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2025

Welcome to the Monthly Challenge!

  • Each month, the challenge aims to proofread and validate several texts.
  • It provides a safe space for new users to learn about Wikisource.
  • The texts are featured for a maximum of three months with a few exceptions.
  • The challenge builds Wikisource's core collection and makes free, scan-backed ebooks accessible to everyone.

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WS:MC/NOM

Suggest nominations below. When successful, the works can be added to a monthly data table (e.g. Module:Monthly Challenge/data/2025-12, or a future month) and they will be included in the relevant months' challenges.

  • Add nominations at the end of this section via this link
  • 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.
  • If anyone wishes to nominate works from the following lists: Category:Mainspace pages with transcluded OCR errors, Category:Migrated texts requiring clean up, Category:Incomplete texts, Category:Texts to be migrated to scans, ShakespeareFan00's Adventures list feel free, else works will be selected at fancy, until the MC has between 60 and 80 titles. Some other suggestions for where to find nominations include Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction and this website.


Unopposed Nominations Without an Index

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Unopposed Nominations With an Index

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Nominations for Validation

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Themed or Long-Term Nominations

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2024 nominations

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Diary of a Journey Across Arabia

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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.

Hi, Do you happen to know if there are any other good scans of this work? I found one on internet archive (https://ia803408.us.archive.org/2/items/dli.ministry.01689/9942.E12836_Diary_of_a_journey_across_Arabia.pdf), although the quality wasn't great. At present, I have downloaded the version from the link you provided, but am concerned that as every page is tagged with the Qatar National Library logo, it may be ineligible to upload to commons (see, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qatar-National-Library-Logo.png). I may be able to upload the above to Wikisource directly if there are no other good scans, but figured I would ask first. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:38, 26 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Goethe's theory of colours

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Ancient Records of Egypt

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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.

--EncycloPetey (talk) 22:43, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • 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]

The Qur'an (Palmer)

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It's crazy that we don't have a full version of the Qur'an, which is arguably the second-most popular book in the world (see wikipedia:List of best-selling books for an explanation). This is a bit unusual for a work in that it uses two indices instead of one, namely Index:Sacred Books of the East - Volume 6.djvu and Index:Sacred Books of the East - Volume 9.djvu, but this can be easily fixed by listing them separately. Duckmather (talk) 02:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this suggestion! FPTI (talk) 14:26, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Portal:Folk literature

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This Portal has long lists of potential works that would enrich Wikisource. --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:37, 8 August 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]
Any specific names? — Alien333 (what I did & why I did it wrong) 05:23, 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]

The Naval War of 1812

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US President Theodore Roosevelt's first book that established his reputation as a historian and popular writer. The first edition of the book published as a single volume is available here: (Commons file) Ciridae (talk) 18:06, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2025 nominations

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The Praise of Folly

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The Praise of Folly (Moriae Encomium, 1509) is a satirical essay by Desiderius Erasmus, dedicated to his friend Thomas More.

In it, Folly personified delivers a humorous speech praising herself, exposing the vanity, hypocrisy, and superstition of society — especially among clergy, scholars, and rulers. Beneath the wit, Erasmus calls for Christian simplicity, humility, and inner faith over empty rituals and pride.

A major humanist work of the Renaissance, it mocked corruption while inspiring later reformers and remains a classic of ironic moral criticism.

I set up an Index using the DjVu of the 1913 Oxford edition, which is a cleaner format of the same translation. It is loaded for December. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:06, 18 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Naval Officer

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I found Index:The Naval Officer (1829), vol. 1.djvu and would like to nominate this for November along with volume 2 for December and volume 3 for January. They need to be validated and transcluded and I don't feel like doing all of it myself.

A History of Japanese Mathematics

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A History of Japanese Mathematics by David Eugene Smith and Yoshio Mikami and first published in 1914, is a foundational English-language text exploring the development of wasan, or native Japanese mathematics. The book covers the subject from its ancient roots, influenced by Chinese texts, through the Edo period when it flourished in relative isolation, until the introduction of Western mathematics in the late 19th century.

