Ant 222

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Again, welcome! --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:56, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

On the War with Finland

I see that you are creating your own translation. Please note that Wikisource only hosts original translations under certain conditions. See Wikisource:Translations#Wikisource original translations for an explanation. If the conditions are not met, then your translation cannot be hosted here. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:56, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

@EncycloPetey: thank you. One of those requirements is:

A scan supported original language work must be present on the appropriate language wiki

Does that mean that I must first publish the Russian original on the Russian Wikisource together with a scan? What if instead of a scan I reference The Complete Works of Joseph Stalin published online?Ant 222 (talk) 13:48, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it does mean that a scan-backed original must exist on the Russian Wikisource first. No, referencing a website is not sufficient. The scan-backed original is required bcause it provides verifiable accuracy of the original publication. Many websites editorialize texts without noting this, and many alter texts in one or more ways, and there is no means to verify whether or not their text is accurate. A scan from an original publication guarantees that the text exactly matches a known reference. --EncycloPetey (talk) 14:53, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

@EncycloPetey: This imortant historical document, the stenogram of a secret military council in 1940, was declassified and first published in the 1990s. Do I have the right to post scans from so late a book?

Shall I ping you every time, or mark every message with helpme tags as instructed, or neither?—Ant 222 (talk) 18:03, 7 May 2020 (UTC)

I would open a question about copyright in Wikisource:Copyright discussions. There are other contriubtors here who can answer a question about copyright with better knowledge than I have. --EncycloPetey (talk) 18:05, 7 May 2020 (UTC)