User:ClemRutter/Toolbox

To enter images on a Wikipedia page

 * 1) Take the photograph. Take many. Take extra of information boards, street signs to aid with adding metadata to the photos you want.
 * 2) Uploading:Upload to folder on desktop. In XP use MyComputer to find the camera. Click. Find the subdirectory Fuji101. Drag this to the Desktop. Rename this to YY-MMLocation.
 * 3) Renaming:Linux and Ubuntu.
 * 4) * Use:Applications>Accessories- Bulk Rename. (If not present it must be added from a repository.)
 * 5) * Click on Bulk Rename. Click in + icon to select the files to rename.
 * 6) * In the drop boxes choose Search and replace, Name only.
 * 7) * Then below: Search for DSCF, Replace with locationname. You will see the new names in the textbox above
 * 8) Renaming:In Windows Use IrfanView thumbnails. (Repeat till all are renamed.)
 * 9) *Use left panel to locate YY-MMLocation.
 * 10) *Highlight a group of files.
 * 11) *Press B. The batch rename dialogue opens.
 * 12) *Batch rename button = true. ClickSetrename options.
 * 13) *Name pattern= $N Replace text(1)= DSCF with=LocationSubject Click OK.
 * 14) *On the old screen Click Start.
 * 15) Post-processing the image (staightening and cropping)
 * 16) *Right click on the image:Open with Gimp.
 * 17) *View->click on Show grid.
 * 18) *In the Toolbox choose the rotate tool to ensure the horizon is level.
 * 19) *In the Toolbox choose the keystone tool to make walls parallel.
 * 20) *In the Toolbox choose the crop tool to give straight edges.
 * 21) Preparing to Geotag files. On the bookmark tool bar, I have a bookmark called +, this contains javascript to extract WGS84 lat/log from a GoogleMap. The way it is done is to press Ctrl-D to open the bookmark dialogue. Change the name to +, change the location to Bookmarks/Toolbar.OK. Go to + on the Toolbar, Right click. Click Properties. Change the Location, paste in this code:
 *  javascript:void(prompt(,%22%22)); ''
 * 1) Preparing the software to geotag and upload files to Commons:
 * 2) *I use Firefox with the + Bookmark. I have three tabs open W-Wikipedia, C-Commons, Tools- http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=51.38,0.52&q=http://tools.wikimedia.de/~para/GeoCommons/GeoCommons-simple.kml the first two are used to check out the existence of categories, and the third provides me with map needed to find the geocodes.
 * 3) *I use Commonist which is detailed at Tools/Commonist
 * 4) Categorising, Geotagging, Uploading:
 * 5) *Open Commonist
 * 6) *Find directory YY-MMLocation
 * 7) *Fill in the generic details for the files you are to upload: Source=self-made, date= DD/MM/ YY of upload, license= self2|GFDL|cc-by-sa......, add categories
 * 8) *Fill in details of individual images, when complete add the geotag to the description box.
 * that is, Open Firefox Tools Tab in full screen mode: Locate the exact position of camera, click +, ctrl-c, Click cancel, minimise. In Commonist:goto description, ctrl-v. Next image.
 * 1) *Proof read the text, checkbox the files for upload. Click Upload.
 * 2) Cleaning up:In commons- click userpage- gallery- look for redlinks- add parent category to that page.
 * 3) Move to Wikipedia and edit images into article with [[Image:LocationSubjectNNNN.jpg|thumb|Caption Text]]
 * Note
 * Preparing to Geotag locations for wikipedia pages.. On the bookmark tool bar, I have a bookmark called +W, this contains javascript to extract WGS84 lat/log from a GoogleMap. The way it is done is to press Ctrl-D to open the bookmark dialogue. Change the name to +W, change the location to Bookmarks/Toolbar.OK. Go to +W on the Toolbar, Right click. Click Properties. Change the Location, paste in this code:
 *  javascript:void(prompt(,"")); ''

