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For each nomination, please provide an author, title, publication date and link to the index. If you believe the work is likely to be opposed, please leave a reason why the work should be featured.
If you cannot create an index (and you are strongly urged to do so before nominating), please leave a full citation. Remember, Wikisource only allows works in the Public Domain in the USA.
Please create a separate section for each work nominated. This allows easier discussion and archiving of each nomination.
Works will typically be added to the MC if they a) have an index, and b) have not been opposed. Reasonable grounds for opposition (besides PD concerns) include, complex formatting, be it of Shakespearean dramas or lengthy tables, parallel language texts, or works which are not PD in the UK, but are in the US. [If I have missed any reasonable grounds for opposition, please add them to this list, or remove if incorrect.]
Re-nominations of previously stalled works is allowed if you think they will get renewed interest. There is a list here.
NOTE: I was hoping to do a little spring cleaning of the MC nominations page. To that end, I was going to add four sections somewhere on this page, specifically, one for "unopposed nominations without an index", another for "unopposed nominations with an index", one for "themed series" and finally one for "validation nominations" [feel free to improve the titles] which are just going to be simple lists, so that this page is not so long. Anything that has either been opposed or that has been proofread and transcluded, I am intending to mark as section resolved, and may well have by the time this is read. If this all goes to plan, there should only be one nominations section where current discussions will be occurring (e.g.~2024 at present)
Progress and Poverty: [[1]], 25th Anniversary edition, [[2]], 1929 50th anniversary edition as published by the Schalkenbach foundation [[3]], Modern Library 1938 edition [[4]]
Oriental series, continuing from Brinkley's Japan and China, e.g. Korea IA, Manchuria IA, the Phillippines IA, Siam IA, Burma IA, Afghanistan IA, India IA, Persia IA.
"Index:Thoughts on life (IA thoughtsonlife00kitc).pdf" by Sarah Ball Kitchen offers reflective insights on key aspects of life, including happiness, resilience, love, and personal growth. Through personal anecdotes and philosophical musings, Kitchen encourages mindfulness, self-awareness, and living with intention. The book serves as a gentle guide, helping readers find meaning in everyday experiences and navigate life's challenges with wisdom and gratitude.
Looking Backward: 2000–1887 by Edward Bellamy follows Julian West, who falls asleep in 1887 and wakes up in the year 2000, finding a socialist utopia. In this future society, the government controls production, wealth is equally distributed, and everyone works in an "industrial army" for limited hours. Technology has reduced labor, and people enjoy more leisure time. The novel contrasts this peaceful, equal society with the poverty and inequality of the 19th century, critiquing capitalism and envisioning a more just future.
Diary of a Journey Across Arabia (1819) by Captain G. Forster Sadlier is a travel account of his diplomatic mission across the Arabian Peninsula. It provides rare insights into Arabian culture, politics, and the regional movement and conflict during that time.
In "Progress and Poverty" (1879), Henry George argues that poverty persists despite economic progress due to private land ownership. Landowners profit from rising land values without contributing to production, worsening inequality. George proposes a single tax on land value to replace all other taxes, aiming to reduce poverty, discourage speculation, and promote fair wealth distribution.
This book by Albert Neely Hall is a practical early 20th-century guide to making toys from wood, cardboard, and simple electrical components. It provides step-by-step instructions for crafting traditional toys like dollhouses and cars, as well as mechanical and electrical toys with moving parts. The book encourages creativity and hands-on learning for children.
Sorry, at present, I think the issue is that the index on commons is showing up as 0 x 0 pages for some reason, which has falsely generated the warning. I recall seeing this issue every now and again appear in the Scriptorium. I will check if somehow else can explain how to fix the file. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:32, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A 19th-century collection of folk songs, hymns, and traditional music, compiled by W. M. Lawrence in 1893. It was created for educational use, especially in schools, to teach music and promote cultural understanding. The book includes a variety of accessible songs, from patriotic tunes to folk and classical pieces, reflecting American and European traditions.
Musical talent and the ability to read and write musical scores are needed for this book. Your assistance would be greatly appreciated, and we hope that people will enjoy listening to the results.
It's missing more than just those pages. If you locate all of the missing pages, then the repairs can all be made at the same time. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:21, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just to check, have you found a scan with all the missing pages, and have you found a separate scan which includes said missing pages? Thanks, TeysaKarlov (talk) 02:52, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
While this series would be challenging because of the tables and dotted letters, the five volumes contain academic translations of ancient Egyptian texts, and might attract a crowd to work on transcription.
For the moment, I might leave this under discussion. If anyone has any ideas about how to preserve braces in the page entries of dot-leader tables let me know, otherwise this might be one of those works where a hard and fast, no dot leaders rule, should have to be applied. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:06, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EncycloPetey Thanks for the highlighting this portal, even if the list is more than a little daunting. I agree that it would be great to add a few more to Wikisource, and will happily run some in the MC. TeysaKarlov (talk) 04:39, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Alien333 Not sure exactly who you were asking, but after some perusal, Katherine Chandler's "In the reign of Coyote: folklore from the Pacific coast" took my fancy for an isolated text, while if I were aiming to knock off some of the (intentional) duplicates on the list, i.e. those that cover multiple folklores, then either Hubert Marshall Skinner's "Readings in Folk-lore; Short Studies in the Mythology of America, Great Britain, the Norse countries, Germany, India, Syria, Egypt, and Persia" or Katharine Berry Judson's "Myths and legends of the Pacific Northwest: especially of Washington and Oregon". Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 01:56, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a field I'm familiar with, but it is an extensive list covering many cultures. Any listed work should be examined before being selected, since I doubt the list was vetted for ease of editing. But if even one work is picked per month (or every other month) it should add a lot of value to Wikisource. --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:30, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EncycloPetey My apologies if I should not have included this in October (I am not sure what the "I see" is getting at). Also sorry if I dealt with the Frontispiece incorrectly on Commons. It did not cross my mind to deal with/license tag separately (and yes, I now realise there is a tickbox on commons about cover images etc., that was probably supposed to prompt me). Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:52, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Unfortunately, I did not notice that 2 pages were missing. I have replaced the file for a better now, but 1 page (no. 13) is still missing. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 15:07, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is the staging area for the next challenge. Works are added to this list based on nominations, current long-term series or filling in missing topics. This list is not "official", it's just designed to make it easier to set up the data table for the next challenge more easily. Nominate works above. Remove works from this list if the nomination fails.
This space is reserved for nominations of a long-term series consisting of multiple volumes of an author's work usually referred to with titles such as "The Complete Works of X" or an encyclopedic work. Such nominations require serious consideration because they will require many years of work. Therefore, the edition proposed should be a definitive edition that does not constitute mere reprints and would make a substantial contribution to Wikisource.