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UFOs

This section was archived on a request by: MER-C (talk) 11:41, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Couple of easy, short and noteworthy documents. MER-C (talk) 05:35, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

Added. MER-C (talk) 11:41, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing

This section was archived on a request by: MER-C (talk) 11:42, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Two same books

Big Sur

This section was archived on a request by: 16:38, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

A famous novel by Jack Kerouac, which has escaped copyright; a scan is available here. It’s not particularly long, either, being only 200 pages long. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 22:38, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@TE(æ)A,ea. Added it in for February. Languageseeker (talk) 15:34, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
Proofread and transcluded. MER-C (talk) 16:38, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Bulandshahr: Or, Sketches of an Indian District: Social, Historical and Architectural

This section was archived on a request by: 16:29, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

I would like to work on: Bulandshahr- Or, Sketches of an Indian District- Social, Historical and Architectural.djvu. Author: Frederic Salmon Growse. Year:1884. Publisher: Medical Hall Press. Can it be included in Montly Challenge because it is interesting. This version came from Internet Archive and some pages do not follow. Google pdf version is better. Can this pdf version be substituted for the djvu file on Commons. --Stamlou (talk) 16:22, 3 April 2023 (UTC)

Proofread and transcluded. MER-C (talk) 16:29, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

Index:Brinkley - Japan - Volume 7.djvu

This section was archived on a request by: 20:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

This series was dropped almost at completion, and I think it would be nice to finish it. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 19:56, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Transcluded and proofread, series continues. MER-C (talk) 20:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

The Sacred Tree

Being the second part of The Tale of Genji: the work of Waley, again. The last volume was recently finished. See (external scan). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 21:51, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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Index:Fielding - Sex and the Love Life.pdf

No work by this author yet, just entered the public domain. Yann (talk) 19:11, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Is this author significant? I've never heard of him and WP has nothing but a list of publications, with no context or importance for the works. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:34, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
n.b. We do have a work by this author: Homo-Sexual Life. It had been proofread but never transcluded. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:51, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
OK, thanks. It was in the list of requested works. Yann (talk) 10:12, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Index:The Tibetan Book of the Dead (1927).djvu

Something different, just entered the public domain, no work by this author (notable translator). Yann (talk) 19:17, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Index:Russell - An outline of philosophy.pdf

Notable work, just entered the public domain. Yann (talk) 19:19, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

  •  Comment This one may move slowly. While it is PD in the US, it is not in the UK or the EU. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:43, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Index:Rolland - Beethoven, tr. Hull, 1927.pdf

Something about music by another French Nobel Literature laureate, just entered the public domain. Yann (talk) 19:23, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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Index:Dostoevsky - The Gambler and Other Stories, Collected Edition, 1914.djvu

Russian, we don’t have this notable work on WS yet. Yann (talk) 20:20, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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Index:Nostradamus (1961).djvu

Our current copy of Nostradamus (1961) is a single-page copy-paste, but we have a scan available now. Some people are passionate about this subject, and might turn this one out quickly. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:14, 14 April 2023 (UTC)

Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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Index:The Innocents Abroad (1869).djvu

It would be nice to scan back this travel book by Mark Twain and include the illustrations. Per WP: "the best-selling of Twain's works during his lifetime, as well as one of the best-selling travel books of all time." MarkLSteadman (talk) 23:00, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Contending Forces

This debut novel by the African American writer Pauline Hopkins is available from the loc (external scan). MarkLSteadman (talk) 23:38, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

 Support: Index is now available at Index:Contending Forces by Pauline Hopkins.djvu Ciridae (talk) 10:09, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
Listed for July 2023. MER-C (talk) 10:38, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Index:Ballantyne--The Coral Island.djvu

This is one of the most popular of the "boys stranded on a remote island" noels, and was the one that furnished the setting and character names for Lord of the Flies. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:55, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Partygate report

Notable document, current affairs. Annexes may be non-free. MER-C (talk) 17:12, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Listed for July 2023. MER-C (talk) 10:39, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Index:A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew, in its several tribes, of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c.djvu

