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Old and sorted requestsEdit
Multi-volume book seriesEdit
Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset, vols. 1-22, 1888-1938.
- Volumes up to 1900 (limit of commons:Template:PD-old-assumed) present: Portal:Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset Inductiveload—talk/contribs 00:03, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
books.google.co.ukEdit
Cited in enwikiEdit
- University of Cambridge (1859). A Complete Collection of the English Poems which Have Obtained the Chancellor's Gold Medal in the University of Cambridge (PDF). Cambridge: W. Metcalfe. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
- Burke, Bernad (1858). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain. London: Harrison. - NB eneiwki cite refers to a later version not online as pagescans in UK.
- W. B. Woodgate (1888). Boating.
- "Obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine". The Gentleman's Magazine (F. Jefferies): 208. January 1855.
- Buckle, H.T. (1861). History of Civilization in England. Appleton & Co. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
- Castillo, John (1843). Awd Isaac, The steeple chase, and other poems, with a glossary of the Yorkshire dialect. Horne & Richardson. p. p. 8. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
- "Miscellanies - Greece" (pdf). The American Monitor 1: 538. 1824. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
as External Links from enwikiEdit
- Nature's first issue
The works of Arthur Murphy NB This indicates at least 7 Volumes.- All 7 volumes uploaded: see Author:Arthur Murphy
- Some Reflections on the Importance of a Religious Life: offered to younger members of the Society of Friends, 1834, 37pp, Society of Friends. Index
- Castillo, John (1850). The Bard of the Dales. John Hughes,W.T Lumley and all Booksellers.
Without pagescans but cited in enwikiEdit
Some of these have pagescans so a sort out would be appreciated:
- The Beaconite Controversy, Anna Braithwaite Thomas, 1912 - URL given notes - Bulletin of Friends' Historical Society, (Philadelphia) Vol. IV, no. 2 (Third Month, 1912,) pages 70-81 (which is pre 1924) (external scan)
- http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/proslav/prar170akt.html Mrs Stowe in England], "Daily Despatch", Richmond, 3 May 1853
- Edward Lear poem inline of w:John Cropper (fixed Victuallers (talk) 17:58, 21 November 2009 (UTC))
- NY Times Article cited in - w:Josiah Forster New York Times, 6 April 1862
- (1855) Mount Seir, Sinai and Western Palestine. Richard Bently and Sons.
- Project Gutenberg A short biography written in 1917 by G. K. Chesterton
- http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ViewPDF.aspx?pdf=27019&geotype=London&gpn=6375&type=ArchivedIssuePage&all=&exact=&atleast=&similar= - London Gazette: no. 27019, page 6375, 1 November 1898. Retrieved on 2008-04-18.- If Bridgmen applies to archived text :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 15:18, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
- Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset Beaufort, Henry Somerset Beaufort, Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1888). "Boating", The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes 29. Longmans, Green, 298.
- Edwin Dampier Brickwood (1868). The Rowing calendar and aquatic register. <Unknown>, p125.
- Ross, R., and MacGregor, W. (Jan 1903). "The Fight against Malaria: An Industrial Necessity for Our African Colonies". Journal of the Royal African Society 2 (6): 149–160.
- http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/biography/JamesNasmythEngineerAnAutobiography/chap17.html James Nasmyth, Autobiography (1885)]
- Memoir of the late Charles Baird, esq., of St Petersburg, and of his son, the late Francis Baird, esq., of St. Petersburg and 4, Queens Gate, London (London, 1867)
- Mary Steel poem cited in w:Robert Falcon Scott; two different modern books about the expedition, as well as the Wikipedia article, quote just the last stanza. Originally printed in Daily Mail 14 February 1913, and Daily Chronicle 13 February 1913.
- The Lost Poetry of William Hope Hodgson (2005), cited in w:William Hope Hodgson. It was first published in 2005, which is late enough to be out of copyright, since Hodgson died in 1918.--Prosfilaes (talk) 00:50, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- The works of Author:Charles Spurgeon — online archives listed on author page.
- Septuagint (see w:Septuagint, very historically important ancient Greek Bible translation, with significant differences from the common text), see 1851 Brenton translation into English — online archives listed in enwiki article.
