The only page scans PG has are those that may have been submitted by the preparer.  (Joshua Hutchinson has submitted many scansets of DP productions.)  Some DP submitters provide page scans linked to page numbers in the HTML version, but this is rare.  (I don't think I've ever seen a scanset from an independent producer.)
 
The Whitewashers, a.k.a. the Errata Team, simply aren't equipped to find, download, and process pagescans for the submissions they handle. 
 
Any questions/policy concerning making pagescans mandatory, e.g. the cost/amount of the increased drive space needed, I leave to Greg/Michael.
 
 
An errata submission webform would be useful.  (Some emailed errata reports are sadly lacking in detail.)  Maybe sometime when Greg has a student intern?
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: don kretz
To: Project Gutenberg Volunteer Discussion
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:07 AM
Subject: [gutvol-d] Re: Reporting errors in PG files (was Dim view of P3ers)

It seems to me that error identification, reporting, verification and repair would be
a lot easier if PG provided easily-accessible on-line access to the page images,
and a form to provide the required information, and least for point cases.

Then the reporting person could just find the page, check the image you're going
to use for verification, and narrow things down for processing.


On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Al Haines (shaw) <ajhaines@shaw.ca> wrote:
Jim Adcock wrote:

just as in PG-land the lack of standards are causing
texts to be distributed to users frequently missing or duplicating letters
and words and in some cases whole paragraphs.

Errors in PG's files should be reported to the Errata system: errata2010_AT_pglaf.org

Error reports should be as specific as possible.  Mention the etext number, the line number(s), the line(s) of text in question, and the proposed correction(s) to each.  If there are many errors, feel free to download and correct the existing files, and send them to the above address.  (Don't re-wrap; don't touch the PG header or footer.)

If you feel that a text can be fixed only by a complete re-do (maybe it's missing the illustrations, the index, or whatever), feel free to download a scanset, get a copyright clearance, and have at it.  When the new fileset is submitted through the normal process, mention the text number that it's an update/correction/replacement for.  The original producer's credit will be added to yours, the original etext will be archived, and the new version posted (under the original etext number).

Simply complaining about errors isn't useful, nor are general complaints, especially concerning older texts, such as "italics aren't shown" or "all-caps are used for italics, not underscores".

Al


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