It sounds very configuration orientated

Pavel: Can you still reproduce? I cannot:

(In reply to comment #0)

1. Get a page with text from ProofreadPage extension -

https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Ah_%E2%80%93_Bah!

That page is empty and doesn't provide the "Print/export" option.

I tried https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Seite:Topographia_Circuli_Burgundici_%28Merian%29_215.jpg (not yet proof-read) and didn't face any issues.

I tried https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Seite:Literarischer_Verein_Stuttgart_IX_122.png (proof-read once) and it also worked correctly.

Looking at https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/InitialiseSettings.php.txt this problem would have to happen on every wikisource project:
'wmgUseProofreadPage' =>

'wikisource' => true,

'wmgUseCollection' =>
'wikisource' => true, # 2009-02-24
so I'd expect more bug reports if this was still a problem?

p.selitskas wrote:

Hi, Andre.

You did the steps wrong to reproduce it. First of all, this is a concern of <pages/>, not the Page: namespace itself. I was trying to get a PDF of _compiled_ book (by means of <pages/>, in the main namespace), and you tested it agains non-embedded pages from Page: namespace.

Secondly, please be tolerant to Bugzilla's link parser :( The link for Ah - Bah! includes the exclamation sign, so please copy it with the exclamation sign.

Thirdly, I noticed that in Belarusian Wikisource, I can get a proper PDF with true contents, if _every_ included page is marked Validated (green). If there are proofread only (yellow) pages, or even lower level, then it fails and gives me a page with nothing, but license data.

To conclude, I can say that it's not NOT working at all, but it's either a bug, or some undocumented(?) behaviour (showing nothing in PDF if at least one non-validated page) which I personally find wrong. Anyway, I can't reproduce the same in English Wikisource, it renders a proper PDF regardless of page status.

Created attachment 11591
Generated PDF

Generated PDF file

Attached:

I generated the above PDF from

https://pl.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Wniosek_w_sprawie_ACTA

this file contains <pages/> and is rendered from the pages in the index. I can see that pages at different approval level (green, yellow, red) are also included.

p.selitskas wrote:

Generated PDF (be.wikisource)

This is PDF generated from https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0

Attached:

de Testcase in comment 0 works for me, the poem is included in the PDF file.

I can still reproduce the problem in
https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0

I wonder if this might be an I18N issue instead.

p.selitskas wrote:

(In reply to comment #7)

de Testcase in comment 0 works for me, the poem is included in the PDF file.

I can still reproduce the problem in
https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/
%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%
BE%D0%BF%D1%8B/
%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%
BE%D0%BF%D0%B0

I wonder if this might be an I18N issue instead.

Deutsch testcase has changed since then: all pages are verified now (status: green). When every included page is 'green', you get a proper PDF. Otherwise you get rubbish.

If bug 47596 is deployed, then perhaps this bug has nothing commong wil i18n.

Why is this in site requests?

(In reply to comment #8)

Deutsch testcase has changed since then: all pages are verified now (status:
green). When every included page is 'green', you get a proper PDF. Otherwise
you get rubbish.

What was the previous colour? If it's red, the page doesn't actually exist; it's just magically preloaded and displayed by ProofreadPage *as if* is existed.

p.selitskas wrote:

(In reply to comment #9)

Why is this in site requests?

I guess it is because it seemed like a configuration issue.

(In reply to comment #8)

Deutsch testcase has changed since then: all pages are verified now (status:
green). When every included page is 'green', you get a proper PDF. Otherwise
you get rubbish.

What was the previous colour? If it's red, the page doesn't actually exist;
it's just magically preloaded and displayed by ProofreadPage *as if* is
existed.

No, the status is greenish. Try this: https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%8B%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%96

Thanks for explaining. Confirming:

1. Went to https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Handbuch_der_Politik_Band_1.pdf
2. Clicked 'Drucken/exportieren -> Als PDF herunterladen'
3. Waited until the PDF is done: "Fertig erstellt"
4. Downloaded it: "Dokument herunterladen"
5. Confirming that you see nothing but a title and some rubbish.

Creating PDFs never works from Index pages, on any Wikisource. You have to go to the top-level page in the main namespace for a work, and then export the PDF. For example, for Index:Handbuch_der_Politik_Band_1.pdf go to Politik als Staatskunst, and get a 7 page PDF will all the right contents.

Of course, if you want to get a PDF of the whole work (from multiple wiki pages), it's better to use the wsexport tool.

To add to the commentary, enWS has encouraged the use of https://tools.wmflabs.org/wsexport/tool/book.php for ages as a better tool than the collections. The tools allows epub, mobi, pdf (A4|A5|A6), etc. works beautifully for a book at level, or with subpages.

https://be.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0
exported to epub 3 ...
https://tools.wmflabs.org/wsexport/tool/book.php?lang=be&page=%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F+%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%8B%2F%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%AD%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B0&format=epub-3&fonts=

We have the ability to download any work in this form on every main namespace page.

Creating PDFs never works from Index pages, on any Wikisource.

Collection recognises outgoing links in a certain format as a list of pages to include in the PDF. It should just do the same with Index pages.