Added in October of 2021 and hasn't had a lot of work done on it. I could be very useful to learn more about what lower class slang was in the late 19th century. Seperation (talk) 00:09, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Listed for July 2023. MER-C (talk) 11:03, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:27, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Novel by Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda was the first (and so far the only) Italian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Yet we have no works by her. In fact our coverage of Italian literature is abysmal. Her best-loved novel is Canne al vento, but the only English translation of that novel is still under copyright. I have set up Index:Nostalgia (Deledda 1905).djvu. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:57, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

Listed for July 2023. MER-C (talk) 10:39, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

In the Wilds of South America

In the Wilds of South America; six years of exploration in Colombia, Venezuela, British Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil (external scan) So that we have something from South America. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:42, 14 June 2023 (UTC)

 Support: The file is already on Commons. (Commons file) Ciridae (talk) 04:42, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
Listed for August 2023. MER-C 10:53, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Index:So Big (1924).djvu

So Big is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Edna Ferber. We have almost no works by this popular author, who co-wrote the plays Dinner at Eight and Stage Door, both of which were quickly adapted into high-profile films. --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:17, 21 June 2023 (UTC)

Listed for August 2023. MER-C (talk) 18:09, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Cornelli

After finishing Heidi I would like to recommend another book by same author

Listed for August 2023. MER-C (talk) 18:06, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

The Lay of the Nibelungs

  • The Lay of the Nibelungs: Metrically Translated from the Old German Text, 2nd ed., transl. Alice Horton (1901) (external scan)
    This is one of the most important of all German medieval poems. The layout of the edition is manageable, and it's regarded as one of the best translations in PD. --EncycloPetey (talk) 18:05, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
Listed in August 2023. MER-C 11:20, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Index:The Mikado or the town of titipu.djvu

The Mikado we currently have is not scan-backed, and does not match its supposed source, so it's up for deletion. We need a scan-backed copy of this famous G&S operetta. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:01, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Listed for August 2023. MER-C (talk) 18:11, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Index:Treaty of Peace - Versailles (1919) Ottawa.djvu

We need a scan-backed copy of this important treaty. The version we currently have is cobbled together from multiple sources, and must be deleted. --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:43, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

Note we tried last year with Index:Lltreaties-ustbv002.pdf and didn't get very far... MarkLSteadman (talk) 02:33, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
This publication is only 170 pages. The one from last year was more than 1000, which is daunting. It's also a Canadian publication, so we get a different flag to display. --EncycloPetey (talk) 03:26, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
Listed for August 2023. MER-C (talk) 18:18, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

This work by a notable author is not fully scan backed. MER-C (talk) 17:45, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Listed for August 2023. MER-C (talk) 18:43, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Odyssey (Buckley)

Continuing from Index:Iliad Buckley.djvu. Tylopous indicated they will work on it. MER-C (talk) 19:38, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Listed for August 2023. MER-C (talk) 18:22, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
@MER-C: Thanks for listing this. Following a suggestion by EncycloPetey, I have created an index from a better scan (Internet Archive identifier: odysseyofhomerwi00home) at Index:The Odyssey of Homer, with the Hymns, Epigrams, and Battle of the Frogs and Mice (Buckley 1853).djvu, and I plan to perform further proofreading in this new index.--Tylopous (talk) 20:12, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
Swapped over. MER-C (talk) 16:09, 24 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:31, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

A Wreath of Cloud

From HathiTrust: The third part of Arthur Waley’s translation of The Tale of Genji; we have already completed the first and second volumes. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 21:15, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

 Support: I found the first edition on the Internet Archive, and uploaded it to Commons. (Commons file) Ciridae (talk) 05:25, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
Listed for October 2023. MER-C 10:14, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 09:52, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

The House of the Dead

Index:Dostoyevsky - The House of the Dead, Collected Edition, 1915.djvu

Listed for September 2023. Will also add the series. MER-C 11:05, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
Proofread Done 82.167.150.115 12:53, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
No, the transclusion is done, but not the proofreading. Ciridae (talk) 07:11, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
Did you check? 82.167.150.115 14:47, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
Done 82.167.161.147 23:54, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 05:09, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

The Real Charlotte

An Irish novel which is considered to be a masterpiece today, written by 2 novelists as a collaborative pair, Edith Anna Œnone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin. We don’t have any works by either of these authors. The first edition was published in 3 volumes and all are on Commons: (Commons file (multiple parts): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) Ciridae (talk) 09:06, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Listed for August 2023. MER-C 10:39, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 04:52, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

