Help:Beginner's guide to Wikisource

The "Beginner's Guide" series of help pages is an entry level guide for new and inexperienced users of Wikisource. The intent is to provide users with the basics they will need to use Wikisource. These pages should:

1. Present basic concepts in simple language with frequent images and diagrams,
2. Include links to further help or policy pages to explain specific subjects in greater detail.

Reading

Reading

Reading is the main point of Wikisource. This part of the Basic Guide will show you how to enhance your experience of reading works hosted by Wikisource.

• Navigation

  How to find your way around the Wikisource library.

• Reliability

  How to check if the work you are reading is a reliable copy.

Editing

Writing

Editing creates the Wikisource library. This part of the Beginner's Guide will show you how to help add works to Wikisource for others to read.

Note: If you are unsure about the sourcing and index page creation elements of Wikisource, you can skip to proofreading with already started works such as the current Proofread of the Month.

• Adding texts

  Overview of the steps involved in adding texts.

• Sources

  How to add a book to Wikisource for proofreading.

• Copyright

  How to check if a book is out of copyright.

• Index pages

  How Index pages work.

• Proofreading

  How to proofread a book for Wikisource.

• Typography

  How to format a page.

• Validation

  How to check and finish the proofreading.

• Transclusion

  How to add books to the main namespace.

• Finishing touches

  The final tasks needed to finish a work.

Maintaining

Maintenance

Wikisource always needs maintenance to keep it working and make sure that its works are in the best condition possible. This part of the Beginner's Guide will show you how to maintain the project.

• Maintenance

  Things that often need work and how to do it.

• Deletion

  How and why works are deleted.