Advanced Abacus: Japanese Theory and Practice

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Advanced Abacus: Japanese Theory and Practice by Takashi Kojima is a follow-up to his beginner text on the Japanese soroban. It teaches advanced operations—square and cube roots, decimals, fractions, and handling large numbers—while also explaining Japanese calculation techniques and mental abacus (anzan).

Hi, I realise this text says public domain on Hathi, but I am not exactly sure what license tag to use when uploading, and am unsure whether it is PD in the US only, or also PD in the source country (so as to determine whether to upload on Commons, or just locally). Any chance you could provide any more information in this regard? Thanks, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:31, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Checking, there is no renewal of the US copyright. For countries outside the US, we'd need to know his date of death, and VIAF shows only a birth year of 1936. It is possible the author is still alive. --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:07, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You may wish to contact the publisher to determine whether they continue to hold the copyright or are willing to release it into the public domain:
Academic & Educational Click here for examination and desk copies
~2025-62220-1 (talk) 02:02, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I highly doubt I will be contacting the publisher, but if anyone else wishes to do so, then feel free to let me know the outcome. Otherwise, I have just added A History of Japanese Mathematics to this month's MC. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:06, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In that case, how about this book Tochio's Computation on the Soroban by K. Tochio published in 1912
Page count: 34
~2025-63305-8 (talk) 09:12, 17 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to download from that link on Google Books. If you have found the text on Internet Archive or HathiTrust, or have a direct link to the pdf (rather than the search result) from Google Books, please let me know. Thanks, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:06, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I’m sorry, but the only digital copies are available through Google Books, which can be found by searching with the keyword Tochio's Computation on the Soroban.
In addition to that, I also conducted searches in both the Internet Archive and HathiTrust website; however, despite these efforts, I was unable to find any available copies. ~2025-68940-4 (talk) 01:39, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. I feel like the last time this happened (with something from Google Books), @TE(æ)A,ea. knew what to do. Not sure if the circumstances are the same, but pinging them in case I am doing something idiotic, and that the book can be simply downloaded from the above link. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 02:40, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Has anyone had a chance to upload this book yet? If not, could someone please take care of that when they have a moment?
~2025-68940-4 (talk) 00:44, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, TE(æ)A,ea. managed to obtain a pdf. Index now added to MC. (P.S. If you know the author's first name, please update the index). Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 04:18, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The Author's first name ?
Ready for MC Tochio's Computation on the Soroban ~2025-68940-4 (talk) 11:28, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Roman Hat Mystery

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I'd like to nominate https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Roman_Hat_Mystery_(Ellery_Queen_1929).djvu by Ellery Queen for Sept. 2025. SurprisedMewtwoFace (talk) 16:12, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This nomination has been queued for September 2025. --EncycloPetey (talk) 18:23, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

History of Greece (Vol I)

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https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:History_of_Greece_Vol_I.djvu by George Grote for Oct. 2025. Hatisha (talk)

Thanks for the nomination, and added for October. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:59, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since the colorful Fairy Book series is completed, should we move Grote's History of Greece in as a long-term series with no expiry? --EncycloPetey (talk) 11:41, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@EncycloPetey It's certainly long enough. The only negative is all the Greek characters, which might lead to some of the indices sitting around for a while (unless we just switch to the next volume anyway). That said, if you already had plans to help with this, then feel free to move the series to the long-term category. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 19:39, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am helping some with the Greek, and have seen a couple of other helpers too. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:45, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll make the shift as part of the November MC set-up. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:34, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@EncycloPetey Sounds good. Thanks, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:58, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An Improved System of Mnemonics

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The book "An Improved System of Mnemonics" is a historical work focused on memory techniques, originally published in 1817 by Thomas Coglan

Added for August (thanks EncyloPetey). Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:57, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible

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A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible is a children's Bible first published in 1788 in the U.S. by Isaiah Thomas. It uses rebus-style pictures (not real hieroglyphs) mixed with words to help children read and understand Bible stories. It includes over 500 woodcut images and is one of the earliest illustrated American children's books.

