User talk:KathrynHKlos2
Welcome[edit]
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Again, welcome! Beeswaxcandle (talk) 02:38, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
Poetry templates[edit]
Dear Kathryn, thank you for your note on my talk page. I thought it would be easiest if I answer here and put this page on my watchlist. That way we can keep our conversation in the one place where at least you and I can find it. Now, let's see if I can help you with a poem and instructions in a simpler language than Elvish. Might try Hobbit to begin with. I've found that the best way to learn to do things here is by copying what other editors have done.
Poems are entered in one of two ways, each of which has several versions. The particular method chosen depends on the complexity of the layout. Let's start with the simplest and use Sanborn's Love is Enough as an example. It's got 3 of the 4 things that we insist on. If you click the edit button for this poem you can see how it's been constructed.
- It's got a {{header}} template. Note that not all the fields are filled in, that's just fine.
- It's got content: the poem. See how it's wrapped in <poem> & </poem> tags.
- It's got a license template, in this case {{PD-old}}. Everything we host must be out of copyright.
The bit that is missing is the "source". I don't know which particular edition or printing that this poem has been taken from. This is important so that the text can be verified by another editor. We put the source on the Talk: page for the work. It can be an internet reference (which is best), or it can be a library catalogue entry, or the bibliographic details of the book that you own and have taken the poem from.
That's enough for a first lesson. Have a go, then I'll show you how to indent lines of a poem. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 03:51, 13 October 2013 (UTC)