User:Aliwood
Aliwood's DP News Page
Everything I think is of note on DP today: Saturday 16 August 2025
You can discuss this page here or pm me with information via the private messaging service.Why this page exists.
Events
- NYC get together, discussion here.
- Possible Boston area gathering.
- London area meet.
Things to celebrate
- Today's DP birthdays - guess who is 7 today!
- P3 access celebrations!
- The PM Happy Dance.
DP Forum Discussions
Requests for assistance
- Your DP news squirrel could use a little help querying variable names in Stats Central. Anyone?
- This weeks quiz question
Latest squirrel sighting
The latest squirrel sighting comes from a bank near you.
In the rounds
- 15105 users with at least one P1 page
- 1511 users with at least one P2 page
- 516 users with at least one P3 page
- 1423 users with at least one F1 page
- 179 users with at least one F2 page
Mentor Projects
If you would like more people to get more books through DP, and get those queues down, then mentoring is vital. If you would like to take it up either on your own or as a tag-team partnership and help people get started, the mentoring folk would be delighted to hear from you.
P1:
- Waiting for Release 576
- Available 190
- Total projects 766
- Languishing at the back, the oldest text in the round is: La carità del prossimo, by Vittorio Bersezio with 0 pages available
P2:
- Waiting for Release 1237
- Available 211
- Total projects 1448
- Languishing at the back, the oldest text in the round is: Hedelmällisyys, by Emile Zola with 0 pages available
P3:
- 124 people have qualified for P3 this year.
- Waiting for Release 1617
- Available 203
- Total projects 1874
- Languishing at the back, the oldest text in the round is:Les mystères du peuple, ou Histoire d'une famille de prolétaires à travers les âges. 1849 ou 1850 (03/16), by Sue, Eugène (1804-1857) with 0 pages available
F1:
- Waiting for Release 74
- Available 220
- Total projects 294
- Languishing at the back, the oldest text in the round is:The Complete Works of John Gower - Vol 1 {No P2}, by John Gower (ed: G.C. Macaulay) with 0 pages available
F2:
- Waiting for Release 1174
- Available 253
- Total projects 1400
- Languishing at the back, the oldest text in the round is:Conic Sections {LaTeX}, by W. H. Besant with 0 pages available
Post Processing:
- Available for Post-Processing 194
- In Post-Processing 1126
- Total projects 1320
- The oldest text in the round is:Rudolph von Habsburg {fraktur} {No P2}
Smoooth Reading:
27 books available.
Not able to proof during the system updates. Why not grab yourself a smooothy? Can't manage a whole one? Split one with the Smoooth Readers - see below.
Post Processing Verification:
- Available for Verifying Post-Processing 45
- Verifying Post-Processing 80
- Total projects 125
- The oldest text in the round is:Memoire sur Les Equations Resolubles Algebriquement {LaTeX}
Concentrating the effort
Please keep in mind, the idea is to show you what's available and to give ideas of where people could concentrate their efforts. The information isn't meant to make you feel inadequate because we have all these bits of text hanging about.
P2alt Current Projects
The projects are listed in the order in which they entered P2, oldest first. The date shown is the date the project was added to the team list. To refresh the page counts, click here.
- 06 Jan 2009 A manual of Philippine birds - 0 / 833 pages left. Difficulty: average - ZOOLOGY Taking a request from our new member, Fabs. 310 pages.
- 08 Dec 2008 Aimer quand même - 0 / 315 pages left. Difficulty: easy - LOTE Easy French Fiction. Small pages, clear scans. 163 pages.
- 12 Dec 2008 Hallowed heritage {P1->P1} - 0 / 282 pages left. Difficulty: average - HISTORY Largeish pages, but not too many of them. Part of our assault on the History queue. 244 pages.
- 10 Dec 2008 The Paston letters, A. D. 1422-1509 (Volume 2 of 6) - 0 / 341 pages left. Difficulty: average - SPECIAL One for Lucy. Read the Project comments carefully. Watch out for ligatures. 326 pages.