- 1844 version: (transcription volumes: 1, 2)
- 1900 parallel-text with apocrypha: (transcription project)
- The Rambler (1750-52) by Samuel Johnson (Partial text at Project Gutenberg)
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (w), http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/, http://www.hazegray.org/
- Every Man in His Humour, 1598 comedy play by Ben Jonson (Full text at Project Gutenberg)
- Giphantie by Author:Charles-François Tiphaigne de La Roche, published in English in 1761 — this work not listed at Internet Archive as of January 26, 2010.
Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich (c.1393) (wikipedia articles, available at [1])- Thoughts are Things by Printice Mulford — rare book
Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex, Owen Chase (published 1821) —Support Done, Lemuritus (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2019 (UTC)- January 31 Bush-Blair memo — this was classified correspondence leaked to a newspaper, and thus unlikely to be found in its original form
- John J. Pershing speeches -> have a look at search john pershing — only lists one 25-second speech which is described as "long for him". This can be added, but otherwise another obscure request.
- Encyclopédie, Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (that is, "Encyclopedia, or a systematic dictionary of the sciences, arts, and crafts" w) (in French on the French Wikisource) (English translation) — There are two online projects bringing translations of this work to the web. Presumably a translation does not yet exist.
Works exist at Wikisource — candidates for addition of pagescansEdit
Where pagescans can be identified to pair with existing works, and files to be loaded to Commons:. Following upload:
- Index file should be marked Ready for Match and Split
- main namespace work should have {{Migrate to djvu}} added
Works underway will have the Index: page converted from a redlink.
Available pagescan | Local version | Link to Commons | Index: page |
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Pudd'nhead Wilson | Pudd'nhead Wilson | Commons:File:Pudd'nhead Wilson.djvu (1894) | Index:Pudd'nhead Wilson.djvu |
A history of the Inquisition | A_History_of_the_Inquisition_of_the_Middle_Ages/Volume_I | Commons:A_History_of_the_Inquisition_of_the_Middle_Ages/Volume_I.djvu (1887) | Index:A_History_of_the_Inquisition_of_the_Middle_Ages/Volume_I.djvu |
UnsortedEdit
- The True Historical Narrative of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (pub. posthum. 1702-1704) by w:Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
- See scans provided under History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England at the author page. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- "A Letter concerning Enthusiasm" (1707? 1708?) by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury here it is
- "A Satyr Against Mankind" (1675) by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
- This poem is found in his complete poetical works (e. g. (external scan)). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- The poems of Samuel Boyce (18th c.), such as [2]
- (external scan). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- Theodosius, or the Force of Love (1680) play by Nathaniel Lee
- The Adventures of David Simple (1744) by Sarah Fielding
- A later edition has been proofread here. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- The Fable of the Bees (1714) by Bernard Mandeville here it is
- Moralia by Plutarch, translated from Latin (Wikipedia)
- 1. Moralia translated by Philemon Holland
- 2. Comparative tables of contents.
- Does this suit your needs? -Zyephyrus (talk) 09:02, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
- Census results from around the world
- The Statesman by Sir Henry Taylor available at The Statesman]
- Peace of Augsburg, 1555 treaty
- Peace of Westphalia, 1648 treaty (refers to the pair of treaties, the Treaty of Münster and the Treaty of Osnabrück),
- Aleksandr Pushkin's Eugene Onegin (The original Russian is already available)
- The following is a 1943 translation by Babette Deutsch, which was not renewed: (external scan). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- John Dickenson. Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
- As Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania by J. Dickinson: (external scan). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- Charles I - His Speech from the Scaffold -- http://anglicanhistory.org/charles/charles1.html
- A scan may be viewed here: (external scan). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- Geneva Bible-http://bible.christiansunite.com/genindex.shtml
- Philately in a nutshell, by J.H. Smyth, L. of Congress number 83196129, Sydney, 1911, 110 pages
- The Primary Chronicles (Kievan Rus)
- Swish of the Kris - The Story of the Moros by Vic Hurley - Complete Text at bakbakan.com(dead link, 1938)
- Renewed: “Swish of the kris. By Vic Hurley. © 1Sep36; A98249. G. V. Hurley (A); 3Feb64; R331038.” TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- Jungle Patrol - The Story of the Philippine Constabulary by Vic Hurley - Complete Text at bakbakan.com(dead link)
- Renewed: “Jungle patrol; the story of the Philippine Constabulary. With photographic illus. maps by Paul H. Kirk. © 17Oct38; A123109. Gerald Victor Hurley (A); 2Sep66; R393109.” TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- Roman de la Rose, translated from French (Wikipedia)
- The Romaunt of the Rose, in Middle English (Wikipedia) — two possibles 1 & 2
- The Romance of the Rose, Modern English translation of The Romaunt of the Rose
- For the three above, I found a fine illustrated copy here: (external scan). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- Who did it? a novel. by Robert Nash Ogden see Publishers Weekly December 17, 1887 p 941, worldcat,and bio online Edition Who did it? a novel--Wright American Fiction Project Indiana University Digital Library Program
- Works by Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
The Virginian by Owen Wister text at PG pagescan-- Jasonanaggie (talk) 04:36, 13 March 2017 (UTC)- See the author page for information about scans, two of which have been uploaded. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2020 (UTC).
