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Before entering a wanted text please check to see that it has not already been included in Wikisource. Keep in mind that the work may have a different title, or that it may already exist as a sub-page of a larger work. If you know the date of publication and other publication data providing that will be very helpful to anyone who may be inclined to upload the work.

Since we cannot normally include works that are currently copyright protected. Unless it is clear that the rights owner has granted a free licence, we will not be adding them, and such request may be subject to removal.

Before adding a work to this list, please check the list of works to be imported at Wikisource:WikiProject CrankyLibrarian. These works are planned to be imported, and we are still working out through which works we already hold, and disambiguating the works of a similar name.

See Wikisource:Other digital libraries for links to possible alternative sources for the desired text.

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[edit] New texts

[edit] Railway/Railroad material

I would appreciate someone making a check on the status with a view to inclusion of :

  • 1904 Railway Clearing House Atlas of England and Wales. (There is also a post grouping 1935 version)
  • The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations, 1912 (This would support the Junction diagrams on Commons.)

Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:05, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Railways Act 1922 Transport Act 1947

Any UK 'Local Acts' relating to railways, especially the railways which eventually amalgamated into the the Great Western and Southern upon grouping or the regions they served. 62.56.112.112 23:10, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Doomesday Book

Wikisource-logo.svg related portals: Domesday survey.

w:Doomesday Book, 11th century survey of England, official document and presumed out of copyright in respect of the original, (translations may vary)62.56.122.127 20:52, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

[edit] UK Legislation

  • UK Statutory Instrument 1957 No. 13 - Traffic Signs And General Directions 1957 - This is an item of secondary legislation which gave the design of UK road signs, the 1957 edition is the last version before the UK's road signs were radically re-designed. It's also coincidentally the most recent version to not be under Crown Copyright.

Not sure of possible sources for scans, but you would need to find a good version as IIRC the original had a lot of diagrams.

I'm requesting this to help resolve a deletion debate at Commons concerning a 'Motorway' Pictogram. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:23, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

[edit] With pagescans (not cited in enwiki)

[edit] Google Books (and others) scans of works thought to be PD (cited in enwiki)

[edit] books.google.co.uk

[edit] Cited in enwiki

[edit] as External Links from enwiki

[edit] Without pagescans but cited in enwiki

Some of these have pagescans so a sort out would be appreciated:



[edit] Works exist at Wikisource — candidates for addition of pagescans

Where pagescans can be identified to pair with existing works, and files to be loaded to Commons:. Following upload:

  • Index file should be marked Ready for Match and Split
  • main namespace work should have {{Migrate to djvu}} added

Works underway will have the Index: page converted from a redlink.

Available pagescan Local version Link to Commons Index: page
Vanity Fair Vanity Fair Vanity Fair (Thackeray).djvu Index:Vanity Fair (Thackeray).djvu
The Secret Adversary The Secret Adversary Commons:File:The Secret Adversary.djvu Index:The Secret Adversary.djvu
Abraham LincolnYes check.svg Done Abraham Lincoln: A Story and a Play Commons:File:Abraham Lincoln, A Story and a Play.djvu Index:Abraham Lincoln, A Story and a Play.djvu
Pudd'nhead Wilson Pudd'nhead Wilson Commons:File:Pudd'nhead Wilson.djvu (1894) Index:Pudd'nhead Wilson.djvu

[edit] Unsorted

[edit] Governmental and organizational works

[edit] Statutes

[edit] Journal articles

[edit] See also

[edit] New speeches

Wikisource-logo.svg related portals: Speeches.

[edit] New images

This is a listing to request assistance in obtaining illustrations, scans or similar material that fits the Wikisource criteria. Usually most requests would be filled at Commons: where possible in line with the Wikimedia image collection philosophy.

Do not forget to sign (~~~~) your requests, and indicate both the article they would aid on Wikisource, as well as any information in hunting down the images should other members have large collections or libraries.