- 12 Dec 2008 Titan, v. 1 {P1->P1} - 0 / 541 pages left. Difficulty: average - FICTION Looks pretty clear. 507 pages.
- 11 Jan 2009 Dorothy's Tour (Rapid Review) - 0 / 253 pages left. Difficulty: average - RAPID REVIEW Priority proofing to get timely diffs to newbies. Experienced P2 and P3 proofers only on this one, please. 212 pages.
- 12 Jan 2009 Carmen Ariza (Part 1 of 9) (Newcomers Only) - 0 / 995 pages left. Difficulty: average - RAPID REVIEW Priority proofing to get timely diffs to newbies. Experienced P2 and P3 proofers only on this one, please. 107 pages.
Rapid P3 Departure Projects
Several people have expressed their interest in participating in regular P3 Rapid-Departure groofs. Which is to say that we like pulling struggling projects near enough to land so that other folks, pitching in, can yank them ashore with relative ease.
Ideally, these P3 Rapid Departures would be projects having one to two solid day's worth of proofing if left to one dogged--but lo-o-o-onely person, but which could be sent rapidly on their merry resuscitated F1 way, if groofed by a few happy helpers.
P3 Junkies Current Projects
The P3 Diehards team is dedicated to proofing and groofing slower-moving projects in P3. The main aim is to ensure that every project completes the P3 round within 100 days. This is achieved by coordinating the team's efforts in the Team Thread in the forums, where "Focus" projects are identified each day, and groofs are often arranged.
Projects most in need of an extra effort in P3 can also be seen at the top of the "Projects at risk" list (that is, at risk of exceeding 100 days in the round).
Before September 2021 the team was known as "P3 Junkies". And prior to June 2006, when we switched to the three proofing round system, this was the "P2 Junkies" team.
F1 Foofers Current Projects
As of right now, we are so short of projects in F1, we aren't listing projects. Just look for what interests you.
F2 Fanatics Current projects
The projects are listed by date of entry into F2, oldest first. The date at the beginning of each entry is the date of going on the F2 Fanatics list.
Smoooth Readers
Smooth Reading (SR) can be a very good way to find some of those last few niggling errors or oddities in a project. While a project does not have to go through the SR process before it is posted to PG, many Post Processors choose to make at least some of their projects available for Smooth Reading (via the Smooth Reading Pool) for a period of time.
Distributed Smooth Reading can be defined as breaking a project uploaded for Smooth Reading into more than one chunk, in order to facilitate covering a larger percentage of especially large projects than one smoothyer might be willing or able to handle.
There is no formalized coordination of breaking larger projects into smaller pieces: time and experience has proven that the best ways to do this are to:
- Send a PM directly to the PPer, and express interest in doing part of the project.
- Post in the Smoooth Readers team thread.
In both cases, if there's a particular part of the project that appeals to you, say so. PPers are generally happy to have even partial smooth reads. To let them know which part you worked on, use [** notes] to show where you started and ended.
Proofing Periodicals
- P3: Cleaned out! Queues < 10 or projects in the round < 5.
- P2: Cleaned out! Queues < 10 or projects in the round < 5.
- For special attention, in F2: Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the American Library Association, 1912
Indexers
Indexers may be interested in:
Projects for new PPers
Now available for a new PP'er:
DP Neglected Projects Page
Look if you dare! These are projects that are 'available' in some round, but have not had a page done in the last 24 hours - some information may be repeated further down in DP's oldest projects. You can find the page here:Neglected Projects Page.
DP's Oldest Projects
angels3mom started a spreadsheet to keep track of the oldest projects still in the p1/p2/p3/f1/f2 rounds (and lingering between those rounds), with assistance from zarabee, as part of the work of The Gravedigger team.
The project list exists as a spreadsheet, including the date the project was created, and the date the project had its first recorded activity on DP. Because of the extreme age of some projects, the date they entered P1 or R1 can't be accurately determined, in which case it's been estimated based on forum posting dates and similar clues.
