Wikisource:Scan Lab
If you need help with a scan, add your request in the relevant section below as a new sub-section. If you can, include all the details someone will need to work on the request without further questioning. You can use {{ping project|Scan Lab}} to send an immediate notification to all subscribed Scan Lab members. Once you have been answered, ping only that user when you reply with {{re|Their username}} (do not ping the whole project on every comment).
If your request has been completed, you should acknowledge that your issue is resolved and close the section with {{section resolved|1=~~~~}}.
Participants
[edit]Add your name to Module:Mass notification/groups/Scan Lab to be notified via {{ping project|Scan Lab}}. Also add your name below with details of any particular tasks you can help with.
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Requests for downloading scans
[edit]If you would like scans that already exist online to be transferred to Wikisource, leave a message here. This includes batch transfers from the Internet or Hathi Trust for multi-volume works. Please include necessary bibliographic information so that scans can be uploaded to Commons with proper information and license templates. Author, country, and date of first publication. A suggested file name on Commons can also be helpful.
Finding scans
[edit]Requests for locating scans for existing works at Wikisource, or works you wish to add yourself but cannot find scans for. For general text requests, see Wikisource:Requested texts.
Malaysia Act 1963 (Malaya)
[edit]Recently I found the Malaysia Act 1963 as passed in Malaya (which governs the powers and political positions of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore after merger). Too bad that in the truest essence of the Malaysian AGC's work style, they missed the last two pages of the Act. I would be grateful if someone can find a scan without missing pages of this Act.廣九直通車 (talk) 09:55, 7 June 2026 (UTC)
Scan repair
[edit]Request repair work on existing scans here.
When requesting page insertion, rearrangement or deletion, always include the page numbers (as marked on the pages) as well as the position of the page within the scan file. This makes it much easier for the repairing user to locate the defect in the file and fix it, as well as allowing a double-check against mistakes.
Please do not use this page to request repairs on works that you don’t really care about: the backlog at Category:Index - File to fix is a known backlog. If you want to help with those, you can add {{missing pages}} to those indexes if they do not already have it, along with details of the missing pages.
- OCR Realignment needed and possibly insertion of placeholder for missing Plate 2. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 00:15, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
- The Color Charts can be reconstructed from [[1]] and we already have the 1943 Munsell renotation data to convert/interpolate to XYZ for use in CSS. :).. (Assuming someone wants to do the Lua coding to handle the conversions.) ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 00:20, 3 January 2026 (UTC)
Too bad that pages 36 to 37 of the Internal Security Act 1960 (between pp. 156 and 157 of the current file) is missing. While I've emailed the Malaysian Parliament to notify the missing pages, they completely ignored my email and apparently did nothing (apart from moving their hosted file to another link). Can someone help find out the missing pages? Many thanks.廣九直通車 (talk) 12:40, 25 May 2026 (UTC)
Notifying all members of Scan Lab (more info · opt out): This file appears to be missing as couple pages, specifically two pictures. The missing pages are available at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4252506 ToxicPea (talk) 15:49, 13 August 2026 (UTC)
Done. The index will need repair now, with page moves, etc. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:20, 14 August 2026 (UTC)- @Koavf: I think it might be too difficult to fix if you just replace the university of indiana version with the university of california version. Could you extract the two missing image pages from the university of california version and insert them into the university of indiana version in the proper location. ToxicPea (talk) 14:28, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
- I don't even know which pages. If you do, why can't you just ask for the appropriate pages to be moved, etc. especially now that the index is fixed for the new scan? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:34, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Koavf: I need page 43 of the california scan to be inserted between pages 40 and 41 of the indiana scan and page 79 of the california scan to be inserted between pages 74 and 75 of the indiana scan. The problem with asking for the appropriate pages to be moved is that the california scan has a alot of extra blank pages scattered about so I don't know where everything needs to be moved. ToxicPea (talk) 20:58, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
- Done. Let me know if more is needed. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:32, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
This section is considered resolved, for the purposes of archiving. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:32, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Koavf: I need page 43 of the california scan to be inserted between pages 40 and 41 of the indiana scan and page 79 of the california scan to be inserted between pages 74 and 75 of the indiana scan. The problem with asking for the appropriate pages to be moved is that the california scan has a alot of extra blank pages scattered about so I don't know where everything needs to be moved. ToxicPea (talk) 20:58, 16 August 2026 (UTC)
- I don't even know which pages. If you do, why can't you just ask for the appropriate pages to be moved, etc. especially now that the index is fixed for the new scan? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:34, 14 August 2026 (UTC)
Missing pages 317 and 318. MarkLSteadman (talk) 16:43, 15 August 2026 (UTC)
- @MarkLSteadman: Done. The image was mistakenly placed after page 350, so only the pages from 317 to 350 need to be shifted. • M-le-mot-dit (talk) 17:57, 15 August 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks. I shifted the pages. MarkLSteadman (talk) 18:03, 15 August 2026 (UTC)
- This section is considered resolved, for the purposes of archiving. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:46, 15 August 2026 (UTC)
- Thanks. I shifted the pages. MarkLSteadman (talk) 18:03, 15 August 2026 (UTC)