- Leaves from a Russian diary, and thirty years after by w:Pitirim Aleksandrovich Sorokin (1950) (not renewed)
- /The Epigrams of Martial
- A Political Crime is a book review of A Political Crime: The History of the Great Fraud, an 1886 book that alleges that w:Warren Hayes stole the election...isn't that marvellously interesting? We must find this book and put it online :) StateOfAvon (talk) 02:47, 11 March 2011 (UTC) here it is
- A survey of English literature, 1780-1880 (volumes 1 - 4) by Oliver Elton. Per WS:PD. Jeepday (talk) 13:22, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
- /The Invasion of the Crimea, table of contents to a desirable work. [Moved from main CYGNIS INSIGNIS 16:22, 10 July 2011 (UTC)]
is available in full from the Internet Archive. ----Gavin Collins (talk|contribs) 00:48, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
- Author:Thomas Moore (1779-1852). These quite a lot of books printed during author life-time on Google Books and likely on other projects. His poetry was translated on other languages like Polish and Russian during 19th century. Looks like his works are better represented now in Wikisource on other languages then in original. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 03:13, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
- The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
Governmental and organizational worksEdit
- US government documents regarding the Vela Incident.
- Urantia Foundation v. Michael Foundation, interesting copyright case [3]
- http://www.history.army.mil/books/AMH-V2/AMH%20V2/Prologue.htm (and subsquent chapter) - This work provides a useful summary of US involvement in the Great War, and it would be nice to be able to use it conjunction with other projects discussed at the Scriptorium.
- Official Olympic Reports from 1896 through 1920 (7 reports).
- Rules of procedure of the United Nations General Assembly - particularly relevant to questions of eligibility for UN membership under international law. According to the UN Charter page here, all official UN documents are in the public domain so there shouldn't be any rights issues.
- Gryczan v. State of Montana [4] case overturning sodomy in Montana
StatutesEdit
- Public Health Service Act
- Statute of the International Court of Justice International Court of Justice. "Statute of the Court - International Court of Justice" (HTML). www.icj-cij.org (in English). Retrieved 2010-01-30.
Journal articlesEdit
See alsoEdit
- Wikipedia:Category:Copy to Wikisource where the work would need to be assessed for inclusion.
New speechesEdit
- related portals: Speeches.
- sister projects: Wikipedia article, quotes, news, definition, textbook, course, taxonomy, travel guide, Wikidata item.