Index:A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible.djvu

The Black Camel

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The Charlie Chan novel The Black Camel has an index that has been proofread by me and a few others. I'd like to nominate it in the "for validation" section in June 2025. Can be found here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_Black_Camel_(IA_blackcamel0000earl).djvu SurprisedMewtwoFace (talk) 13:36, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SurprisedMewtwoFace. Added to the "for validation" nominations above. Will add to the MC module for June when it is set up (unless EncyloPetey beats me to it). Thanks, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:39, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Classic American novel, shocked it hasn't been validated already. I would like to nominate it under the "for validation" header, and the source I am referring to is here: Index:The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).pdf CitationsFreak (talk) 04:00, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@CitationsFreak Thanks for the nomination, and added for validation this month. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:47, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The above is an 1884 Huck Finn book Wikisource also has an 1885 Index:Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn.djvu, already proofread, with many illustrations - but only slightly validated.
(1) Should we be validating both of them?
(2) Do there exist good tools for comparing them to look for errors in either of them?
Thanks! Gnuish (talk) 16:08, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I note that the 1884 edition is a British printing. Does it use British spelling ? -- Beardo (talk) 16:51, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The 1884 is the first edition world wide while 1885 was the first in the U.S.. For people who are interested in tracing the publication history or collecting first editions, both are of interest, Twain being an American author many favor the later first American edition. You can see some of the differences between the first and later editions here: https://www.raptisrarebooks.com/mark-twain-and-the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-first-edition-issue-points/ . It also is reasonable to prefer later editions which incorporate various corrections, or to not particularly care. MarkLSteadman (talk) 02:21, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

True History

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I'd like to nominate the 1874 The Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse (a.k.a. True History) by Hans Staden. For centuries, it was the most popular work related to Brazil, and according to this source, was translated in 8 languages between 1557-1942. Erick Soares3 (talk) 21:07, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Path to the Stars

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The Path to the Stars (1966, US GOV), by Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky. Erick Soares3 (talk) 15:40, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Way the World is Going

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The Way the World is Going (1928), by Wells. Erick Soares3 (talk) 20:19, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment That scan is from the Digital Library of India, and there scans are known to be altered sometimes. This scan has several suspicious issues, such as no visible publication date or copyright date, and some pages not fully scanned. I do not find a listing in the Library of Congress to independently check the date of publication. Can we use a better scan from a trustworthy source, such as this one? --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:26, 15 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Machado of Brazil

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According to Hathi Trust, the biography Machado of Brazil (1962) is PD in the US due to the lack of copyright renewal. I'm just not submitting the Index because I can't download the PDF, but the work should be ok for this project. Thanks, Erick Soares3 (talk) 18:54, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Erick Soares3, I have uploaded File:Machado of Brazil (Machado).djvu. Please feel free to add (or correct) any of the information on Commons. I am not sure how many of your nominations to run each month, but I expect a few will be saved for July and/or August. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 00:23, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @TeysaKarlov:! Thanks! Here is the index. Personally, I have no issue with my nominations being spread across several months. For much, with exception of The Path to the Stars above, I'm avoiding nominating long works because they would either be too complex (like this one, whose CC compatible works would need to be extracted) or need a long-term project (like this one, or even this series). Thanks again! Erick Soares3 (talk) 11:43, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brazilian Literature

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I'd like to nominate this work, Brazilian Literature by Isaac Goldberg. I'm planning to work with this in the future, but I'm leaving it here for anyone interested. Erick Soares3 (talk) 18:48, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1959 Annual Typhoon Report

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1959 Annual Typhoon Report by Charles E. Tilden. (index here) First freely available work of the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, which is an American governmental agency. Would be a great start to help expand Wikisource’s coverage of weather-related books. IAmMrE (talk) 21:28, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@IAmMrE Thanks for the nomination. Added for this month. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 05:37, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The New Art of Memory

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The new art of memory, founded upon the principles taught by M. Gregor von Feinaigle: and applied to chronology, history, geography, languages, systematic tables, poetry, prose, and arithmetic. To which is added, some account of the principal systems of artificial memory, from the earliest period to the present time; with instances of the extraordinary powers of natural memory.

Is there a wiki template that functions like a tooltip, allowing an image to appear when hovering over specific text or a link?

