README.md

What is this?

This repository contains Python notebooks and scripts related to my edits of Nigerian-related articles on Wikipedia.

File descriptions

• archive.ipynb - Notebook transforming an archived version of Nigeria Congress Online into a CSV file. This file can be turned into a table in Wikipedia for List of members of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, 1999-2003.
• glue.ipynb - Notebook to assemble each House and Senate term into one large spreadsheet.
• main.ipynb - Notebook testing OpenCV and PyTesseract functionalities.
• main.py - Python script to take scans of Nigeria Legislature 1861-2011: A Compendium of Members & Officials into CSV files.
• merge.ipynb - Notebook to help merging information in the CSV files generated by main.py into the tables already created on Wikipedia.

Set up main.py

To run main.py, use these commands to set up environment:

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Change the DIR_NAME to the folder with scans you want to start creating spreadsheets.

Run the main Python file to start creating the spreadsheets:

python ./src/main.py

This code is not perfect and contains inconveniences. However, they are manageable and don't waste too much time. If you make a mistake, you may need to redo some minute's worth of work or correct it after the CSV is written.