{"id":58,"date":"2017-12-07T03:21:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T03:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/?p=58"},"modified":"2017-12-07T17:36:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T17:36:34","slug":"starting-a-new-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/starting-a-new-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a new project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Starting a new project<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The stages in a project are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Check that the version of the document does not exist already in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\">Wikisource<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Check that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Public_domain\">copyright conditions<\/a> are fulfilled<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Adding_images\">Upload images<\/a> of the pages to Wikimedia Commons<\/li>\n<li>Upload text of the pages<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Adding_texts\">Create the page<\/a> in the main namespace<\/li>\n<li>As chapters are loaded, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Proofread#Transclusion\">transclude<\/a> the pages to the main namespace<\/li>\n<li>Add the appropriate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Copyright_tags\">copyright<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Categorization\">category<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Templates#Housekeeping_templates\">incompleteness<\/a> tags<\/li>\n<li>Start <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Proofread\">proofreading<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Add entries into the appropriate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Portal\">Portal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Add entry to the Author page, creating it if necessary.<\/li>\n<li>When the document is verified, remove the incompleteness tags.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Editing Wikisource &#8211; Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Editing creates the Wikisource library.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_adding_texts\">Adding texts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overview of the steps involved in adding texts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_sources\">Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to add a book to Wikisource for proofreading.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_copyright\">Copyright<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to check if a book is out of copyright.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_Index:_files\">Index pages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How Index pages work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_proofreading\">Proofreading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to proofread a book for Wikisource.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_typography\">Typography<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to format a page.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_validation\">Validation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to check and finish the proofreading.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_transclusion\">Transclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to add books to the main namespace.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/wiki\/Help:Beginner's_guide_to_finishing_touches\">Finishing touches<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The finals tasks needed to finish a work.<\/p>\n<h2>Create a Wikisource account<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;ll look at how to proofread a page and how to import a text from a pdf or a djvu on the Internet Archive but, first things first, please <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikisource.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&amp;returnto=Special%3ASearch\">create a Wikisource account <\/a>if you have not already done so. (If you already have a Wikipedia login then you can user this on Wikisource too).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/Editing-Wikisource.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-59\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/Editing-Wikisource-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/Editing-Wikisource-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/Editing-Wikisource-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/Editing-Wikisource-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/12\/Editing-Wikisource.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time to create a Wikisource account!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\/adding-a-text\/\"><strong>NEXT &#8211; Adding a text to Wikisource<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wiki-source\"><strong>HOME<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting a new project The stages in a project are: Check that the version of the document does not exist already in Wikisource. 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