The Return of the Soldier

Index:Ten Days in a Mad-House (1887).djvu

Ten Days in a Mad-House is a seminal work in American investigative journalism. I remember it discussed and quoted in history courses. We have just acquired a scan (thanks to Mpaa) which will make it possible to complete this work for Wikisource. --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:28, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 13:36, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Confession

A Confession And What I Believe by Tolstoy

https://librivox.org/a-confession-version-2-by-leo-tolstoy/

This is part of the already nominated series Index:Complete Works of Count Tolstoy - 13.djvu. I will put Volume 13 up for September. MER-C 09:34, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Listed for September 2023. MER-C 11:00, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Only 'My Confession' was proofread Done 82.167.149.197 01:47, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
Proofread 82.167.159.197 05:40, 28 November 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 12:02, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Introduction to Arithmetic

Introduction to Arithmetic by Nicomachus of Gerasa

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005675411&view=1up&seq=9

Nicomachus' "Introduction to Arithmetic", translated by Martin Luther D'Ooge at archive.org.

This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 12:01, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Index:Chapters on Jewish literature (IA chaptersonjewish00abra).pdf

A survey work that has just a small portion on Wikisource (a single chapter), and has sat incomplete since 2008. I have set up the start of an Index page. However, I would not run this work simultaneously with the previous one. Spread them out to get more diversity over a longer period. --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:07, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Listed for August 2023. MER-C 18:29, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 10:03, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

ISC China report

Notable, current affairs. Parking for the future, will run if someone beats me to it. MER-C (talk) 19:17, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

OGL or OPL license? Also does the public version contain redacted sections? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 19:43, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
The copyright notice in the document (page 4 of the PDF) says OGL. Redacted sections are denoted with ***. MER-C (talk) 16:19, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Thanks :) and
 Support , Are there equivalents to this that have been produced in the US, possibly as a CRS document? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 16:27, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Yes, [1] (2x in 2019, lots of other interesting stuff here), [2], [3]. Of course I would only run one at a time. MER-C (talk) 16:44, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Thanks, there are some items amongst those that are highly topical :) ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 17:39, 21 July 2023 (UTC)
Listed for August 2023. Keeping this section around for the US reports. MER-C 11:07, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 10:02, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Mary Kingsley works

Travels in West Africa was featured in a recent article in The Economist. Notable and influential author. MER-C 19:47, 28 July 2023 (UTC)

Listed Travels in West Africa for September 2023. MER-C 10:26, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
West African Studies uploaded here: (Commons file) Ciridae (talk) 07:32, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
Listed West African Studies in Jan 2024. Ciridae (talk) 10:00, 1 January 2024 (UTC)
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Tristram (Robinson)

Index:Origins-of-COVID-19-20230623.pdf

Index:Tristan and Iseult (Belloc 1914).djvu

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is one of the most important stories in medieval literature. We don't have out copy scan-backed yet; our current copy dates from 2006. The story was compiled in French by Joseph Bédier, and this edition was translated into English by Hilaire Belloc. It is in PD in the US now, but will enter PD in the EU in 2024. --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:36, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Is there a reason why we cannot complete this in 2023? Why are we waiting for 2024? Ciridae (talk) 05:29, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
It's not yet in PD in the EU/UK. Editors from that part of the world could not legally participate. --EncycloPetey (talk) 05:40, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Ciridae (talk) 10:01, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books

This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 06:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC) part of a queued long term series, spring cleaning

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism by Max Weber—Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.166.156.15 (talk) 01:25, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

See Index:The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.djvu 02:08, 14 January 2023 (UTC)—unsigned comment by Languageseeker (talk) .
Please, Add it for April
This has been listed already twice. MER-C 10:15, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 06:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC) proofread and transcluded, isn't that nice to type for a change

Index:The Girl from Hollywood.djvu

Been here for 3 years with no work on it until now. It isn't transcluded yet. Seperation (talk) 05:00, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

@Seperation Added for April. Thanks for the nomination. Languageseeker (talk) 01:22, 22 March 2023 (UTC)
Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 06:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC) moved, spring cleaning