The list is based predominantly on Retread projects sent back through the rounds when DP changed over to P1/P2/P3 proofing (aka The Change). Other projects are sourced from P3 Oldies and forum searches for project discussions authored by Raz. Raz authored project threads before they became automated some time in 2004. Some projects from 2003 don't have a project discussion at all.
Listed below are projects which were started (R1 proofing) in 2002 and 2003, including projects which likely had activity in 2002/2003, but the date when they entered R1 is uncertain (marked with a *). You can also see the table sorted by Age: oldest projects
Progress summary
June 2009: As at October 2007, there were only two projects with first recorded activity in 2002 listed here, and 95 with first recorded activity in 2003. By June 4, 2009, 24 of these had been posted to PG; 26 were either in Post-Processing or available for PP; 31 were in formatting, and the remaining 16 were in proofing rounds. Four additional projects had already been completed and posted by then, making 101 altogether.
July 2010: Since a year ago, eleven more old projects have been cleaned up. Yay! The numbers of projects left in proofing, formatting and post-processing stages have fallen by 4, 5 and 2 respectively. Unfortunately all the proofing round projects are unavailable for one reason or another.
January 2010: This could be a good year: The American Revolutionis Waiting for Release in P3; in addition 6 projects are available for F2 now, with 8 waiting; this leaves only 4 periodicals unavailable. With 18 available for PP there's potential for progress at this stage too.
Date | Proofing rounds | Formatting rounds | Post-Processing | Posted to PG |
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October 2007 | ? | ? | ? | 4 |
June 4, 2009 | 16 | 31 | 26 | 28 |
July 10, 2009 | 15 | 31 | 25 | 30 |
August 31, 2009 | 14 | 30 | 25 | 32 |
January 10, 2010 | 13 | 28 | 25 | 35 |
July 16, 2010 | 11 | 26 | 23 | 41 |
January 10, 2011 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 41 |
May 30, 2011 | 8 (1) | 13 (9) | 36 (34) | 42 |
January 12, 2012 | 7 (1) | 8 (7) | 40 (35) | 45 |
June 12, 2012 | 6 (0) | 5 (4) | 41 (34) | 50 |
December 10, 2012 | 6 (0) | 1 (0) | 41 (33) | 54 |
May 13, 2013 | 6 (0) | 1 (0) | 38 (30) | 57 |
July 25, 2014 | 6 (9) | 1 (0) | 27 (22) | 67 |
(The number in brackets is the number of projects that aren't in state Unavailable).
[Note *: There were 101 projects here; at June 12 2012 there are 102. Why?]
Link to Purge cache of this page, so the current statuses of the projects show up.
Projects with first recorded activity in 2002
Project (Status, Pages Done / Total Pages) | Date of first recorded activity on DP | Project Created |
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{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | December 12, 2002 | November 17, 2002 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | December 25, 2002 | December 25, 2002 |
N.B. Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (3 of 3) (1806) {R} was actually created in 2004, and seems to have been added to this list in error. I'll remove it if/when I get the page for 2004 projects set up. AnneG 12:57, 23 March 2013 (PDT)
Projects with first recorded activity in 2003
Proofing
Project (Status, Pages available / Total pages) | Date of first recorded activity on DP | Project created |
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{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | September 11, 2003 | June 29, 2003 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | September 25, 2003 | June 29, 2003 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | September 27, 2003 | June 29, 2003 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | November 28, 2003 | June 28, 2003 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | December 06, 2003 | December 06, 2003 |
Formatting
Project (Status, Pages available / Total pages) | Date of first recorded activity on DP | Project created |
---|---|---|
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | September 19, 2003 | June 29, 2003 |
Post-processing
Note the final column below is maintained by hand. The date shown for Available for PP refers to the most recent date - some projects have been checked out one or more times and then returned. What is most useful here? PPers, feel free to jump in, check these out, and change the data here.