  • Illustrations from The Sea Fairies, a 1911 L. Frank Baum (The Oz guy) book the illustrations were done by John R. Neill, though Google is no help in tracking them down. Would love some scans. Sherurcij 01:58, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Copyrighted and restricted by copyright holder

I do not believe this is correct. The first publication of the poem was in the March 7, 1923 issue of The New Republic. Later that year, Frost included it in a book of poems he published. Under the copyright law in effect in 1951, a copyright expired on the 28th anniversary of its date of first publication, unless the copyright was renewed within one year prior to the expiration of the original term of copyright. Frost did not renew the copyright of the poem by March 1951, instead renewing the copyright of the book published later in 1923 that contained the poem, by which time the poem itself had entered the public domain. (Not until the Copyright Act of 1976 did all copyright terms expire at the end of the calendar year.) Even if Frost had renewed the copyright in a timely manner, it would expire in 2018 (95 years after first publication), not 2033, seventy years after Frost's death. Life + 70 is only for works first published since 1978. — Walloon (talk) 01:59, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
Correct about 2018. The renewal issue, however, is complex; I know PG backed down on a similar case recently.--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:52, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
  • The Mysteries 1977 National Theatre production based on the Wakefield Cycle
  • Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (Copyright 1943; copyright renewed, 1971: Renewal #RE513112)
  • The Artless Artist by Don Landry — 1964 work so probably still under copyright due to automatic renewal — WorldCat indicated 1964 Copyright (and thus automatic renewal) for this work.
  • The Miracle Worker by William Gibson(1975 Bantam edition of The Miracle Worker, distributed by AOP ,if possible)— Various forms copyrighted 1956, 1957, 1959 and 1960 and renewed
  • Records of Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou — WorldCat only lists 1970 English text, may not even be translation
  • Arthashastra by Koutilya, also known as Chanakya or Vishnuguptha, who was the prime minister at the court of Chandraguptha Maurya, king of the Maurya dynasty of ancient India, around 4th century BCE.— no translation listed on WorldCat before 1984.
  • A Book of Five Rings (by Miyamoto Musashi, 1645) — no translation listed on WorldCat before 1974.

[edit] Governmental and organizational works

See also w:Official text copyright for a list of official text in the public domain or under copyright.

  • United Nations works are in the public domain if qualified for {{PD-UN}}. Otherwise, they may be copyrighted.
  • Canadian legislation is under Crown Copyright pursuant to Section 12 of the Copyright Act for 50 years since the first publication. The Reproduction of Federal Law Order applies to allow more recent works to be reproduced.
  • Hong Kong Laws are under governmental copyright and the permission there is subject to withdrawal at any time should it ever happen, thus not compatible with GFDL. They are copyrighted for 50 years since publication in the Gazette of the Hong Kong Government pursuant to Article 183 of the Copyright Ordinance.
  • Laws of Singapore are under governmental copyright for 70 years since their publications pursuant to Section 197 of the Copyright Act.
  • For Judicial Yuan Interpretations of the Republic of China based in Taiwan after 1949, English translations at http://www.judicial.gov.tw/constitutionalcourt/en/P03_0001.asp and http://nwjirs.judicial.gov.tw/eng/FINT/FINTQRY01.asp are translated by governmentally contracted outsiders with translators' names noted, so these translations there are copyrighted. Please do not copy these governmentally contracted private translations here, but Wikisource users may make their own translations to be released under GFDL or similar free-use licenses.
  • United Kingdom Legislation is under Crown Copyright whose waiver is considered not compatible with GFDL. Crown copyright expires 50 years after publication and publication pass into the public domain.
  • The Smyth Report, Atomic Energy for Military Purposes.

[edit] Works in the public domain in source countries but copyrighted in the USA

American non-acceptance of the rule of the shorter term may cause certain works to be considered copyrighted in the USA even if they are in the public domain in their source countries. If a work has been legally published in the USA and another jurisdiction, it is anyway subject to the USA copyright term even if the USA had accepted the rule of the shorter term.