I am looking for a way to implement this on page 47, so that when a user hovers over the phrase '(See Plate I. fig. 2.)', the corresponding figure automatically appears as a small pop-up image. This would help provide a visual reference without requiring the reader to navigate away from the text. Is there an existing template for this, or would it require custom coding?
82.167.158.197 17:55, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I am not aware of any such template on Wikisource. Wikipedia's hyperlink-style tooltips do allow for images to display, so I do not think it would require custom coding. I might be able to try and copy something across. However, I would recommend posting this as a question on the Scriptorium. Someone more knowledgeable at this sort of thing may be able to more effectively (and safely) port this capability across to Wikisource, assuming it is considered acceptable. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 19:32, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Such functionality assumes the reader is not using a touch screen device, such as a tablet. I'm not sure this can be implemented properly without costing some readers their functionality. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:36, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On an iPad, you can preview a link without opening it by using Haptic Touch or Peek and Pop (if available). 82.167.158.197 20:05, 9 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New York Times, Oct. 24 1929 edition

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Issue of the New York Times reporting on the Wall Street crash of 1929. The actual crash is reported on, but not the other stuff in the issue, like Hoover’s plan to develop inland waterways. CitationsFreak (talk) 05:27, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (with Notes Upon Ceylon,) an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India

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Index:The Sound and the Fury (1929).pdf

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I plan to work on this after I complete Protection or Free Trade, but I'm nominating this now for other people that might be interested. prospectprospekt (talk) 00:47, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Prospectprospekt Thanks for the nomination. Added for February. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 19:46, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A History of American Literature

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Index here. I've already done several pages here, but I'm nominating it here for the interested. Norbillian (talk) 16:17, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Norbillian Thanks for the nomination. Added for February. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:31, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Old-New Land

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Zophiel

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Zophiel; Or, The Bride of Seven; IA. Book made by the poet Maria Gowen Brooks. Would be nice for March, as that's Women's History Month. Norbillian (talk) 02:08, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment This is an epic poem with complex and inconsistent structure. It has both footnotes, some of them lengthy and crossing pages, as well as endnotes. It would require an experienced editor to oversee the completion. --EncycloPetey (talk) 14:45, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Norbillian Adding to the March list, per conversation with Norbillian, who would like to work on the volume. File uploaded as File:Zóphiël; or, The Bride of Seven.djvu, Index will be at Index:Zóphiël; or, The Bride of Seven.djvu --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:10, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Persian Letters

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This satirical French work is not scan-backed, but in May 2025, it was the 8th most viewed page in Mainspace with nearly 9K views. IA has a scan (external scan). Our copy also places all of the footnotes as endnotes, so scan-backing would also restore the footnotes where they originally were. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:10, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, this translation was (I think) first published in three volumes in 1899. prospectprospekt (talk) 01:46, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That can't be right, since the introduction dates to 1891. This collection dates to 1892. prospectprospekt (talk) 02:15, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is a better edition, but a lower quality scan, and we'd need to find a better source for the illustrations. --EncycloPetey (talk) 02:27, 12 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

An Anthology of Australian Verse (1906)

