Talk:The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

Information about this edition
Edition:	Various, principally 1917
Source:	archive.org djvu (1917) and hardcopy 1915 and 1916 editions
Contributor(s):
Level of progress:
Notes:	The 1916 edition included two watercolour plates preceding the front matter by Hal Gye (File:When we parts at the gate.png and File:Songs of a Sentimental Bloke 1916 cover.png); the first was captioned "When we parts at the gate". The 1915 and 1917 versions did not include these plates.
Proofreaders:	User:Moondyne, User:Hesperian, User:Cygnis insignis

format

Can we set a formatting scheme:

• The poem tag may work after recent changes, the line spacing is manageable when transcluded. Note that an indent or margin now appears, I don't know why. I find leading spaces fiddly, but its not a problem after it's finished. Keep or convert to br/ and gap style?
• Use the drop initial template? It may need tweaking, it affects line wrapping. We should add alt-text to the image whichever way we do it.
• Float centre for text? I have disposed of the div class where I have used this elsewhere, perhaps unwisely, so everything aligns nicely.
• Default size for image. There is only one per page, so loading is less of an issue. Are we sticking with uncorrected colour or going for B&W, maybe a transparent background is best?

A few things left to do, maybe at the sisters too, I don't mind doing them. Cygnis insignis (talk) 12:38, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Be bold. I'm unattached to anything currently in place but would love some consistency; at the moment its a bit of everything. I do prefer the br/ gap formatting over poem and do like grayscale images over the pinky/beige ones, but thats just me. A documented scheme for the series would be useful.

I just finished reading Doreen tonight and enjoyed it. Will be scanning soon. Moondyne (talk) 14:10, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I did the first couple, anyone see a problem? Cygnis insignis (talk) 23:46, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

They look gorgeous. If we can get grayscale images and dropcaps for the whole book, then we'll be done. :-D Hesperian 07:19, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

To gap or not to gap

[1]. Any reason why not? Moondyne (talk) 05:19, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

See the discussion at Index talk:Mars - Lowell.djvu. Hesperian 08:49, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Unconvinced; Meh. Moondyne (talk) 12:56, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Protecting pages

1. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/I. A Spring Song
2. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/The Glossary
3. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/II. The Intro
4. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/III. The Stoush o' Day
5. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/IV. Doreen
6. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/V. The Play
7. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/VI. The Stror 'at Coot
8. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/VII. The Siren
9. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/VIII. Mar
10. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/IX. Pilot Cove
11. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/X. Hitched
12. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/XI. Beef Tea
13. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/XII. Uncle Jim
14. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/XIII. The Kid
15. The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke/XIV. The Mooch o' Life