- The Speeches of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, ed. A. W. Hutton and H. J. Cohen (1902)
- Can't find scan Looks like this is a 10-volume set, but only v9, v10 are immediately obvious (files uploaded). Inductiveload—talk/contribs 19:10, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
- Socialism - Kier Hardie
- Unsure what speech this is. If it was in the House of Commons (e.g. this one in 1901, it should be easy to find a transcript? Inductiveload—talk/contribs 16:50, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
- Blood and Iron - Otto von Bismarck
- Is there a full text of this? I can see some German original text at here (top of col 2, Oct 6, 1862). Inductiveload—talk/contribs 16:50, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
- Jeannette Rankin's sole dissenting vote, and the speech that accompanied it, against US participation in WWII
- Vote at Cong. Rec. v.87, part 9, p. 9536. But I do not see a speech by Rankin (note there are two Rankins) on that date, just some comments/points of order. Presumably the speech was then not made on the House floor that day? Inductiveload—talk/contribs 20:47, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
- Any speeches missing at Portal:Speeches by British Prime Ministers
Forthcoming speechesEdit
- Remarks recorded by Joe Biden for the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom Park, Walt Disney World, Florida - as soon as Biden and Disney make them available
New requestsEdit
Solidarismus / "Solidarity"Edit
I request a translation of the book Solidarismus by w:Rudolf Diesel (the inventor of the diesel engine). I coulnd't find online a copy (in german of translated). The section about Diesel bibliography and social ideas are also missing on wikipedia. --109.49.141.100 14:57, 16 July 2017 (UTC)
- Can't find scan I can still only find a German-language Project Gutenberg copy, and no evident scan at the usual suspects (IA, GB and HT): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58351. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 19:15, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Old Science Fiction of 19cEdit
Robert William Cole:
Albert Robida:
- Le Vingtième Siècle (1883) - English version
- La Guerre au vingtième siècle (1887) - English version
- Le Vingtième siècle. La vie électrique (1890) - English version
- La Fin du Cheval - English version
- La Guerre Infernale - English version
Railway/Railroad materialEdit
I would appreciate someone making a check on the status with a view to inclusion of :
- 1904 Railway Clearing House Atlas of England and Wales. (There is also a post grouping 1935 version)
- The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations, 1912 (This would support the Junction diagrams on Commons.)
Sfan00 IMG (talk) 11:05, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Railways Act 1922 Transport Act 1947
Any UK 'Local Acts' relating to railways, especially the railways which eventually amalgamated into the the Great Western and Southern upon grouping or the regions they served. 62.56.112.112 23:10, 4 September 2010 (UTC)
- Not progressed further — billinghurst sDrewth 01:05, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
Constitution of the State of Mississippi (1861)Edit
May somebody please add this text to the source? It can be found here, here, and here. Thank you! Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 11:15, 14 February 2014 (UTC)
Constitution of the State of Alabama (1861)Edit
May somebody please add this text to the source? It can be found here. Thanks! Illegitimate Barrister (talk) 06:12, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
The Reshaping of British RailwaysEdit
aka "The Beeching Report" A version [5] here but under an NC license.
This is an important report in relation to British Transport policy, Does anyone have a copy of this for the production of scans/OCR? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 14:45, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
- Are you looking for the following?
Hrishikes (talk) 06:30, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
- Thats the one, but the scans source given has an NC license... ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 15:32, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
- It is a 1963 report which puts into the public domain at +50 as it is crown copyright, so these files are public domain. I don't give a toss that some site thinks that they can upload with an NC license, Unless they have some introductory text, they don't get to redefine a work's copyright. — billinghurst sDrewth 01:02, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
Reference works by James HastingsEdit
I am asking assistance with this because, ignorant idjit that I am, I haven't figured out how to get my damn djvu plug-in to work yet. But if anyone were interested in uploading the w:Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, several articles of which are still included in the bibliographies of articles in the best current reference works in the field. Also, his other multi-volume reference works, including "A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels," of "Dictionary of the Apostolic Church," or his "Dictionary of the New Testament," or "A Dictionary of the Bible," along with (maybe, if anyone really wanted to spend a lot of time on this) his "Greater Men and Women of the Bible" and "Great Texts of the Bible," all of which are I think available at archive.org or elsewhere, I could start work on them. John Carter (talk) 16:47, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Vital documents in international lawEdit
When I was in law school, my international law professor posted a list of "vital documents" that he felt anyone with an international practice should be familiar with. Most of these Wikisource already has; a few were magazine articles or the like, clearly under copyright and not within the scope of Wikisource. The remaining documents, still apparently missing from Wikisource but (to the best of my knowledge) in the public domain are:
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights[6]
- Index:Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America on Air Quality.pdf[7] Done Zppix (talk) 01:19, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
- Algiers Accords
- Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States
- Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone
- Declaration of Helsinki
- Establishment of the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea pages 19-20 of this document
- European Human Rights Convention
- Exon-Florio Amendment to Defense Production Act
- Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
- Framework Convention on Climate Change
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (or ICC Rules of Arbitration)
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Convention
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer or Montreal Ozone Protocol
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises (or OECD Declaration on Multinationals)
- Optional Protocol on Dispute Settlements
- President Bush's Letter to Congress re: Attack on Iraq (1991)
- Protocols to the Human Rights Convention
- Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty)
- U.S. Reservations to the Genocide Convention
- U.S. Senate Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- U.S. Trade Representative Letter on Uruguay Round
- U.S.-Egypt Bilateral Investment Treaty
- U.S.-U.K. Extradition Treaty (1972)
- U.S.-U.K. Supplementary Extradition Treaty (1985)
- "Uniting for Peace" Resolution
- Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (or Vienna Ozone Convention)
- World Trade Organization Agreement
Note that we may have some of these under different names. Also note that the list as a whole reflects one professor's views of what documents are "vital", but I can't see a reason why we wouldn't want to include everything on the list. Cheers! BD2412 T 21:14, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
British Future FictionEdit
https://www.routledge.com/British-Future-Fiction-1700-1914/Clarke/p/book/9781851966172 is an enormously expensive reprint collection that might offer some interesting suggestions.
