! To help out with the project, just [[http:// | ||
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To have a look at the work that has been done, check out the **[[magazines|tracking page]]**, or have a look at a [[199201|completed magazine]]. A list of **[[interesting_articles|interesting articles]]** has been started if you need a suggestion on which magazine to begin. Also see the list of [[editors]] of The Sydney Bushwalker (current as at Jan 2022). | To have a look at the work that has been done, check out the **[[magazines|tracking page]]**, or have a look at a [[199201|completed magazine]]. A list of **[[interesting_articles|interesting articles]]** has been started if you need a suggestion on which magazine to begin. Also see the list of [[editors]] of The Sydney Bushwalker (current as at Jan 2022). | ||
- | A more recent effort has also been made to collect the digital editions of all magazines & newsletters printed in the digital age (~2009 onwards). These can be found here. The most recent ones are only available to members, via the club website. | + | A more recent effort has also been made to collect the digital editions of all magazines & newsletters printed in the digital age (~2009 onwards). These can be found [[recent_magazines|here]]. The most recent ones are only available to members, via the club website. |
**[[recent_magazines|Recent Magazines]]** | **[[recent_magazines|Recent Magazines]]** | ||
If you have any problems in general, or with using the wiki, please drop me an email at [[website@ozultimate.com]]. | If you have any problems in general, or with using the wiki, please drop me an email at [[website@ozultimate.com]]. |
magazine_project.txt · Last modified: 2024/10/22 08:03 by sbw