Auric

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Arcana Coelestia

The dates on the English translations we have are dated 1870-1873. The date of the original Latin edition isn't relevant for Wikisource purposes. --EncycloPetey (talk) 00:17, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Replace it if you don't like it.--Auric (talk) 00:22, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

It's not a question of what I "like". Dates on works should reflect the work we present, in the edition that we present, and not some other work or edition. --EncycloPetey (talk) 00:27, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you came to me about this. The dates are original to the page, and not something put there by me. --Auric (talk) 00:34, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

Because you made an edit to the dates, and are the only person to have edited that page in the past year. --EncycloPetey (talk) 00:37, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

transcription

When transcribing a work, Wikisource only includes text and images from the original work. We don't transcribe bookplates, library stamps, handwritten notes (except in extraordinary circumstances), and we don't transcribe watermarks added to the scan. --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:46, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I've been careful to keep those in the header and footer, and only noted the bookplates in the pagelist.--Auric (talk) 01:51, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

But they shouldn't be transcribed at all, not even in the footer or header, because they are not part of the work as it was published. Just as we wouldn't include underlining, graffiti, or doodles. --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:53, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for clearing that up.--Auric (talk) 01:59, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Proofread

Please do not mark pages as "Proofread" that are missing paragraph breaks, have stray punctuation symbols throughout, hyphenated words unjoined, or other similar errors. When a page is marked "proofread" it indicates that these problems have been corrected. --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:59, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Sorry. I thought that since they were part of the work as it was published, unjoined hyphenated words were fine. What's the procedure for fixing them? Should I just remove the hyphen and join the words?--Auric (talk) 09:08, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Wikisource:Style guide explains these. We remove line hyphens and join words, though maintain them at ends of pages with the {{hws}}/{{hwe}} pair. This template pair does the join for us. — billinghurst sDrewth 13:05, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know about this. I'm glad I don't have to use those templates through the whole text. --Auric (talk) 18:42, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Your current edits are still not placing paragraph breaks into the edited text. There must be a blank line between paragraphs, or they will be run together by the wiki software. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:31, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Okay, should I put a {{gap}} template in for indenting as well?--Auric (talk) 20:47, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

No, just separate the paragraphs from each other. The Wikisource:Style guide covers those issues as well. But take a look at the first section of Help:Beginner's guide to typography; it explains the fundamentals in a concise way. If you can get those five things done correctly, it will cover the majority of issues you're missing. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:53, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Sir Martyn (1777)

Hello. You showed interest in this work, so I'm just letting you know that it has now been transcribed and is available here. Cheers ~ DanielTom (talk) 11:12, 1 September 2016 (UTC)