Author Archives: Letters of 1916

Transcription Progress: February 2018

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In February 2018 you transcribed 112524 characters in total.

In February 2018 the total number of registered users in the system is 2009.

Currently 4378 letters have been uploaded to the system, of which 3836 are available to view and transcribe online. You can explore the completed and fully transcribed letters in more detail here.

THANK YOU All for contributing to the Letters 1916-1923 Project!

LETTERS:

  • 4378 letters uploaded to the system, of which 3836 have been made public to date (28 February 2018)
  • 0 new letters uploaded to the system since 31 January 2018

STATUS of the letters:

  • Transcriptions not started: 22 letters
  • Transcriptions in progress: 12 letters
  • Transcriptions that need proofing and reviewing: 1052 letters
  • Transcriptions proofed and completed: 2784 letters

TOP 5 TRANSCRIBERS IN FEBRUARY 2018

# username characters
1 Willow 44926
2 Msmyrtle 15442
3 Regina 11147
4 MeganMay7 7712
5 TracyH91 7166

Letters 1916-1923 nominated for Digital Humanities Award

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We are delighted to be nominated for a DH Award for our public engagement in 2017!

The Digital Humanities Awards are a set of annual awards where the public is able to nominate resources for the recognition of talent and expertise in the digital humanities community. The resources are nominated and voted for entirely by the public.

You can vote for your favourite DH projects until 25 February 2018.

If you’ve transcribed with us, donated a letter to the collection or used the Letters 1916-1923 database for your work, please consider voting for us in the Public Engagement section of the DH Awards website:

http://dhawards.org/dhawards2017/voting/

Transcription Progress: January 2018

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In January 2018 you transcribed 55559 characters in total.

In January 2018, we reviewed our metrics and the total number of registered users in the system is 1978.

Currently 4366 letters have been uploaded to the system, of which 3678 are available to view and transcribe online. You can explore the completed and fully transcribed letters in more detail here.

THANK YOU All for contributing to the Letters 1916-1923 Project!

LETTERS:

  • 4378 letters uploaded to the system, of which 3770 have been made public to date (31 January 2018)
  • 29 new letters uploaded to the system since 31 December 2017

STATUS of the letters:

  • Transcriptions not started: 53 letters
  • Transcriptions in progress: 15 letters
  • Transcriptions that need proofing and reviewing: 952 letters
  • Transcriptions proofed and completed: 2766 letters

TOP 5 TRANSCRIBERS IN JANUARY 2018

# username characters
1 Jk123 12371
2 Dansimo90 7892
3 Apeetha 5695
4 CFMcDonald 5125
5 Miroc80 5005