Index:Gide - The Counterfeiters.pdf

Notable French work by a Nobel Literature laureate, no work by this author yet, just entered the public domain. Yann (talk) 19:22, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

Note: Currently listed as a Collab work. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
Listed for May 2023. MER-C (talk) 18:41, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
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Jeeves Stories

Similar to how we had Doyle's short stories in the Strand for a while, we could do Jeeves. either starting with Extricating Young Gussie (pg. 61) and Leave it to Jeeves (pg. 568) or the ones that entered the public domain recently The Inferiority Complex of Old Sippy (pg. 366) and Jeeves and the Impending Doom (pg. 601). It's also possible to do a book version, e.g. Index:Carry On, Jeeves.pdf. MarkLSteadman (talk) 22:53, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Works by Arthur Conan Doyle are in the public domain in the UK, but works by Wodehouse are not. That makes it tricky for UK editors, who would technically be violating their nation's laws to transcribe works for the internet. It's fine for US editors though. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:10, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 06:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC) for now, considering as opposed based on UK issue

Index:Chronological Table of the Statutes (United Kingdom)(1972).pdf

This is the most recent version that has an expired crown copyright. It's also looking like it will be signficantly easier to format then the 1877 or 1950 versions that were started previously. It's essentially data entry/table rebuilding, but if entered has immense potential to help build a dataset for Wikipedia/Wikidata for tracking repeals of British legislation upto 1971. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:43, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

This will be an extremely complicated work to have in the Monthly Challenge. It will require advanced specialist knowledge to format. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:08, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
I appreciate that, but I am still suggesting it for the contributors that were interested. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 18:12, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 06:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC) opposed, due to complexity, and lack of interest by those who might be inclined to deal with

My Neighbours

Listed for September 2023. MER-C 10:04, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 06:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC) moved, spring cleaning

Works by Donald Grant Mitchell

We have recently deleted (or will soon delete) the copydump works of Author:Donald Grant Mitchell. His works were popular in 19th-century America (see the WP article; Emily Dickinson loved one of his books). We have scans set up for two of his best-known works, but the Calendar does not have a place to fit them. I nominate them here to fill any month where a suitable work cannot be found:

--EncycloPetey (talk) 03:19, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Reveries of a Bachelor listed in May 2023. MER-C 18:45, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
Dream Life listed for October 2023. MER-C 10:15, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
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Index:A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy.djvu

This work has sat unfinished for several years. It's only tricky part is that the book uses end notes instead of footnotes at the bottom of the page, so the editoe needs to go to another page to grab the note. However. the Notes section of the book is fully proofread, so they can be easily grabbed and inserted. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:51, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Or {{authority reference}} can be used. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 19:44, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
That would be far more complicated. --EncycloPetey (talk) 19:56, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
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Vivian Grey

This is the first novel (published in 5 volumes over 2 years) by Benjamin Disraeli, who would later go on to become British Prime Minister twice. I don’t think we have any of his novels completed and scan-backed. This novel may have influenced Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. I have uploaded the files to Commons: (Commons file (multiple parts): Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) Ciridae (talk) 11:29, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

The scan of vol 1 is faulty. MER-C 18:37, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
File should be fixed now. Please have a look. Ciridae (talk) 10:42, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Listed for September 2023. MER-C 10:04, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 06:49, 28 September 2024 (UTC) moved, spring cleaning

The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII

This was nominated for PotM by MarkLSteadman; I am adding it here as a significant collection of documents that might generate interest. We've not attempted a work like this for the PotM or MC that I can recall. --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:47, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

In general, I think it is a good idea to have a continuous amount of things like documents / treaties etc. in our pipeline. The Philippine Islands had a fair amount, we had a transcript of the Scopes trial etc., but rotating across various areas, here religion, seems like a reasonable idea. In addition, this work is in desperate need of a quality upgrade, so replacing it with a proofread copy would also be fantastic in that regard. MarkLSteadman (talk) 00:57, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
Listed for September 2023. MER-C 11:02, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
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Public Domain Day 2024

Kindly suggest works here that enter the public domain in 2024. I have some nominations.

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence.
  • The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie.
  • Orlando by Virginia Woolf.
  • The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne.

