User talk:Acousticsam
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p.s. I have moved Author:Søren Kierkegaard. John Vandenberg 03:49, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Help with first contribution
[edit]{{helpme}} How do I properly format my contribution and link it to the author page? I have created my first wikisource article, Soren Kierkegaard's "Fear and Trembling". I have copied the raw text, but did not format it yet or create a table of contents (there are 8 sections). Also, I don't know how to create a list of works on the author page that I created. Where should I look for help with this? Acousticsam 04:03, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Fear and Trembling is looking ok. But it is starting to be quite large. I suggest that you move some sections into "sub-pages", such as Fear and Trembling/Preface, Fear and Trembling/Prelude, etc.
But, before you keeping going, we need to sort out copyright. Author:Walter Lowrie died in 1959, which means his translations may still be covered by copyright.
I will continue to work with you on your first contribution, so keep dropping notes and questions here and I will answer. Or, if you are familiar with IRC, you can join #wikisource to have a live conversation. John Vandenberg 04:26, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- Bad news. Walter Lowrie's translation of Fear and Trembling is covered by (Renewal: R458284). I think that means that this translation is a copyright violation. John Vandenberg 08:38, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- I've deleted this, as we're obliged to do if a work is a copyright violation. Fear not, it is still in the database, so if it turns out to be in the public domain, it can be undeleted. Hesperian 12:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry, I wasn't aware that the translation was still under copyright. the website that I copied th text from, www.religion-online.org , states in their about page (http://www.religion-online.org/about.htm) that "For each entry, use permission has been obtained or the book is out of print or copyright is believed to have expired. You may download the material, print or quote it for educational purposes, but may not use it for profit." I took this to mean that the translation was free to be reproduced, as long as it is not for profit. Acousticsam 22:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
- No need to be sorry; copyright violations are inadvertently added quite regularly, and each time they are found, we learn a little more.
- Wikisource doesnt permit works that have some restrictions. Unfortunately, that means that texts that are only available for educational purposes are not acceptable. What you can do is link to the religion-online.org pages from our Author page.
- It takes a bit of work to figure out which translations are public domain. I have found two works by David F. Swenson which are fine. There may be some PD translations by Alexander Dru, but I havent investigated him yet. John Vandenberg 01:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)