If you're thinking of picking up one of the available projects to PP, please remember that because of their age, they may not be up to current DP standards. Be particularly mindful of the quality or lack of illustration files. If you find a problem with any of the projects, tell someone. The first point of contact should be the PM, if still active, so posting in the project thread is a good first step. This page is a good starting point for checking projects.
Project (Status, Pages available / Total pages) | First recorded activity on DP | Project created | Started/Available PP (PPer) |
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{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | July 23, 2003 | March 09, 2003 | 2014-07-15 (okrick) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | May 08, 2003 | April 17, 2003 | |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 04, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | 2014-03-22 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | December 08, 2003 | October 28, 2003 | 2014-05-05 (Scholar) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | December 11, 2003 | November 12, 2003 | 2014-04-30 (MJMayer) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 23, 2003 | September 30, 2003 | 2013-07-23 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 05, 2003 | March 09, 2003 | 2011-04-03 (JaneRob) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 19, 2003 | June 09, 2003 | 2013-04-06 (Scholar) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | September 24, 2003 | July 01, 2003 | 2013-05-01 (JaneRob) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 07, 2003 | June 09, 2003 | 2013-04-06 (Scholar) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | November 07, 2003 | June 28, 2003 | |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | May 29, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | December 14, 2003 | November 05, 2003 | 2009-06-18 (Tiena) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | December 02, 2003 | October 29, 2003 | 2008-07-15 (dcwilson) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | November 05, 2003 | October 15, 2003 | 2010-02-27 (mroe) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | April 17, 2003 | March 09, 2003 | 2014-09-14 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 24, 2003 | October 23, 2003 | 2010-08-13 (AnneG) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | September 29, 2003 | June 28, 2003 | 2011-07-24 (donovan) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | June 06, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 18, 2003 | July 27, 2003 | 2012-11-01 (motsuk) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | July 17, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | July 28, 2003 | July 12, 2003 | 2012-09-28 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 03, 2003 | July 12, 2003 | 2012-11-08 |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 20, 2003 | July 12, 2003 | 2014-09-15 (okrick) |
{{Template:Project_title_state_row_2}} | October 15, 2003 | July 12, 2003 | 2012-12-08 |
POSTED!
All the following projects have been completed and posted to Project Gutenberg.
Project | First recorded activity on DP | Project Created | Date Posted to Project Gutenberg | E-text |
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{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | November 03, 2003 | September 05, 2003 | September 17, 2007 | etext:22650 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | April 06, 2003 | March 24, 2003 | August 25, 2007 | etext:22400 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | April 10, 2003 | March 25, 2003 | September 15, 2007 | etext:22620 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | April 20, 2003 | April 18, 2003 | August 19, 2007 | etext:22358 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | February 22, 2003 | February 12, 2003 | October 20, 2007 | etext:23100 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 04, 2003 | December 03, 2003 | October 27, 2007 | etext:23209 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | November 05, 2003 | October 28, 2003 | November 20, 2007 | etext:23564 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | May 10, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | 2 December, 2007 | etext:23684 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | April 05, 2003 | March 15, 2003 | 28 December, 2007 | etext:24063 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 15, 2003 | November 12, 2003 | January 13, 2008 | etext:24269 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 11, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | January 14, 2008 | etext:24280 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 04, 2003 | May 08, 2003 | February 23, 2008 | etext:24674 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 15, 2003 | December 12, 2003 | March 2, 2008 | etext:24739 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | January 19, 2003 | January 17, 2003 | March 18, 2008 | etext:24869 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 15, 2003 | October 15, 2003 | April 7, 2008 | etext:25012 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 05, 2003 | September 30, 2003 | April 12, 2008 | etext:25053 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | September 06, 2003 | May 22, 2003 | April 18, 2008 | etext:25087 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | November 17, 2003 | November 13, 2003 | May 20, 2008 | etext:25545 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | September 29, 2003 | September 24, 2003 | May 26, 2008 | etext:25604 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 15, 2003 | August 19, 2003 | July 3, 2008 | etext:25965 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 04, 2003 | December 04, 2003 | July 31, 2008 | etext:26159 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 