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<div class="ocr-inbox-slot"><p>Loading document OCR tools… (requires login and the OCR review service).</p></div> | <div class="ocr-inbox-slot"><p>Loading document OCR tools… (requires login and the OCR review service).</p></div> | ||
Site-wide inbox | Site-wide inbox to '''enrich soldier profiles from document scans''' — forms, certificates, clippings, letters, and team rosters. Upload a scan, confirm '''who''' it is and '''which soldier page''' would change, review proposed infobox facts and a short biography draft, then Apply. | ||
== How it works == | == How it works == | ||
# '''Log in''' (same as photo uploads). | # '''Log in''' (same as photo uploads). | ||
# Upload a document (photo or PDF | # Upload a document (photo or PDF). Printed text uses the free local OCR engine. Check '''Handwriting / hard scan''' for cursive or faint pages — the service still runs a free print OCR first and only calls the paid LLM vision model when that preliminary read looks weak. | ||
# '''Confirm''' who the document is about. | # '''Confirm''' who the document is about. Review proposes '''infobox''' fields and a '''biography draft''' woven from clear facts — not a raw OCR dump. Nothing is written until Apply. | ||
# For '''multi-person IPW / team rosters''', you get a table: each person, the matched wiki page, and what would be written (usually Team membership). Names, ranks, and ASNs are matching cues until you approve. | |||
# Check '''Soldier pages that will be edited''' at the top. Use '''Preview Apply''' to see planned changes without writing. Then '''Apply selected''' (requires <code>ocr-reviewer</code> or admin), or '''Discard''' the job. | # Check '''Soldier pages that will be edited''' at the top. Use '''Preview Apply''' to see planned changes without writing. Then '''Apply selected''' (requires <code>ocr-reviewer</code> or admin), or '''Discard''' the job. | ||
# Optional controls (raw OCR text, gallery attach, overwrite | # Optional controls (raw OCR text, document type, gallery attach, overwrite, handwriting re-OCR) are under '''Advanced'''. | ||
You can also start from a soldier page → Gallery → '''OCR a document''' (that soldier is pre-selected). | You can also start from a soldier page → Gallery → '''OCR a document to enrich this profile''' (that soldier is pre-selected). | ||
== Privacy == | == Privacy == | ||
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== For reviewers == | == For reviewers == | ||
Administrators can grant the '''ocr-reviewer''' group. Other logged-in uploads stay in the queue until a reviewer applies or discards them. | Administrators can grant the '''ocr-reviewer''' group. Other logged-in uploads stay in the queue until a reviewer applies or discards them. | ||
See also [[Facebook OCR review]] (editors-only queue of Facebook-sourced document OCR candidates; review aid only — prefer this page for new uploads). Camp-wide training manuals belong on [[Training materials]], not here. | |||
[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]] | [[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:28, 15 September 2026
Loading document OCR tools… (requires login and the OCR review service).
Site-wide inbox to enrich soldier profiles from document scans — forms, certificates, clippings, letters, and team rosters. Upload a scan, confirm who it is and which soldier page would change, review proposed infobox facts and a short biography draft, then Apply.
How it works[edit | edit source]
- Log in (same as photo uploads).
- Upload a document (photo or PDF). Printed text uses the free local OCR engine. Check Handwriting / hard scan for cursive or faint pages — the service still runs a free print OCR first and only calls the paid LLM vision model when that preliminary read looks weak.
- Confirm who the document is about. Review proposes infobox fields and a biography draft woven from clear facts — not a raw OCR dump. Nothing is written until Apply.
- For multi-person IPW / team rosters, you get a table: each person, the matched wiki page, and what would be written (usually Team membership). Names, ranks, and ASNs are matching cues until you approve.
- Check Soldier pages that will be edited at the top. Use Preview Apply to see planned changes without writing. Then Apply selected (requires
ocr-revieweror admin), or Discard the job. - Optional controls (raw OCR text, document type, gallery attach, overwrite, handwriting re-OCR) are under Advanced.
You can also start from a soldier page → Gallery → OCR a document to enrich this profile (that soldier is pre-selected).
Privacy[edit | edit source]
- Do not upload Social Security numbers or private contact details for living people.
- Staging files are not published until Apply (Gallery attach is optional; off by default for multi-person uploads).
- See About the data and Contribute.
For reviewers[edit | edit source]
Administrators can grant the ocr-reviewer group. Other logged-in uploads stay in the queue until a reviewer applies or discards them.
See also Facebook OCR review (editors-only queue of Facebook-sourced document OCR candidates; review aid only — prefer this page for new uploads). Camp-wide training manuals belong on Training materials, not here.