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No specific urgency to do this, but the current version is not scan-backed, so we could chuck it in one month as backfill. There's already a scan on Commons to use as a source. For copyright terms, from my quick check the last author to die was Archibald Ernest Currie, who died in 1967. So its PD in the US and life+50 countries, but not in life+70 ones (including Australia)--IdiotSavant (talk) 05:57, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IdiotSavant There has at least been some hesitation in the past to include works in the MC which are not PD in their source country (and/or, which are not PD in most English speaking countries). That aside, I am fine with running this text in the MC if, say, the quick notes feature of the discussion page were used, to indicate in what countries the work is/is not PD. I also wonder if the scan should be hosted locally, rather than on Commons, but I am not sure what to recommend in that regard. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:53, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not putting it in the MC if its not PD in the source country seems sensible. Though this one is weirdly included in Gutenberg Australia though, so I'm not sure what's going on there (transitional clauses? But I'd need to track them through...). WRT english-speaking countries, its still copyright in Australia and the UK (in both cases due to term extension), and PD in Canada, the US, and Aotearoa. IdiotSavant (talk) 21:57, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah. National Library of Australia says it is out of copyright in Australia as the creator (in this case the editor) died before 1955. I was expecting it to be because British Imperial copyright law (enacted in Australia by the Copyright Act 1912, and not updated until 1968) used whichever was shorter of "life + 50 of author who died first" and "life of author who died last", giving 1967 as the last date. IdiotSavant (talk) 22:25, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@IdiotSavant Thanks for looking into the copyright/PD status. I have created the index and added it to the current MC. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:17, 16 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Its not the greatest scan, and its fiddly, so its going to be work, but I'll add it into my queue.
Would someone be able to look at what I've done so far - especially p 52 - to see if I'm getting the formatting right? I'm especially worried about the sidenotes and biographical details. IdiotSavant (talk) 03:56, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@IdiotSavant The sidenote on p. 52 looks okay to me, although I would be tempted to put the page number in the footer outside of the sidenote end. However, on p. 53, even though no sidenote appears, I believe the standard practice would be to put sidenotes begin in the header still, and then put sidenotes end at the end of the first section. Then restart the sidenotes in section 2, and end in the footer, and repeat for every page. Thus, every page of the index should have sidenotes begin/end in the header/footer respectively, except the page of the index where the first sidenote starts, and the page where the last sidenote ends. There is a small chance this information is out of date, and that doing this is no longer necessary, as I tested the transclusion of the poem on p. 52, and it seemed to work for me. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:48, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks - that was something I was unsure about. I'll add the sidenote templates to the page header and footer in the page index so they're automatically there. They can always be edited out for the introduction and notes. IdiotSavant (talk) 21:56, 17 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Amazing Stories, Volume 1, Issues 5, 6 & 7

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Hello. Just wondering if these transcription projects would be eligible for next month's Monthly Challenge (very little progress done on the indices, with the exception of 7). — Red Sneak (talk) 00:25, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Red Sneak I don't see a reason why these indices wouldn't be eligible, so I have added Issue 5 for August. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:25, 28 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A couple of pages that I have looked at in issue 5 are using curly quotation marks. Is that the policy for that work ? -- Beardo (talk) 15:59, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Good question. The scan produced almost entirely curly quotes, so I just went with them. IdiotSavant (talk) 23:28, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Wikisource:Style guide does say "It is recommended to use "straight" quotes in works where there are a large number of contributing editors, since consistent use of “curly” quotes may be difficult to achieve." I think that the stories that I worked on in previous issues used straight quotes. I think that if a work is going to use curly, that should be mentioned. -- Beardo (talk) 23:47, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Though I see that one page that was created a year ago uses straight - so there is a mixture. -- Beardo (talk) 02:27, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The stories usually start with a fancy capital letter. Some are available in commons. Is there an easy way to do others ? -- Beardo (talk) 02:28, 13 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
At Amazing Stories/Volume 01/Number 05, everything has been proofread and transcluded except various adverts. -- Beardo (talk) 01:02, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance this could added as a long term series? There are alot of issues to get through. ToxicPea (talk) 15:25, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There was a problem with one page where the text down one side was missing. This time, I could reconstruct from another version of the story, but that had been a problem with issue 4 where I ground to a halt on the Gernsback story. I don't know if that is a common problem. -- Beardo (talk) 16:16, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

9/11 Commission Report

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This work has sat in a poor state for many years. September is coming along, so it would be good to make progress on a high-quality version of it. MarkLSteadman (talk) 00:46, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MarkLSteadman Agree that it would be nice to get scan backed. I have created an Index from the (indirectly) linked source here: Index:Complete 9-11 Commission Report.pdf. The page numbering seems to suggest three (possibly blank) missing pages near the start. Would be good to check that they were actually blank though. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:49, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That version misses the "Official Government Edition" title page as found here: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT.pdf MarkLSteadman (talk) 22:56, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@MarkLSteadman Thanks for checking. New index here: Index:The 9-11 Commission Report (Official Government Edition).djvu, to add to next month's MC. Feel free to delete the previous index. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:20, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. Now added for September. TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:34, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note that the executive summary is a different document: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-911REPORT/pdf/GPO-911REPORT-24.pdf MarkLSteadman (talk) 03:10, 16 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ghislaine Maxwell interview transcripts

