User talk:JoeSolo22

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Again, welcome! — billinghurst sDrewth 09:20, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Sources for material you have uploaded and transcribed.

Hi, You've contributed a lot of UN related material. Thanks :)

However, can I ask you to add 'source' details, such as the document reference numbers, or URLS where you took the text from?

This helps other researchers and academics using Wikisource to appropriately locate related documents and to include appropriate citations and footnotes when they use English Wikisource as a reference tool. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:11, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Absolutely! I will go back and cite all the UN General Assembly Resolutions I did as well as the three CIA NIS Reports.

Where would source links/URLs go? At the bottom of the page? JoeSolo22 (talk) 16:26, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Generally you leave a source link in the header, The notes field is the normal place, or more typically you put a fully completed {{textinfo}} box on the talk page. Don't forget to remove the {{no source}} from the transcription page, once you've done this. My understanding is that whilst you don't need to give a full Harvard or MLA style citation for things, giving more than just the basics, helps immensely. For weblinks it helps to add an access date, as well as the nominal publication date.

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:44, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks again! CIA NIS reports are sourced and I will work on the UN resolutions as well.

I appreciate someone catching this and letting me know. JoeSolo22 (talk) 17:23, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Welcome to English Wikisoruce

Thanks for the clarification.

You can also upload "freely licensed, approved for public release" versions, of documents to Commons. Generally other transcribers on English Wikisource prefer to work with scans, as it helps confirm what was actually written, and helps give context when trying to determine if an unusual wording or phrasing is genuine, or is an OCR/transcrition artefact.

If interested, on English Wikisource, there was also an extensive set of UN Treaty Series volumes. [[1]] which are backed by scans. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:35, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Problematic

Per Help:Page status and Template:Missing image, pages with missing images should be marked “Problematic.” TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 19:24, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, appreciate it. I'll handle the rest of that for my stuff. I left a message on your talk page but this appears to be resolved, thanks. JoeSolo22 (talk) 19:29, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

File:Report by the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Cyprus (For the period 10 September to 12 December 1964).pdf

Can you provide a {{book}} template and a license? This looks to be in scope though.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:29, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi JoeSolo22. Please add the missing information on File:Report by the Secretary-General on the United Nations Operation in Cyprus (For the period 10 September to 12 December 1964).pdf. I've filled in blank headings and a {{book}} template. Please fill in at least title, author, date, source, and description fields in the {{book}} template; and add the relevant licensing template in the "Licensing" section (see Help:Copyright tags for some options). Xover (talk) 12:59, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Should be good. Thanks for reminding!

JoeSolo22 (talk) 14:58, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Proofread and transcluded indexes

Hello. Only indexes whose all pages have been transcluded into the main namespace can be marked as fully transcluded and only indexes whose all pages have been proofread can be marked as proofread. So far I have noticed (and corrected) this wrong marking here and here, but I suspect there are more. -- Jan Kameníček (talk) 22:20, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

Hey! Sorry about that - I will go back and make changes appropriately.

JoeSolo22 (talk) 14:09, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Operation Crossroads files

If the scans are official works of the US Government, and are thus in the public domain, the files should be uploaded to Commons, rather than locally. We can still build an Index if the file is at Commons, but Commons is the better place for scans. We only upload local scans if the work is public domain in the US, but still copyrighted in its country of origin. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:57, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Oh sure, thanks for letting me know! I assume that's Wikimedia Commons, right? JoeSolo22 (talk) 16:53, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes. The Index page will still be local here, and its name should exactly match the filename on Commons of the scan. So upload the scan to Commons with the exact same filename, then set up Index here. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:17, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Adams v. Illinois/Dissent Douglas

This page shows up as having a "lint error" on the italics - most likely a missing opening or closing. -- Beardo (talk) 05:47, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Fixed! Error's gone, thanks for catching that! JoeSolo22 (talk) 15:00, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Fein v. Selective Service System/Dissent Marshall

This had an error on the italics - I have guessed what the problem was.

But where can I go to see the source ? -- Beardo (talk) 02:08, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for catching that. As for source I use the Library of Congress scans of the US Reports; for Fein v. Selective Service System, it's this: https://www.loc.gov/item/usrep405365/ JoeSolo22 (talk) 02:26, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

Second Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (S/2000/13)

Please give a link for the source. -- Beardo (talk) 20:55, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Done, thank you! JoeSolo22 (talk) 21:13, 1 May 2025 (UTC)

Cheers. -- Beardo (talk) 03:23, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

Weinberger v. Bentex Pharmaceuticals, Inc./Opinion of the Court

There was a stray italic symbol in "See the Appendix in ' 'Hynson' ', ante' ', p. 634.". I have removed the third ' ' but you might want to check to see if something was needed. -- Beardo (talk) 23:42, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Good catch, thank you! JoeSolo22 (talk) 00:36, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

I keep an eye here which shows new pages which have unmatched italics. -- Beardo (talk) 02:13, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Atchison, T. & S.F. R. Co. v. Wichita Board of Trade/Opinion of the Court

There is a part which reads "See ' 'Arizona Grocery v. Atchison, T. & S.F. R. Co., [[284 U.S. 370]] (1932). See also 49 U.S.C. §§ 1 (5), 10 (1). The Commission's order also provided that the proceeding be discontinued, and suspension of the order requires the Commission to reopen its inquiry." without the italics being closed. I have closed after Co. - but should the 49 U.S.C. §§ 1 (5), 10 (1) be in italics ? Or was there a mistake and that whole section in italics ? -- Beardo (talk) 10:19, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

No, you italicized it in the right place. Appreciate you catching that – normally I catch it in the preview before I publish but I must have missed it. Thanks!

JoeSolo22 (talk) 14:27, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Index:The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878.pdf

I note that you are putting the headers in the body of the text. I am puzzled - why are you doing that ? -- Beardo (talk) 08:28, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

I absolutely have no excuse, that's just how I learned to do it and the spacing looks better imo but the more I think about it, it ought to be in the headers. Will do so in the future – should I go back and revert it for pages in this book, though? JoeSolo22 (talk) 17:45, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

If you don't go back and change, how will you transcribe works so as to exclude the headers.

It doesn't really matter how it looks as most people will not look at the individual pages. -- Beardo (talk) 20:37, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Constitution of Afghanistan (1923)

Hello. May I ask for the source and license of the English translation of the constitution? Thanks! -- Jan Kameníček (talk) 22:33, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Fixed - thank you! JoeSolo22 (talk) 00:15, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the source, but there is still the licence tag missing. Looking at the given source, it seems that the translation is copyrighted, see the copyright notice at the bottom. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 10:09, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Looking through I added a "Translation copyright" tag because I think that's the most appropriate one. If not, please feel free to use your discretion to do what you will to the article. I made that one a great while ago before I knew the extent of copyright and Wikisource. JoeSolo22 (talk) 15:22, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer, no problem, mistakes happen. I have started a copyright discussion at Wikisource:Copyright discussions#Constitution of Afghanistan (1923) and unless some reason is found to consider it being in the public domain, it will be deleted in about 2-week time. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 15:44, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

The Role of Federal Military Forces in Domestic Disorders, 1789-1878.pdf

Hello. I see that you have noticed the changes that I made. I think that the way you were doing the references will not work when the pages are transcluded. And certainly including the other parts of split words will not work on transclusion. -- Beardo (talk) 16:01, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

That makes a lot of sense. I do really appreciate calling me on that. Likely when I finish the book I'll go back and fix the reference formatting, as well as the split words in brackets. Cheers! JoeSolo22 (talk) 16:10, 5 February 2026 (UTC)