Proofreading is the foundation of Wikisource, providing the best quality texts in our library. To proofread a page, you should edit the text in the left section so that it matches the scan in the right section as much as possible. You do not have to make an identical, photographic copy of the scan. Wikisource […]

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ADDING A TEXT   Upload a scan to Wikimedia Commons. The text must no longer be under copyright in the United States and in the country of origin to be allowed on Wikimedia Commons. If it is in the public domain in the United States, but not in the country of origin, you should upload […]

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Starting a new project The stages in a project are: Check that the version of the document does not exist already in Wikisource. Check that copyright conditions are fulfilled Upload images of the pages to Wikimedia Commons Upload text of the pages Create the page in the main namespace As chapters are loaded, transclude the […]

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What do we include and exclude? Wikisource, as the free library that anyone can improve, exists to archive the free artistic and intellectual works created throughout history, and to present these publications in a faithful wiki version so that anyone may contribute added value to the collection. Some things we include are: Source texts previously […]

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The search box available at the top right of Wikisource uses: Searching can also be done with special pages, mostly the Special:Search page, or by an external search engine like Google. The search box available at the top right of every page uses Special:Search. Subjects can also be found and browsed in two main ways […]

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Oh the places you will go! Hyper-linking authors, their works and mentions of other authors and works within these texts on Wikisource offers another level of engagement. By way of example: John Duncombe (1622–1687) – English clergyman and writer Mentions in his work The feminead: or, Female genius, 1751 the work of: Martha Peckard (1729–1805) […]

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Let’s take Robert Louis Stevenson as an example. If we look at his author page, we will find links to a variety of works that are now in the public domain. Novels Short stories Short story collections Travel writing Poems Essays Letters Works about Stevenson Works about Stevenson’s works. Other works Click to visit his […]

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What does it do? “Libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information.” (Neil Gaiman, 2013) So it’s not what you do…it’s […]

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