User talk:Editor 666b
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Again, welcome! --Jan Kameníček (talk) 09:06, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
Of a Happy Life/Book IV.
[edit]Hello. Thanks for contributing here. I would only like to point out that Wikisource hosts exact electronic copies of original texts and we do not change or correct them in any way. If you need any help or have any questions, feel free to ask any time. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 09:06, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Jan, sorry for the uninformed contribution and thank you for your clarification on the matter. Do I understand correctly that if I were to notice a typing error while reading, I am to refrain from correcting it? Is it of any use to point out such things if they are clear in nature (such as the same word appearing twice in a row: "and and" etc.)?
- -Erkka Laine Editor 666b (talk) 19:37, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
- Hello. If you notice a typing error, you can check the original work if the typo is present there as well. This is quite easy if the work is scan-backed, like e.g. Krakatit/Chapter 1, where you simply click on the page number in the left margin and check the scan. However, it is not so easy for non-scan backed works. If the original text is correct and our transcribed text contains a typo, it needs to be corrected. If the original contains the typo as well, you can correct it using the template {{SIC}}. For example "mather and father" would be corrected as "{{SIC|mather|mother}} and father", which would give "mather and father".
- However, we have to be very careful when considering typos. Most of the texts hosted in Wikisource are very old and so what may look like a typo to us can in fact be just obsolete or unusual spelling, which we do not correct. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 20:15, 31 August 2022 (UTC)