- C Oman (ed.), The Reign of George VI, 1900–1925 (1763)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Coming Race (1872)
- Done see below
- W D Hay, Three Hundred Years Hence (1881)
- Can't find scan (BL has record, no scan)
- Unrelated to Mary Griffith story in Index:Camperdown - Griffith - 1836.djvu Inductiveload—talk/contribs 13:26, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- W H Hudson, A Crystal Age (1906)
- Index:A Crystal Age - Hudson - 1922.djvu Inductiveload—talk/contribs 12:58, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- W Grove, The Wreck of a World (1889)
- Louis Tracy, An American Emperor (1897)
- IA: (external scan)
- Sir Walter Besant, The Revolt of Man (1890)
- IA: (external scan)
- PG text: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48690
- Henry Robert Samuel Dalton, Lesbia Newman (1889)
- Index:Lesbia Newman - Dalton - 1889.djvu Inductiveload—talk/contribs 12:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- Anon, Star of the Morning (1906)
- Can't find scan Inductiveload—talk/contribs 10:11, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
- A C Fox-Davies, The Sex Triumphant (1909)
- Can't find scan Inductiveload—talk/contribs 10:11, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
- Sir George Tomkyns Chesney, The Battle of Dorking (1871)
- Done Inductiveload—talk/contribs 10:11, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
- Abraham Hayward, The Second Armada (1871)
- William Francis Butler, The Invasion of England (Butler) (1882)
- Can't find scan
- The Invasion of England is a different work Inductiveload—talk/contribs 10:11, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
- ‘Posteritas’, The Siege of London (1884) (1884)
- James Eastwick, The New Centurion; a Tale of Automatic Warfare (1895)
- Captain S Eardley-Wilmot, The Next Naval War (1894)
- Robert Wililiam Cole, The Death Trap (1907)
- Can't find scan (IA, HT, BL/NLS have record but no scans) Inductiveload—talk/contribs 14:58, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
- Lloyd Williams, The Great Raid (1909)
- Can't find scan (IA, HT, BL has 1910 record but not scans)
- Anon., Under the Red Ensign (1912)
- By Spencer Campbell: Under the Red Ensign: A Story of England's Peril
- Another work from the 20's exists by Tomlinson, H. M.
- Can't find scan (HT, IA, BL has record, no scans)
- William Delisle Hay, The Doom of the Great City (1880)
- Index:Doom of the Great City - Hay - 1880.djvu Inductiveload—talk/contribs 17:48, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- John Davidson, The Salvation of Nature (1891)
- Can't find scan (HT, IA, BL)
- Robert Hugh Benson, Lord of the World (1907)
- Exists now, but needs migration to Index:Lord of the World - Benson - 1908.djvu. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 12:51, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- Here's The Reign of George VI: Index:The Reign of George VI, 1900–1925.djvu. It's an 1899 reprint, but the text should still be the 1763 original (with a new preface/front matter from 1899.) --Mukkakukaku (talk) 18:23, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
- Also Bulwer-Lytton's The Coming Race is here: Index:Lytton - The Coming Race (1871).djvu. The date on the title page is 1871, though, not 1872. --Mukkakukaku (talk) 18:32, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
Darwin Journal of Researches ReferencesEdit
Index talk:Darwin Journal of Researches.djvu lists a number of references by Darwin which would be good to have on WS. — Zoeannl (talk) 13:42, 2 April 2016 (UTC)
Project Blue BookEdit
- Project Blue Book (author:USA Air Force) is a noteworthy work for ufological history and research that I think would make a great contribution to Wikisource. The work is marked as public domain. Source links provided from Wikipedia are:
- http://www.bluebookarchive.org/
- http://www.archive.org/details/bluebook/
- Nicole Sharp (talk) 08:40, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
The Architecture of Open Source ApplicationsEdit
What about importing The Architecture of Open Source Applications books? There's even a MediaWiki chapter in volume 2, so surely it might be of some interest to our community, and importing it here might help with translation facilities provided in the Wikimedia infrastructure. I suggest to import it in Wikisource, as this is a books with paperback available, but you might argue that it would have it's place on wikibooks. Thank you in advance for your feedback and any help on this subject. --Psychoslave (talk) 09:54, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
Bible (King James)Edit
User:David Haslam and I have found scans to back most of the 1769 Blayney revision of the KJV, but the books of Lamentations through Malachi are missing from the scans (I assume they are in a 3rd volume yet to be discovered). Assistance finding this third volume, or another complete facsimile (with apocrypha, prefaces, and notes) would be appreciated. —Beleg Tâl (talk) 00:05, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- This is pasted from the Sword developers' wiki.
