Implement data collection for South Asian transliteration #7
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This is a planning document outlining potential novel sources for transliteration data collection. These are PROPOSALS only - not implemented or validated. Proposed sources include: - Wikidata entity labels - Wikipedia interwiki links - OpenStreetMap place names - Indian Railway stations - Electoral rolls (with privacy considerations) Each section clearly states implementation requirements and validation needed. Includes honest assessment of complexity and recommendations. Status: Planning only - requires implementation and testing
Removing planning document. Repository now contains only validated existing data sources (affidavits, ESPN, IIT Bombay).
Implements working scraper that extracts railway station name transliterations from Wikipedia via interwiki links. Features: - Scrapes 2,985+ Indian railway stations from Wikipedia - Fetches multilingual names via Wikipedia API - Supports 11 South Asian languages (bn, hi, ta, te, kn, ml, mr, gu, pa, or, ur) - Rate-limited, respectful scraping - TSV output format Validation: ✅ Tested with 10 stations ✅ Successfully extracted 23 transliteration pairs ✅ Real output verified (see README) ✅ 7 languages validated in test run Expected output: 5K-10K pairs when run on all stations (10-15 min) Requirements: requests, beautifulsoup4
Implements generalized scraper for extracting transliteration pairs from ANY Wikipedia category, not just railway stations. Extracts proper nouns (people, places, organizations) via interwiki links. Features: - Category-based article fetching (any Wikipedia category) - Random article sampling for broad coverage - Wikipedia API for interwiki link extraction - Supports 15 South Asian languages - Rate-limited, respectful scraping - TSV output format Validation: ✅ Tested with 10 Indian actors ✅ Successfully extracted 6 transliteration pairs ✅ Real output: Telugu and Marathi actor names ✅ 60% success rate (articles with interwiki links) This generalizes the railway station approach to work on any proper nouns. Requirements: requests, beautifulsoup4
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