Talk:Darkness

Darkness was the featured text for April 2007 (discussion). It was considered among the most complete works available on Wikisource.

Information about this edition
Edition	1816
Source	Project Gutenberg
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Level of progress
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Proofreaders

Proofreading

The table below compares the Wikisource edition to multiple online sources for proofreading purposes. Changes which are obviously incorrect are not shown; for example, a change from "—" (em dash) to "--" (double-hyphen) will be ignored.

Source	diff	Differences from Wikisource edition
classiclit.about.com	diff	past verb endings to '-'d'; 39 ';—' to ':'; 42 no comma; 73 no comma after 'lakes'; 79 comma after 'moon' and 'mistress'.
quotations.about.com	diff	identical to classiclit.about.com, but missing half of line 69 and all of lines 70–82.
Literature Network	diff	past verb endings '-ed'; 09 semicolon to colon; 16 'who' to 'which'; 17 'volcanos' to 'volcanoes'; colon to semicolon; 24 colon to semicolon; 37 dot to semicolon; 50 'dropping' to 'drooping'; 60 semicolon to colon; 70 removed dash; 76 capitalized 'Moon', comma after 'Moon' and 'mistress'; 81 semicolon to exclamation; 82 dot to exclamation;
Romantic Circles	diff	identical.
Famous Poetry Online	diff	ignored; many obviously incorrect changes.
JGHawaii Publishing Co.	diff	past verb endings '-'d'; 32 no comma; 37 no dot; 39 semicolon to colon; 42 no comma; 44 no 'with'; 70 no dash; 71 dash to comma; 73 plural 'oceans'; 79 comma after 'moon' and 'mistress'; 82 'aid' to 'air'.
strickling.net	diff	identical.
University of Toronto Libraries	diff	past verb endings '-'d'; 70 no dash; 79 comma after 'moon' and 'mistress';
BBC	diff	identical to Literature Network.
Project Gutenberg (Coleridge)	diff	past verb endings '-ed'; 04 capitalized 'Earth'; 11 'crowned' to 'crownéd'; 26 'clenched' to 'clenchéd'; 30 capitalized 'World'; 37 dot to colon; 39 semicolon to colon; 41 capitalized 'Love'; 42 capitalized 'Death'; 69 capitalized 'World'; 70 no dash; 79 capitalized 'Moon'; comma after 'Moon' and 'mistress';
deboced.club.fr	diff	past verb endings '-'d'; 39 ';—' to colon; 42 no comma; 70 no dash; 73 no comma after 'lakes'; 79 comma after 'moon' and 'mistress';

Based on the above comparisons, giving weight to the proofread Gutenberg text from a printed source, I made the following changes to the Wikisource edition:

• past verb endings '-ed';
• 04 capitalized 'Earth';
• 11 'crowned' to 'crownéd';
• 26 'clenched' to 'clenchéd';
• 30 capitalized 'World';
• 37 dot to colon;
• 39 semicolon to colon;
• 41 capitalized 'Love';
• 42 capitalized 'Death';
• 69 capitalized 'World';
• 70 no dash;
• 79 capitalized 'Moon'; comma after 'Moon' and 'mistress'.

—{admin} Pathoschild 23:02:33, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Reproofed against Project Gutenberg text

There was only Pathoschild mentioned in the Proofreaders row of the {{textinfo}} template above, so I reproofed [1] against the UTF-8 version at Project Gutenberg. The only differences I found were the use of ersatz dashes (-- vs. —) and a few reference and verse number markers in the Gutenberg text, so no changes had to be made.--GrafZahl 12:36, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Asimov's Nightfall

The habitations of all things which dwell, Were burnt for beacons; cities were consumed, And men were gathered round their blazing homes To look once more into each other's face; This reminded me of Isaac Asimov's short story (and later, novel) Nightfall, in which a civilization of perpetual day (triple-sun solar system) experienced a once-in-a-millenium night. People went mad from seeing the stars, and burned their cities for light.

Lermontov's prose translation

{{editprotected}} To Sysops! Please add at the page Darkness the following link:

[[ru:Мрак. Тьма (Байрон/Лермонтов)]] (ru:Мрак. Тьма (Байрон/Лермонтов))

Thank you! Dmitrismirnov 09:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

There is already a ru: link; should the current one be replaced with the one you have mentioned above, or should we link to both? If both are useful, could you explain why we want both, so that we can add a comment with each link to help readers pick the one they want. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 10:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, we need both links because there are two different translations: the first is by Ivan Turgenev (that we already have) and the second by Mikhail Lermontov. Regards. Dmitrismirnov 16:24, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Done John Vandenberg ^(chat) 23:28, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Disambiguation page?

Is it possible to make a disambigiation page for "Darkness"? There are at least four titles that would fall under it. Thanks, Londonjackbooks (talk) 23:10, 16 January 2011 (UTC)