07, 2003 | December 06, 2003 | September 14, 2008 | etext:26611 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 12, 2002 | November 17, 2002 | October 8, 2008 | etext:26838 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | May 27, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | November 15, 2008 | etext:27273 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 12, 2003 | December 09, 2003 | December 20, 2008 | etext:27575 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 09, 2003 | October 08, 2003 | February 2, 2009 | etext:28163 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 15, 2003 | October 15, 2003 | February 22, 2009 | etext:28146 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | July 22, 2003 | June 25, 2003 | 3 May, 2009 | etext:28676 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 14, 2003 | June 01, 2003 | June 6, 2009 | etext:29051 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 09, 2003 | September 07, 2003 | June 26, 2009 | etext:29221 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | August 02, 2003 | June 28, 2003 | 2009-08-17 | etext:29716 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 24, 2003 | October 21, 2003 | 2009-08-19 | etext:29731 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | July 18, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | 2009-08-30 | etext:29854 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | November 03, 2003 | November 02, 2003 | 2009-10-25 | etext:30332 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 14, 2003 | September 05, 2003 | 2010-01-04 | etext:30846 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | May 17, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | 2010-03-14 | etext:31645 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | September 22, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | 2010-03-18 | etext:31682 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 10, 2003 | October 10, 2003 | 2010-03-27 | etext:31796 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 31, 2003 | August 02, 2003 | 2010-05-02 | etext:32190 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | September 30, 2003 | September 30, 2003 | 2010-05-12 | etext:32352 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 24, 2003 | March 09, 2003 | 2010-05-20 | etext:32459 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | June 06, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | 2011-03-28 | etext:35698 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} |
June 24, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | 2011-06-08 | etext:36356 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | September 28, 2003 | June 29, 2003 | 2011-07-04 | etext:35843 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 21, 2003 | July 18, 2003 | September 20, 2011 | etext:37484 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 06, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | January 13, 2012 | etext:38566 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 05, 2003 | December 03, 2003 | February 6, 2012 | etext:38779 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 29, 2003 | July 18, 2003 | February 10, 2012 | etext:38820 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | August 17, 2005 | February 10, 2003 | 2012-04-11 | etext:39423 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | August 22, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | 2012-05-27 | etext:39804 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | May 08, 2003 | April 29, 2003 | August 22, 2012 | etext:40559 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 05, 2003 | June 28, 2003 | September 9, 2012 | etext:40711 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | April 28, 2003 | April 26, 2003 | October 27, 2012 | etext:41192 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | January 31, 2003 | January 27, 2003 | November 2, 2012 | etext:41266 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | April 15, 2003 | March 07, 2003 | December 26, 2012 | etext:41705 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 30, 2003 | August 14, 2003 | January 27, 2013 | etext:41930 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | August 07, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | April 30, 2013 | etext:42621 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | November 02, 2003 | March 09, 2003 | July 06, 2013 (kdweeks) | etext:43099 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | September 19, 2003 | July 01, 2003 | November 07, 2013 (JaneRob) | etext:44113 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | July 13, 2003 | June 21, 2003 | November 10, 2013 (turgut) | etext:44125 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 06, 2003 | October 15, 2003 | January 15, 2014 (eleni) | etext:44669 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | March 12, 2003 | March 07, 2003 | January 30, 2014 (cpinfield) | etext:44975 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | November 26, 2003 | October 10, 2003 | May 14, 2014 (moti) | etext:45645 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | June 05, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | May 27, 2014 (okrick) | etext:45777 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 14, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | June 12, 2014 (okrick) | etext:45939 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 28, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | June 12, 2014 (okrick) | etext:45940 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | October 15, 2003 | April 25, 2003 | June 12, 2014 (okrick) | etext:45941 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | July 16, 2003 | June 17, 2003 | August 25, 2014 (Wayne Hammond) | etext:46684 |
{{Template:Project_title_posted}} | December 06, 2003 | December 04, 2003 | September 07, 2014 (okrick) | etext:46790 |