michael said:
First things first. . .before changing ALL files, let's try changing SOME files, eh?
before changing _some_ files, let's try _one_, eh? my z.m.l. version of alice in wonderland has been up for a while now. consider it submitted to p.g. failing that, you could do the minimum necessary, which is to eliminate of one extra carriage return. that's what some of these changes boil down to, a carriage-return added here, or deleted there, brackets put around a footnote, things like that. and i could generate a list of tens of thousands of such changes, involving thousands of e-texts and therefore, probably twice that many files... your whitewashers will tell you their workflows cannot handle a spectrum of changes that vast. at least that is my understanding of the situation, one that indicates that your grasp of it is tenuous. but i enjoy it when someone proves me wrong! :+) so, if i see you are willing to fix that _one_ file, then i can generate _some_ more, if you want... but your people still haven't gotten around to correcting the errors i noted on "a secret garden". (at least i hope they "haven't gotten around to it" yet, because if they did actually act on my report, their performance was dismaying, even abysmal.) and the errors i found on "swiss family robinson" are _still_ there. so it certainly seems to me that your error-correction machine ain't working well.
That's the way to get yourself some volunteers.
michael, i don't know how many times i need to say this to you before you finally "get" it -- but i am not _looking_ for any volunteers. i simply don't need any; i'll be happy to do the job myself. (the task is largely automated by now, so the only need for a human is in the quality-control arena, and i'm quite happy to leave that up to end-users.) now, if _you_ want to find some volunteers who will help make _your_ library consistent, then i _might_ be willing to help you out in that regard, but your _first_ task would be to convince yourself that your whitewashers will actually support the drive.
Or, barring that, you are welcome to download ALL files you can get your hands on, by hook or crook,
by hook or crook? they're all available for downloading.
and work on them to your heart's content or form, and republish them here, or elsewhere.
i believe you need to check with your whitewashers before you offer to "republish them here". but yes, republishing elsewhere is precisely what i will do, once i get around to making them all consistent...
As always, you are welcome to address all of the Whitewashers individually or as a collection, to make whatever point[s] you wish.
i'm "addressing" them by posting to this listserve... whether or not they choose to engage, who cares? as long as i go down on the record, i'm satisfied...
The one thing about volunteers, you have to SELL them on your ideas.
if i ever decide i need volunteers for something, i'll keep that in mind. -bowerbird