Project: Link Wikipedia pages to LibriVox recordings

Post by **dlolso21** » July 29th, 2016, 6:28 pm

kadath wrote:The Maker of Moons, and Other Short Stories by
Robert W. CHAMBERS https://librivox.org/the-maker-of-moons-and-other-short-stories-by-robert-w-chambers/ needs a link to it's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maker_of_Moons

Link added to Librivox catalog page.

David O

kadath · Post by **kadath** » January 23rd, 2017, 5:54 pm

Book of Jasher Librivox page needs a link to it's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Jasher_(biblical_references)

Post by **TriciaG** » January 23rd, 2017, 6:05 pm

kadath wrote:Book of Jasher Librivox page needs a link to it's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Jasher_(biblical_references)

Added.

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 10th, 2018, 10:31 am

Hi. I'm beginning to review your catalog and the associated Wikipedia pages. I wonder if there isn't a need for an additional status -- which logically would reside at either -0.5 or +0.5 in the current list: Checked. Currently no such Wikipedia article.

I recognize that, once so marked, some of these will eventually be false as Wikipedia pages are added. However, there are many relatively arbitrary collections in Librivox which will surely never have a Wikipedia page as they only exist in that particular form right here. And this additional status can help focus efforts toward links that are more likely to be successful. Or, it can focus efforts on Wikipedia articles that need to be written.

Cheers.

Phil

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 10th, 2018, 10:58 am

I've discovered an interesting problem -- which will occur very seldom. Consider {{Librivox book |title=Ion |author=Plato}}. The title is such a common string that, even when the author is specified, we get several false hits. (There are works by Plato on Librivox which contain "Version" or "Definition" in their titles!) I see 4 possible paths:

(1) This is good enough. It's a rare problem. A fraction of the time we link to too many books. Who cares?
(2) In these cases we just can't place the template on the Wikipedia page, as it's somewhat compromised.
(3) In the future, try to avoid giving Librivox books extremely short titles (like "Ion") that can be part of additional false hits. Simply "Plato's Ion" or something of the like should be enough.
(4) Fix the Wikipedia template to allow the specification of specific books (here, "b1171").

Honestly, I lean toward #1 (and I have placed the template), but I wanted to alert you to the problem.

Cheers. Phil.

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 10th, 2018, 11:24 am

More news: I've place a couple of templates on specific Upanishads (don't worry, I'm keeping a list which I'll post at the end of my session). While I've double-checked that I'm creating the correct specific link (e.g. {{Librivox book |title=Maitrayana Upanishad |author=Unknown}}), these templates keep sending me to the general Upanishads page (e.g. https://librivox.org/search?title=Maitrayana+Upanishad&author=Unknown&reader=&keywords=&genre_id=0&status=all&project_type=either&recorded_language=&sort_order=catalog_date&search_page=1&search_form=advanced). Is this a bug or a feature?

Cheers. Phil.

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 10th, 2018, 12:27 pm

The following LV books have no associated Wikipedia page (they are a 0.5 in my scheme):

b280 Sayings of Confucius
b1358 The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
b8238 The Ocean of Theosophy
b10050 Beacon Lights of History, Vol 1: The Old Pagan Civilizations
b1758 Stoicism
b2490 Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists
b3507 The Students' Roman Empire part 2, A History of the Roman Empire from Its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C.-180 A.D.)
b2924 The Students' Roman Empire part 1, A History of the Roman Empire from Its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C.-180 A.D.)
b1932 A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol II
b1228 A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol 1
b2590 History of the Christian church
b2438 A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times Vol. 1
b2017 The Making of a Nation: The Beginnings of Israel's History
b3070 A Short History of Scotland
b10602 Beacon Lights of History, Vol 3: Ancient Achievements
b3629 History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 3
b3243 History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 2
b3080 History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 1
b1790 A Popular History of Ireland: from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics, Book 01

Cheers. Phil.

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 10th, 2018, 12:29 pm

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 10th, 2018, 12:33 pm

...and a few notes to some of the status 2's above in case you care...

b1171 Ion false link problems (as noted in my previous post)
b9660 The Chandogya Upanishad No "The" in Librivox title.
b9005 Theodoric the Goth There is no WP page for the book. The template is on the page for the PERSON, which in my view is bad practice.
b3335 The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War The LV book appears to include 2 works. Only The Catiline Conspiracy has a WP page.

Cheers. Phil.

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 18th, 2018, 3:24 pm

The following LV books are 0.5 in my scheme (they have no associated WP article):

b9212 Four Discourses Against The Arians by Athanasius of Alexandria
b8866 Stories of Old Greece and Rome
b6887 That Christ Is One
b5251 Theological Orations

Cheers. Phil.

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 18th, 2018, 3:30 pm

pfil2u · Post by **pfil2u** » February 18th, 2018, 3:34 pm

...and again, a few notes, in case you care:

b6980 Vairagya Shatakam LV book forms part of the WP work
b6631 Twenty Two Goblins LV attribution to Dandin is wrong
b10196 Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles LV cover graphic not displaying correctly

Cheers. Phil.

Post by **TriciaG** » February 18th, 2018, 3:40 pm

pfil2u wrote: ↑
February 10th, 2018, 12:33 pm
...and a few notes to some of the status 2's above in case you care...

b1171 Ion false link problems (as noted in my previous post)
b9660 The Chandogya Upanishad No "The" in Librivox title.
b9005 Theodoric the Goth There is no WP page for the book. The template is on the page for the PERSON, which in my view is bad practice.
b3335 The Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War The LV book appears to include 2 works. Only The Catiline Conspiracy has a WP page.

Cheers. Phil.

I checked through these, and it looks like someone fixed them.

Post by **TriciaG** » February 18th, 2018, 3:46 pm

b6980 Vairagya Shatakam LV book forms part of the WP work

I'm not sure what the issue is here. Could you restate the problem?

b6631 Twenty Two Goblins LV attribution to Dandin is wrong

Wikipedia says, "Dashakumaracharita (The narrative of ten young men, IAST: Daśa-kumāra-carita, Devanagari: दशकुमारचरित) is a prose romance in Sanskrit, attributed to Dandin"

b10196 Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles LV cover graphic not displaying correctly

It's displaying correctly on my screen.

Post by **annise** » February 18th, 2018, 4:06 pm

TriciaG wrote: ↑
February 18th, 2018, 3:46 pm

b10196 Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles LV cover graphic not displaying correctly
It's displaying correctly on my screen.

The thumb wasn't showing on the search results but it's fixed now (and I have no idea why it wasn't) Thanks for letting us know

Anne