Post by mkr on Mar 14, 2023 19:25:16 GMT
As for the index in general, just a quick update:
So, I've skipped over a few of the more prominent characters because there are difficulties with names; some have been known to have multiple, such as Newton.
I was thinking that, for now, my best course would be to find scans of their most common names on INDUCKS (or, failing that, whatever scans are available) and marking them as confirmed if there's a scan - once I've submitted the groundwork, people could submit scans showing alternative names (Or I could find them myself while searching) and I could mark them in a different colour to show that multiple names have been used?
Another point of note would be certain scans - as mentioned, if there is a scan identifying the character by name, the character is marked as green. If the character is named by a trustworthy source but not actually verified, it's in pink.
One issue I've had, however, is that some INDUCKS scans are entirely illegible.
I was thinking I might save these scans in my sources regardless, and mark those blocks in a colour like cyan or purple?
So, say, I see a character is named in a scan, but I can't make out the name - save the name as either blank or '?', colour the block in one of the above-mentioned colours and people can have a look themselves, just to see if they can make out the name better than I can?
It's very slow going, as I'm saving and keeping track of the scans that I have - but I thought it would be a good idea to get feedback on these ideas
You are giving yourself a lot of work, trying to collect the names in all these languages. Maybe you can save yourself a little time by not trying to decipher these low quality INDUCKS scans (only quickly check/save the easy to read ones) and just leave the other names open for the moment. Someone else who actually has the story in that language would be much easier able to read it and also more acurate. Some letters are especially hard to distinguish on low quality scans, so even if you then can get a name out of it, you might not even be 100% sure if you read it correctly.