To create an new representation of an illustration using Inkscape
There are three known bugs:
 * 1) Take a photograph of the illustration you want to reproduce.
 * 2) Open Inkscape.
 * 3) Shift-Ctrl-L to open the Layer Menu.Shift-Ctrl-F to open Fill and Stroke Menu
 * 4) Crtl-I to open import dialogue. Select the file Open. The photo of the image will place it self some where on Inkscapes Worktop. Using the arrow icon, drag it over the page. Size is irrelevant- resize it later.
 * 5) On the layer menu- rename Layer 1 as Photo. Click +. Add a new layer, call it base, over the current layer (Photo). Click to select base.
 * 6) Use the square tool to draw with. Draw a basic long box to represent a square. On the Fill and Stroke menu, choose the colours and line width. Select this box Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V and you have a duplicate. You can stretch it etc. Click again and you can rotate it. Go to blank worktop- build a shape here. Use the arrow, to draw round the shape. Click the Group box and the shape becomes a new object that can be rotated enlarged translated etc. see:the workers on the diagram
 * 7) On the layer menu- click the eyes to switch off/on each layer.
 * 8) Use separate layers for text and captions. Each language can have a separate layer.
 * 9) When the illustration is complete: switch off the photo. Select all, Shift-Ctrl-C, Alt-Ctrl-C and resize to fit in the page. Save two variations of the illustration: the image as required, the image with no text, to allow for other usages and languages. Save as plain .svg not inkscape .svg.
 * 1) When saved the layers are merged- losing the groupings.
 * 2) Inkscape sometimes fails to render a dotted line correctly on screen, but it will be there when Wiki renders it as for the browser, and on paper printouts.
 * 3) Wikipedia does not render objects and strokes in the same way as Inkscape, these need to be converted to paths; these do work. Shift-Ctrl-C, Alt-Ctrl-C are the keystrokes to use.

Self assessment


To clear the backlog, self-assessment is permitted. There are six criteria to consider, and the easiest way is to state the requirements for a B standard page
 * The Six Criteria for assessment
 * References:Looking for a reference each paragraph, and for each 'gosh' statement. Looking for tidy display of citations.
 * Coverage and accuracy: Newsworthy features then reason for location, architecture and construction, prime mover, production and employment statistics, appoach to staff and combinations (unions).
 * Structure: As shown at Broadstone Mill, Reddish
 * Grammar and style: Correctly written native speaker English- with no German word order or schlangensaetze, which I am prone to use
 * Supporting Material: Infobox essential. Images now and in working past.
 * Accessibility: Targeted at reading age of eleven, with only a basic knowlege of the industrial revolution.

Use the prepared template.



For a B class article, readers are not left wanting, it stays on focus. The content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher the reference provided should be sufficient to do so. A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed.

For a C class article, the article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material. The article should have references to reliable sources, but may still have significant issues or require substantial cleanup. The article is better developed in style, structure and quality than Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance or flow; or contain policy violations such as bias or original research.

A start class article is one that is developing. It has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and MoS compliance non-existent; but the article should satisfy fundamental content policies such as notability and BLP, and provide sources to establish verifiability.It provides some meaningful content, but the majority of readers will need more.

Provision of references to reliable sources should be prioritised; the article will also need substantial improvements in content and organisation.

For a stub class article, the article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short, but if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible, an article of any length falls into this category.

He has written a Javascript Tool to assist with converting:
 * UK Grid references to common WGS84 tags

Other
Then:
 * Spotting possible copyright violations
 * DetectOS source code a tool to convert Grid references found in a file into Grid Refs + Satnav lat/long coordinates using a stantard template
 * Importance Quality crossref generator
 * User:ClemRutter/Toolbox/OTRS
 * User:ClemRutter/Toolbox/python
 * Sample OTRS email
 * WikiProject U.S. Roads/Maps task force/Tutorial