Wikisource:Community collaboration/Monthly Challenge/Themes
Monthly Challenge
2024
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.
The Monthly Challenge has multiple themes that recur across each month. Generally, a broad cross-section of themes is aimed for in each challenge.
Themes
editSome themes (like "Science") are field-based, some (like "Novels" and "Periodicals") concern the publication format, while others have a focus on human issues such as minority, LGBT+ and women's rights, colonialism and slavery, into which Wikisource's collection can provide uniquely contemporaneous views and primary material. Finally, some meta-themes are related to either the copyright status of the works or internal Wikisource backlogs.
Fields
edit- Science
Formats
edit- Periodicals
- Novels
Human issues
edit- Women Writers
- Western Colonialism
Wikisource and copyright
edit- Celebrating the Public Domain