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Fresh off the press. Context: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/ghislaine-maxwell-epstein-interview.html, https://abcnews.go.com/US/ghislaine-maxwell-provided-incriminating-information-meetings-deputy-ag/story?id=124894271. MER-C 19:15, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MER-C Thanks for the nomination. I have created an index for the first transcript, and added to September. Feel free to bump it up to the current MC if you prefer. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:01, 22 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ghislaine Maxwell trial transcripts

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The transcript of Ghislaine Maxwell's jury trial, for when we have dealt with her recent interview. MER-C 18:12, 26 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And one more for the sentencing hearing. MER-C 17:16, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The jury trial transcripts seem like they should be a long term series nomination.

Also here's the indictment. ToxicPea (talk) 02:31, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A couple of appeal related documents and the bail hearing transcript. MER-C 18:25, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TeysaKarlov: can we swap out the Maxwell transcript for File:USA vs. Maxwell appeal judgement.pdf and File:USA vs. Maxwell appellee brief.pdf for October, please? The transcripts have been nominated for deletion, so probably best to pause on them. MER-C 18:45, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@MER-C I have switched the transcript out for the Appeal Judgement for now. I don't see a deletion discussion on Wikisource though. If it is just a discussion on Commons, couldn't we just move the scan locally? Or would it be an issue for Wikisource too? Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:09, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Given that these are US works, it would definitely be an issue for Wikisource as well. That said, I don't think the deletion nominations have much merit to them. ToxicPea (talk) 00:38, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

More Epstein files

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I will add to this list as I find/upload more documents. MER-C 18:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Index:Harry's Holiday.pdf

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I'm planning to work on this soon, but I'm just leaving it here for the interested. Nighfidelity (talk) 03:04, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you misspell the link or forget to upload the file. I'm seeing a redlink here. ToxicPea (talk) 03:07, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I just uploaded the file now so you should see it. Nighfidelity (talk) 03:12, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Nighfidelity Added to this month's MC. Thanks for the nomination. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 19:23, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A Double Marriage

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Found at Index:A Double Marriage.pdf, abandoned index. Looks straightforward overall. There's no text layer, but the OCR tool seems to work well on it. Arcorann (talk) 09:55, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Arcorann Added for November. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 01:21, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great Essays of All Nations

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Index:Great essays of all nations by Francis Henry Pritchard (1929).pdf. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 21:40, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For images of initials and other typographical decorations see c:Category:Great Essays of All Nations (1929). --Jan Kameníček (talk) 21:44, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jan.Kamenicek Thanks for the nomination, and added to this month's MC. Contributes more than 5% of the total page count, all on its own... Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:18, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Drum-Taps

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1865 collection of 53(?) poems written by Walt Whitman. Technically already present under Leaves of Grass (1882)/Drum-Taps, but this is a standalone publication from 17 years earlier that surely has its own differences. Considering the book is notable enough to have its own Wikipedia article (with the cover of the first edition displayed front-and-center), I think working on an e-book for this original first edition is worth the effort on its own. — rae5e <talk> 15:29, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Added to the November MC list. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:55, 22 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maori Folk tales of the Port Hills

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There's two scans of this; One - Index:Maori Folk tales of the Port Hills 1923.pdf - I've started work on, but the map on p4 is missing. I'd uploaded the second one to commons (Commons file), which does appear to be complete. What's the best way to proceed? It's short, so I should be able to knock off the rest of the text this month.--IdiotSavant (talk) 01:15, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IdiotSavant If the Scan Lab were more active, I would be tempted to say ask there. Otherwise, create a new index and copy paste what you have proofread from the new to the old? For better or worse I expect that would be the fastest alternative (that I know of). Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:07, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll go with creating a new index then. IdiotSavant (talk) 20:35, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Right, copied, pasted, and added at Index:Cowan-Maori Folk-tales of the Port Hills.pdf. What do we do with the old file? IdiotSavant (talk) 21:01, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@IdiotSavant If there is nothing to gain by keeping the old index, then maybe requests its (speedy?) deletion, either as redundant or author's request. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 19:47, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At The Front

