Help talk:Adding texts
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[edit] Search methods
The best way to confirm if a text exists is by looking up the author and checking against the list of Works there. Searching for the name often fails because texts are called by different names especiily translated works. The other best option is searching through Google with a few lines ifrom the text in quotes.--BirgitteSB 17:59, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- I've changed the search instructions to use Google, with a convenient link directly to the Google search with the site-specific syntax filled in. Is this better? // Pathoschild (editor / talk) 19:51, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- This looks really great. Good work!--BirgitteSB 23:31, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Create New Work
I'm moving this above the 'advanced options' section since it is pretty buried. This will be my first contrib and to be honest after searching the text in vain for a quick way to start a work, I almost decided it wasn't worth it. Antonrojo 02:21, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
So, I can just copy from Gutenberg and just put the files here? Wuld that be violating any laws or anything? TsunamiEssence 19:50, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
- Over 99% of Gutenberg's works are public domain, which means they have no control over telling you what you can and can't do with the work that they are providing. So, yes, you basically can just add any text from Gutenberg here without breaking any laws.—Zhaladshar (Talk) 20:17, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Page Spammed
The contents were replaced with an advertising. I've reverted the page to its previous edit. I hope I've done this right! --Aateyya 02:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, you reverted correctly. Thanks for noticing it. :) // [admin] Pathoschild (talk/map) 03:36, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Public Domain Works Reprinted in Anthologies?
Is it allowable to either transcribe, or scan and digitise, a public domain text which is reprinted in an anthology which is still under copyright, if the original language of the work is English, (thus no issues regarding copyrighted translation)? - a hypothetical example would be a poem by Edgar Allan Poe (died > 100 years ago, so his works are public domain), reprinted in an anthology published in, let's say 1990. If this is acceptable, would we list the anthology as the source on the discussion page associated with the text? Thanks, Lini 20:51, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
- The copyright status would depend on whether the text was changed. If the text is identical to the original, it is in the public domain. If they edited it (for example, with annotations, comments, creative formatting, improvements, or corrections) they might own the copyright on that edition. —{admin} Pathoschild 23:16:00, 01 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Articles linking to uploaded PDF files
I want to add all the PDFs from a federal government report but except for the PDF mentioned as a help file, I see nothing about whether it is OK to actually upload and link to them from a main page. I do see when you go to upload doing so is mentioned. So I think a brief mention that this can be done should be in this article. I'll report back if I have any problems putting that together! Carolmooredc (talk) 22:47, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
