User talk:Londonjackbooks/Archive 2009
- Archive 2009
Contributions
[edit]Also presuming that this other account Londonjack (talk • contribs) is yours. -- billinghurst (talk) 06:58, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
- Yes...Also 72.219.254.131 (talk • contribs) when I have forgotten to sign in! :) Londonjackbooks (talk) 13:33, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Formatting questions
[edit]Disambiguation
[edit]If a poet has written two or more [different] poems using the same title, what is the recommended way to title them for Wikisource purposes? E.g., Florence Earle Coates has written "Immortal"--published in Poems (1898); and "Immortal" [totally different poem]--published in The Unconquered Air (1912). I am familiar with how to differentiate between similar titles by different authors--e.g., "Immortal (Coates)"--but not if the titles are by the same author. Thanks ahead of time! Londonjackbooks (talk) 15:41, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- The best route would be to label them Immortal (Coates 1898) and Immortal (Coates 1912); not sure we've ever had that exact problem arise before; kinda amusing, isn't it? Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din. 17:42, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- I'll go one further! -- The same author, Mrs. Coates, has TWO poems with the same title ("Life") in the same collection: Poems (1898)! I had already named the first instance, Life (Coates)-- and will opt to name the second instance Life (Coates 2)... Kinda amusing, huh?! ;) Londonjackbooks (talk) 18:13, 27 October 2009 (UTC)
- Actually we have one author who has about six variations of the same poem, developed over a span of years. Sad thing is that I cannot remember who it is, or the name of the poem, or the template that we used. We should at least look to do a {{versions}} disambiguation page. billinghurst (talk) 15:48, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
- D'oh, we already have Immortal not sure whether we can use Versions there or not, never tried that double-up. billinghurst (talk) 15:50, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
Text alignment
[edit]How can I realign poetry text to the center of the page WITHOUT disrupting the current alignment/indentation of the lines of poetry? Would I need to add columns or tables? Or is there more simple HTML? E.g., using:
Heroes with eloquent flags unfurled
Have trumpeted loudly their just elation,
But the voice that hath sunk to the heart of the
world
Is the voice of renunciation.
- Thanks, Londonjackbooks (talk)
Got it! Londonjackbooks (talk) 13:58, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Heroes with eloquent flags unfurled
Have trumpeted loudly their just elation,
But the voice that hath sunk to the heart of the
world
Is the voice of renunciation.
Columns
[edit]Is there a way to be able to format side-by-side comparisons of poems (e.g., using columns) to illustrate significant text changes made over time to an author's poem (by the author) from one publication to another? Thanks! Londonjackbooks (talk) 13:52, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
- Simplest means that I find is {{multicol}}, {{multicol-break}} and {{multicol-end}}. We use it a little bit with translations, and the like.
- and you can see other pages where I have played with it via http://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Template:Multicol billinghurst (talk) 15:37, 30 October 2009 (UTC)