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For December, another NZ novel. This has a lot of images, which have not come out well in the initial scan. I do have scans of the images taken on a flatbed, but I have no idea how to process them properly, but I can upload them somewhere for someone else to do.--IdiotSavant (talk) 01:21, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@IdiotSavant Added for December. Regards, TeysaKarlov (talk) 20:11, 24 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Long-Term Series

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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.

Current Long-Term Series

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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (current: Index:The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night - Volume 1.djvu): 6.3% complete
Oriental Series: Japan and China, Their History, Arts, and Literature (current: Index:Brinkley - China - Volume 3.djvu): 43.5% complete
January 6 interviews (current: Index:CTRL0000034614 - Deposition of Caroline Wren, (Dec. 17, 2021).pdf): 5.2% complete
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 (current: Index:Early western travels, 1748-1846 (1907 Volume 2).djvu): 3.2% complete
History of Greece (Grote) (current: Index:History of Greece Vol II.djvu): 0% complete
National Geographic Magazine (current: Index:The National geographic magazine (IA nationalgeograph21890nati).pdf): 2.4% complete
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (current: Index:The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 (Volume 11).djvu): 17.9% complete
Ancient Classics for English Readers (current: Index:Juvenal (IA juvenaledward00walfrich).pdf): 78.6% complete
Sacred Books of the East (current: Index:Sacred Books of the East - Volume 7.djvu): 2% complete
The Works of H. G. Wells (Atlantic Edition) (current: Index:The Works of H G Wells Volume 11.pdf): 32.1% complete
Works of Jules Verne (current: Index:Works of Jules Verne - Parke - Vol 3.djvu): 40% complete
Titles in the Oz series by Ruth Plumly Thompson (current: Index:The Cowardly Lion of Oz.pdf): 10.5% complete
United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense (current: Index:Pentagon-Papers-Part IV. B. 4.djvu): 28.6% complete

Completed Long-Term Series

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Queued Long-Term Series

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The Collected Edition of Fyodor Dostoevsky (current: Index:Dostoyevsky - The Eternal Husband and Other Stories, Collected Edition, 1917.djvu): 14.3% complete
The Works of Thomas Carlyle (next: Index:Works of Thomas Carlyle - Volume 05.djvu): 16.7% complete
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (next: File:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire vol 2 (1896).djvu): 14.3% complete
The Works of Voltaire (next: Index:Works of Voltaire Volume 01.djvu): 0% complete
A Complete Course in Dressmaking (next: Index:A complete course in dressmaking, (Vol. 7, Coats) (IA completecoursein07cono).pdf): 58.3% complete
The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (next: Index:Chaucer - Complete works (Skeat Volume 1).djvu): 0% complete
The World's Famous Orations (next: Index:The World's Famous Orations Volume 3.pdf): 30% complete
The Works of John Ruskin (next: Index:The works of John Ruskin (IA worksofjohnruski01rusk).pdf): 0% complete
The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy (next: Index:Complete Works of Count Tolstoy - 09.djvu): 3.6% complete
The History of Rome (next: Index:The history of Rome. Translated with the author's sanction and additions.djvu): 0% complete
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (next: Index:Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Volume 1 (1791).djvu): 0% complete
The Cambridge Modern History (next: Index:Cambridge Modern History Volume 1.djvu): 0% complete
The Cambridge History of English Literature (next: File:The Cambridge history of English literature (IA cambridgehistory01wardrich).pdf): 0% complete
The Cambridge History of American Literature (next: Index:The Cambridge History of American Literature, v1.djvu): 0% complete
Foreign Classics for English Readers (next: Index:Dante (Oliphant).djvu): 5.6% complete
The Mahabharata (current: Index:The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa (1884).djvu): 0% complete
The Works of John Locke (1823) (next: Index:The Works of John Locke - 1823 - vol 01.djvu): 0% complete
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