Administrators: Whenever deleting works in the public domain in source countries but copyrighted in the USA, please list them below so they can be more easily submitted again if the USA accepts the rule of the shorter term.

  • Author:G. K. Chesterton:
    Four Faultless Felons has no record in the Stanford database, but contains copyrighted work: "The Ecstatic Thief" copyrighted 1929, renewed 1957, R188601, "The Moderate Murderer" and "The Honest Quack" both copyrighted 1929, renewed 1957. R188600. There's no renewal record of "The Loyal Traitor" in the Stanford database.
    The Poet and the Lunatics was copyrighted 1929 and renewed 1957 as well. (R198754)
    The Return of Don Quixote was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1954. (R140104)
    Tales of the Long Bow was copyrighted 1925 and renewed 1953. (R106659)
    The Scandal of Father Brown was copyrighted 1935 and renewed 1963. (R320553)
    The Secret of Father Brown was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1954. (R140552)
    The Incredulity of Father Brown was copyrighted 1926 and renewed 1953. (R114867)
    Robert Louis Stevenson (Chesterton) was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1958. (R145942)
    William Cobbett was copyrighted 1926 and renewed 1953. (R115345)
    The Outline of Sanity was copyrighted 1927 and renewed 1955. (R145941)
    The Everlasting Man was copyrighted 1925 and renewed in 1953. (R106437)
    Available at Four Faultless Felons (Wikilivres).
  • Author:Arthur Conan Doyle:
    The Land of Mist was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R128774)
    The Disintegration Machine was copyrighted 1928 and renewed in 1956. (R177202)
    Ten of the twelve stories in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes remain under copyright in the United States:
    The Adventure of the Illustrious Client was copyrighted 1924 and renewed in 1952. (R92993)
    The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129373)
    The Adventure of the Three Gables was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129374)
    The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire was copyrighted 1923 and renewed in 1951. (R82151)
    The Adventure of the Three Garridebs was copyrighted 1924 and renewed in 1952. (R92992)
    The Adventure of the Creeping Man was copyrighted 1923 and renewed in 1950. (R65266)
    The Adventure of the Lion's Mane was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129372)
    The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger was copyrighted 1927 and renewed in 1955. (R149513)
    The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place was copyrighted 1927 and renewed in 1955. (R149513)
    The Adventure of the Retired Colourman was copyrighted 1926 and renewed in 1954. (R129371)
    Available at The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Wikilivres).

[edit] Requests taken up

[edit] Works in progress

[edit] Incomplete, idle, no scan

Works moved from mainspace and subpaged here.

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=History%20of%20Tom%20Jones%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts left message on user's page—unsigned comment by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]]) .
The volume at Project Gutenberg is the 1893 edition, published in London in four volumes by J. M. Dent.--Prosfilaes (talk) 08:05, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Is that information from the work itself, or behind the scenes information? If the second, is that available for other works? — billinghurst sDrewth 10:30, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
That was behind the scenes information. It's available for other works done by Distributed Proofreaders; enough of them might actually convince someone to make the scans archive (now hidden for various reasons) openly available. (Or just give me the password, which is not nearly so good, but works in this case.)--Prosfilaes (talk) 18:49, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
They're not willing to make it open, but I do have the archive available to me, for older works that lost title pages due to old PG rules and what not.--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:51, 5 February 2011 (UTC)
Scan of three volumes at IA: [20], [21], [22] --Mpaa (talk) 22:01, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
Looking at the footnotes of Chapter I, it looks like this is the book: Internet Archive--Mpaa (talk) 00:23, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Created Commons:File:The Grateful Dead.djvu and Index:The Grateful Dead.djvu--Mpaa (talk) 23:05, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
Proofread, to be validated. I think copy subpaged here can be deleted --Mpaa (talk) 08:57, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Recently fulfilled

Coming soon, I promise. Cowardly Lion 22:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Declined requests

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