Editing Distributed Proofreaders (section)

{{Short description|Web-based proofreading project}}
{{More citations needed |date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Distributed Proofreaders
| logo = Distributed Proofreaders logo.svg
| logo_size = 300px
| logo_alt = "Distributed Proofreaders" set in blue serif text, with the second word beginning at the bottom right of the first one. Below the second word, "Preserving History One Page at a Time." in black serif text.
| logo_caption = <!-- or: | logocaption =  -->
| screenshot = Distributed Proofreaders.png
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| background = <!-- for collapsetext heading; default grey (gainsboro) -->
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| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of the proofreading interface on Distributed Proofreaders.
| caption = Screenshot of the proofreading interface on Distributed Proofreaders.
| parent = [[Distributed Proofreaders Foundation]] (DPF)
| url = {{URL|https://www.pgdp.net}}
| commercial = No<!-- "Yes", "No" or leave blank -->
| type = Not-for-profit
| language = [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]]
| language_count = 2
| registration = Optional
| num_users = 
| content_license = [[Public Domain]] <!-- or: | content_licence = -->
| programming_language = [[PHP]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/DistributedProofreaders/dproofreaders |title=Distributed Proofreaders|publisher=github.com |access-date=2022-02-01 }}</ref>
| country_of_origin = [[United States of America]]
| owner = [[Distributed Proofreaders Foundation]]
| author = <!-- or: creator / authors / creators -->
| founder = Charles Franks
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2000}} <!-- {{start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| GM = Linda Hamilton
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| current_status = Active
| oclc = 1087497129
| footnotes = 
}}

'''Distributed Proofreaders''' (commonly abbreviated as '''DP''' or '''PGDP''') is a web-based project that supports the development of [[e-text]]s for [[Project Gutenberg]] by allowing many people to work together in [[proofreading]] drafts of e-texts for errors. {{as of|July 2024|post=,}} the site had digitized 48,000 titles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.pgdp.net/2021/03/05/celebrating-41000-titles// |title=Celebrating 30,000 Titles &#124; Hot off the Press |publisher=Blog.pgdp.net |date=2015-07-07 |access-date=2016-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220140431/https://blog.pgdp.net/2015/07/07/celebrating-30000-titles/ |archive-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.pgdp.net/2020/04/27/celebrating-39000-titles/ |title=Celebrating 39,000 Titles |publisher=Blog.pgdp.net |date=2020-11-08 |access-date=2020-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603215240/https://blog.pgdp.net/2020/04/27/celebrating-39000-titles/ |archive-date=2020-06-03 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=47000th /><ref name=48000th />