Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Christophe Henner
Hi Jon Have you tried to use an OCR ? You would be able to get back the content and put it back in a spreadsheet. Best, -- Christophe On 3 April 2012 21:10, Thehelpfulone wrote: > It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic > converters, but the PDF format is horrib

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread James Farrar
Jon, I have some decent OCR software at work - will try running it through that this afternoon/evening. Do you have a deadline? On 4 April 2012 07:50, Jon Davies wrote: > Thanks for trying - all my fault - accidentally erased two thirds of the > document :( > > Quoting Thehelpfulone : > > It's

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Jon Davies
No urgent deadline - about 16th of April in reality. Thanks. Quoting James Farrar : Jon, I have some decent OCR software at work - will try running it through that this afternoon/evening. Do you have a deadline? On 4 April 2012 07:50, Jon Davies wrote: Thanks for trying - all my fault - ac

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Gordon Joly
On 03/04/12 16:14, Jon Davies wrote: Probably impossible but can anyone take this table and convert it back into something editable - open office by preference. :( http://uk.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:FiveYearPlanFirstdraft.odt-2.pdf&page=1 -- This is PDF 1.3 format. There are n

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Richard Symonds
All sorted now folks! Thanks for your help :-) Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0992 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in England and Wales, No: 6741827. Charity No:1144513 Office: 4th Floor, Develop

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Guest Post: Librarians meet Wikipedians: collaboration not competition!"

2012-04-04 Thread Richard Symonds
Fantastic! John Rylands is an incredible place - it's more like a cathedral than a library. Richard Symonds Office& Development Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0992 -- Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited, a Charitable Company Registered in England and Wales, No: 6741827.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Guest Post: Librarians meet Wikipedians: collaboration not competition!"

2012-04-04 Thread David Gerard
On 4 April 2012 12:11, Richard Symonds wrote: > Fantastic! John Rylands is an incredible place - it's more like a cathedral > than a library. When I heard Alain de Botton's "atheist temple" idea, my first thought was "this building ... will it have a lot of *books* in it?" - d. _

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] anyone with super powers?

2012-04-04 Thread Gordon Joly
On 03/04/12 20:10, Thehelpfulone wrote: It's not easy I'm afraid - I've run it through a couple of automatic converters, but the PDF format is horrible such that each individual letter is made up of more than one graph bit, where as a "proper" pdf would be each letter is only one graphic. Unles

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Guest Post: Librarians meet Wikipedians: collaboration not competition!"

2012-04-04 Thread HJ Mitchell
(Apologies for replying out of sync) It's great to hear that they're still interested in pursuing the partnership. I thought the Wikilounge was very successful, and I've long thought that we don't do enough in Manchester, despite having a community there that could do wonders with a push in the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Guest Post: Librarians meet Wikipedians: collaboration not competition!"

2012-04-04 Thread Jon Davies
Yes - great isn't it! How was Coventry for you? Quoting HJ Mitchell : (Apologies for replying out of sync) It's great to hear that they're still interested in pursuing the partnership. I thought the Wikilounge was very successful, and I've long thought that we don't do enough in Manchest

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Guest Post: Librarians meet Wikipedians: collaboration not competition!"

2012-04-04 Thread HJ Mitchell
Of course, there are other areas in dire need of attention - I'm amazed that we do nothing the other side of the Pennines, for example.  Coventry was brilliant, thanks. I think we recruited a few new editors, got some articles written and some images donated. I wrote a brief report at http://uk

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List archives

2012-04-04 Thread joseph seddon
Is there any possibility of having question answered? I am somewhat dissapointed at this list no longer being publically archived. Seddon > Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:32:21 +0100 > From: richard.symo...@wikimedia.org.uk > To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] List ar