Colobikeguy~enwikisource

Introduction

My goal is to build up a library of various legal texts with annotations. This may be done on Wikibooks or Wikisources. --Colobikeguy 07:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Library

The library is to include links to various projects of love. The problem is not finding the source. The problem is a uniform portal to the source. For example, if I want to learn patent law, I am almost required to muddle may way through an unnamed treatise author's blase analysis of facts. If I turn to trademark, I get a different style.

Wikisource or -books will be problematic in this area in the beginning. But I am hoping to build templates that will guide writers to the same style. The Supreme Court template is a good example. But this still seems lacking in some respects. I havent really figured out how.

Legal Texts

The source of the legal texts should be from source sites on the internet. I am thinking of botting my own site to gather up the text as they are published and posting them on wikipedia.

Everyone seems interested in the Supreme Court. This is not really my area of interest. I am more interested in the drab and boring world of regulations. Supreme Court decisions are important, but they are more easily understood with a power sharing model rather than strict logic. Regulations are very well defined so the application (or lack thereof) is rather obvious.

Use of Annotations

There still seems to be some debate about whether annotated texts should be allowed in wikisources. Personally, I think that annotated cases and statutes should be in wikisources. Treatises that summarize the law without the complete statute or case law should be in wikibooks.

Welcome

Hello, Colobikeguy, welcome to Wikisource! Thanks for your interest in the project; we hope you'll enjoy the community and your work here. If you need help, see our help pages (especially Adding texts and Wikisource's style guide). You can discuss or ask questions from the community in general at the Scriptorium. The Community Portal lists tasks you can help with if you wish. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on my talk page. FloNight 18:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

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Hello,

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Keegan Peterzell
Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

23:26, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Renamed

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06:43, 21 April 2015 (UTC)