- The 1769 KJV facsimile is used for text, front-matter, notes, cross-references, titles, .... for versions after 2.11.
- The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Volume 1 of 4, ISBN: 9781171169826
- The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Volume 2 of 4, ISBN: 9781171169819
- The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Volume 3 of 4, ISBN: 9781171169802
- The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
Translated Out of the Original Greek:
And with the Former Translations :Diligently Compared and Revised,
by His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to by Read in Churches.
Volume 4 of 4, ISBN: 9781171169796
- David Haslam (talk) 09:24, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- AFAIK, a Print on Demand published facsimile of a PD work doesn't introduce a fresh copyright on the content any more than publishing a scanned facsimile on a website. It's merely that fewer people would readily have access to the printed one. For further background reading, see the article about Copyfraud. David Haslam (talk) 10:26, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- My CrossWire fellow-worker owns the complete set. I myself recently ordered volume 2 at a discount price. David Haslam (talk) 10:29, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
- It looks like those volumes are published from scans at EEBO Editions, ProQuest. Is that right? In that case we'll need someone with access to http://www.proquest.com/products-services/databases/eebo.html to retrieve the digital scans for us to use. Alternatively, re-scanning the printed facsimile, if it's a good enough scan, would also suffice. —Beleg Tâl (talk) 12:43, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
Brown, R., (1810) Prodromus Florae Novae HollandiaeEdit
The text is available at BHL and can be downloaded as PDF or OCR, but the OCR needs to be corrected with the aid of the pdf to give (1) a corrected Latin text, requiring (2) an English translation. MargaretRDonald (talk) 23:15, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
- The latin language work would need to undertaken at latin WS. While I can understand the desire for a translation, knowing how well these progress, I cannot see it happening unless it is coordinated and prosecuted. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:19, 11 January 2018 (UTC)
- The file at least is available at Index:Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen - Brown - 1810.djvu. It's unlikely a 400+ page la-en translation will happen unless someone is very interested in the subject, however. This is Volume 1, but I see no obvious sign of a Vol. 2. Also the paging starts at 145 so unsure what's going on there. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 11:05, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Modern Mathematical textsEdit
This is a list of select modern mathematical texts available at HathiTrust. A great deal of work, each, but I was making a private list and I thought I'd drop it here.
- Introduction to projective geometry and modern algebra. Rosenbaum, R. A.
- Rudiments of algebraic geometry
- Structure of rings. Jacobson, Nathan, 1910-1999.
- The theory of rings. Jacobson, Nathan, 1910-1999
- Rings and ideals, by Neal H. McCoy
--Prosfilaes (talk) 12:34, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Works on banned, prohibited, or condemned booksEdit
Requesting any of the following
- Books Condemned to Be Burnt by James Anson Farrer
- An Index of Prohibited Books by Joseph Mendham
- A Catalogue of Curious But Prohibited Books
John Carter (talk) 22:40, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
- Index:Books_Condemned_to_be_Burnt_-_James_Anson_Farrer.djvu for the first one.--Prosfilaes (talk) 04:08, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
- Index:An Index of Prohibited Books (1840).djvu seems to have been around for a while. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 10:24, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
- Can't find scan : To my knowledge, the only scan of A Catalogue… is (external scan), which is so broken as to be entirely unusable. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 20:41, 21 October 2020 (UTC).
