Talk:Daily Kos Reading List
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I used the format at Talk:List of progressive radio stations to create a table. The format of the table can be further refined, but of course it's best to do so before the table gets too big. -AlanF 17:26, 1 March 2010 (EST)
There is an extensive list of books at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/17/630635/-What-are-you-reading-A-liberal-reading-list-%28with-update%29
I used a Perl script to reduce some of the initial work. It converts each line to this format:
|[[book:_title_|_title_]] |_yyyy_ |_lastname_, _firstname_ |_tags_ |_description_ |----
For example, the following line:
Eric Alterman Why we're liberals
needs to be converted to this:
|[[book:Why We're Liberals|Why We're Liberals]] |2008 |Alterman, Eric |ideology |Alterman describes the ideological basis for liberalism by referring to... |----
Filling in the blank spots in the table will require some research (e.g., looking up the copyright date for each book), generation of content (writing a description), and cleaning (since some lines in the original diary contain multiple books and some contain none).