Celtic Knot Conference 2018/Submissions/Wikimammenn (Wikisource in Breton)

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Submission no.
Title of the submission
Wikimammenn, How to transcribe all the world's books with a small community?
Type of submission
Presentation (can be a Lightening talk)
Author of the submission
Nicolas VIGNERON
Language of presentation
English
E-mail address
vigneron.nicolasatgmail.com
Username
VIGNERON (talk)
Country of origin
Brittany (France)
Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
Wikisource Community User Group
Personal homepage or blog
Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

Wikimammenn is the Wikisource in Breton language. It only has less than 5 active contributors bit in 8 years, they gathered 6600 texts of around 300 books in Breton. Wikisources are both a challenge and an opportunity for small languages. A challenge as finding, collecting and curating texts in the public domain (or compatible free licenses) is quite difficult. But a chance as - with the right structures - transcription can be easy and is even accessible if you don't know well the language.

I will take the example of the Breton Wikisource, but as a Wikisorceror for 12 years I'll also tell about experiences from other languages, what worked and what didn't. How to use and adapt goals and tools to make manageable to transcribe hundreds of pages of a books and most importantly how to hasten slowly and find the right pace.

What will attendees take away from this session?
  • better knowledge and understanding of Wikisource, its process and workflow
  • some how-two advices on how to create or maintain a Wikisource
Theme of session


Will you attend Celtic Knot if your submission is not accepted?
yes, probably
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