- It looks like it might be available on the Gale ECCO system: https://lib.ugent.be/nl/catalog/rug01:001128914 Inductiveload—talk/contribs 20:58, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1791)Edit
A scan of the 1791 edition of this text, containing the Appendix which is included in our edition, is available in the w:Early American Imprints collection. If any editor has access to this collection through a subscribing library, I would like to request a copy of this scan to be uploaded to Commons. —Beleg Tâl (talk) 15:08, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Lyrics to many (most?) Tom Lehrer songs are now mostly public domainEdit
Hi! I saw that Tom Lehrer just released a ton of his songs' lyrics to "be downloaded and used in any manner whatsoever" at https://tomlehrersongs.com/. Maybe they should be put on here? DemonDays64 (talk) 23:11, 20 October 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)
- Note that I am not 100% clear that how this was done is acceptable for WikiSource. DemonDays64 (talk) 23:11, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
- Lots of collections are always wanted, is there anything that makes this any more important than any other collection? It may be more useful to add them to the author page, and then link to them. — billinghurst sDrewth 00:54, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
- DemonDays64: see this discussion, which references the same topic. The works are suitable for inclusion on Wikisource, and, due to the popularity of some of them, will likely be quickly added. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 01:46, 21 October 2020 (UTC).
- Just wanted to thank whoever uploaded Index:Tom Lehrer song lyrics (website).pdf and suggested all of this ( @DemonDays64: ) ; Lehrer is fantastic, I added a couple of my favorites The Vatican Rag and The Old Dope Peddler to contribute :-) Can't believe the whole songbook isn't done yet. I see Category:Song lyrics and Category:Comedy but might we consider a Comedic song lyrics? Peace.salam.shalom (talk) 23:56, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
The Tatler, Nov 30, 1923Edit
The Mask of Sacrifice, by Margery Lawrence, is an early work of fantastic literature by a woman, and has been reprinted as such. It can be found in The Floating Cafe and Other Stories (1936), but that's going to take a decade to leave copyright. So The Tatler, Nov 30, 1923, is the best source, but HathiTrust doesn't have that issue, nor does IA.--Prosfilaes (talk) 02:55, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Prosfilaes: The British Newspapers Archive has it, but it needs a subscription.
- Side note: since the author died in 1969, it'll be copyright in the UK until 2039, so it's definitely a local-file job.
- Side side note: watch out for the contemporaneous but unrelated "New York" Tatler which appears to be rather more salacious affair around 1920. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 11:19, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, I was looking for The New York Tatler, so that might have been part of the problem, though HathiTrust still doesn't seem to have it.--Prosfilaes (talk) 19:12, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Prosfilaes: also unhelped by the 50 bazillion yearbooks and other periodicals called Tatler! There is very little on the New York Tatler that I can see other than a motley collection of IA scans and a few images at Commons (from the same scans). Inductiveload—talk/contribs 19:55, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
- Ah, I was looking for The New York Tatler, so that might have been part of the problem, though HathiTrust still doesn't seem to have it.--Prosfilaes (talk) 19:12, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
The Negro Family: The Case For National Action (1965)Edit
Commonly known as the Moynihan Report. Requested at Scriptorium. A scan is available at Google Books, but the first page will need to be removed. The work is {{PD-USGov}}. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 22:23, 5 December 2020 (UTC).
Black’s Law DictionaryEdit
An index already exists, but the OCR is poor, as has been discussed. A new file, generated from the same original page, is needed. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 13:02, 12 December 2020 (UTC).
Congressional Record 167(4)Edit
This issue should be released quite soon; it contains the speeches and proceedings relating to the recent insurrection. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 02:48, 8 January 2021 (UTC).
- It has been created. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 18:56, 8 January 2021 (UTC).
- For the (uncongressional!) record: Index:Congressional Record 167(4).pdf Inductiveload—talk/contribs 21:25, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
The Sphere, v. 92Edit
I've been looking for works by Author:Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko. HathiTrust has The Sphere; an illustrated newspaper for the home. ... v. 91 (Oct. -Dec. 1922), but it looks like they've changed stuff so I can't download from there. Google Books doesn't make it available to download, and I can't find it on the Internet Archive. I'd like to do the entire volume on general principles, though I could download just the one short story manually. (Besides, if they've got that story, who know what else they've got?)--Prosfilaes (talk) 09:20, 26 February 2021 (UTC)