Help:Tutorial for Proofreading letter scans

All letters to proofread can be found in Vanisource here

METHOD

Any notations you need to place in the transcription should be in italics and enclosed in square brackets like this, ex: ''[unreadable]'' or ''[unclear]'', ''[handwritten]'', ''[unsigned]'', ''[signed]'', ''[initialed]'', ''[text missing]'' etc.
New lines without a blank line between them can be made by using <br /> at the end of each line
SP's Address/Camp in the letterhead is missing from most transcriptions. This should be added, followed by the address of the recipient if known.
Throughout all the transcriptions, devotees' names may not be spelled the same as in the letters. The transcription of the names should match the spellings in the letters.
When you are finished checking a transcription, change the category name from unckecked to checked.

eg change:

[[Category:1970 - Letters with Scans of the Originals - unchecked]]

to

[[Category:1970 - Letters with Scans of the Originals - checked]]

LAST STEPS

Each word corrected counts as one edit
Paste the checked letter page title into your user page like this:

[[700412 - Letter to Syamasundara written from Los Angeles]] = 3 edits

or

[[680306 - Letter to Janardana written from Los Angeles]] = 0 edits

Please send regular reports to Visnu Murti after every 10 letters edited eg. 10 letters checked = 16 edits

The following examples demonstrate the above points:

680306 - Letter to Janardana written from Los Angeles

SP's Address/Camp is missing from the transcription.

Janardan's name is transcribed Janardana.

The handwritten P.S. at the end of the letter should be noted as [handwritten], italics and in brackets. Please make sure that it is SP's writing (usually initialled ACB by SP) and not the secretary's. Any personal message or notes from the secretary should not be transcribed.