Ciridae (talk) 13:49, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

I've added Lady Chatterley's Lover and The Mystery of the Blue Train for January 2024.
I've also found a copy of Orlando and created the Index - Orlando by Virginia Woolf.djvu‎, but the Frontispiece is missing (as per the list of Illustrations), and I've not been able to track it down yet. Any help would be appreciated. Ciridae (talk) 06:44, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
This version has the frontispiece: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001776241 Bloated Dummy (talk) 01:13, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
Just realized that link wasn't specific enough... this version: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/dul1.ark:/13960/t4fn6fv29 Bloated Dummy (talk) 01:24, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
This information should be posted to the Scan Lab for repairs. --EncycloPetey (talk) 01:53, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:06, 28 September 2024 (UTC) three of the four have been proofread and transcluded, the last is listed below

Index:Copyright, Its History And Its Law (1912).djvu

I'd like us to get through some of the works that we've had lying around half-finished for many years; this is one of them. Arcorann (talk) 11:18, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

@Arcorann: added for January 2024. MER-C 19:40, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
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Blue Trousers

The next volume in Waley’s translation of Genji monogatari. It was published in 1928, and so will enter the public domain (for sure) next year. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 17:39, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by TeysaKarlov (talk) 21:06, 28 September 2024 (UTC) moved, spring cleaning

June 2024

Long term planning, but as June is typically Pride month, can we have a focus on works with LGBT authors or themes? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 10:49, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

What do you mean by a "focus"? We haven't had a monthly focus in MC. That's something that more often happens with FT or PotM. But in any event, we'd need a list of suitable works, and we don't have that. If you have works in mind, I'd just as soon see them as part of the regular rotation, rather than limit them to just one month, or wait a year to put them up. --EncycloPetey (talk) 18:26, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
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Long-Term Nominations

A section to resolve

The Works of Voltaire -- 43 volumes, definitive edition, all are on IA and 7 have been uploaded to Commons so far; all 7 still have pages to proofread, and more volumes can easily be added if/when desired

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London -- 30 volumes, all of them are also on IA and 22 have been uploaded to Commons, all 22 have pages to proofread and validate and there are many additional works that are related like the second and third series which each have multiple works as well. Seperation (talk) 23:29, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

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w:History of Rome (Mommsen)

Notable and authoritative work. Save for June. MER-C (talk) 18:18, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

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Cambridge Histories

Notable and authoritative work. Storing for later months. See w:The Cambridge Modern History. MER-C (talk) 11:04, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

Added works. MER-C (talk) 19:43, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
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Arthur H. Clark Company series

Another Arthur H. Clark Company series, possibly to continue on from Historic Highways of America. MER-C (talk) 14:31, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Found another. MER-C (talk) 18:40, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night

This is a multi-volume translation of a world literature classic that needs a kick to get it going. --EncycloPetey (talk) 21:04, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Volume 3 has had the most progress. Someone ought to check and/or fix its formatting, then apply the result to the start of Volume 1 to set the pattern for the set. --EncycloPetey (talk) 18:54, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
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My Secret Life

Notable and multiply banned series (see Wikipedia article) that needs to scan-backed. MER-C (talk) 18:41, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

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The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi

Long series that needs to be scan-backed in part. MER-C 18:56, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

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The Works of Galileo Galilei--National Edition

Grabbing stuff from Category:Incomplete texts. Notable editor, obviously notable author. MER-C 18:20, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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The Works of Lord Byron (ed. Coleridge, Prothero)

Notable editors, notable author. Some progress on this series already. MER-C 18:20, 29 July 2023 (UTC)

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Index:Sacred Books of the East - Volume 1.djvu

Some more incomplete texts. 50 volume series. MER-C 10:39, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

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Oriental Series

We finished Japan, and are currently running China. There are additional volumes in this series, e.g. Korea IA, Manchuria IA, the Phillippines IA, Siam IA, Burma IA, Afghanistan IA, India IA, Persia IA. I am not sure whether we want to continue or not, but just wanted to mention in case there is interest in continuing. MarkLSteadman (talk) 05:34, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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The Complete Works of Henry George

I hear George's principles are being reexamined in the current economic climate, so we probably should have some more of his works up. 10 volume series (volume 1 here). Arcorann (talk) 12:14, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

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