Wikisource:WikiProject References to Wikisource

Purpose

• To identify and improve works which are cited in published books or notable web sites.
• To collaborate with efforts on other Wikimedia sites to identify and create links to Wikisource and to improve works so linked.

Workspace

External References

An index of works referenced in books and web sites is at Wikisource:References to Wikisource.

Triage for works referenced multiple times

Work	Number of citations	Status
Toward a New World Order	4	CCCCCCCCould be backed by PP
Eisenhower's farewell address	4	BBBBBBto be validated
Sun Yat-sen's speech on Pan-Asianism	3	BBBBBBCould be backed by PP
The Alchemy of Happiness	3	BBBBBBBto be validated
Democracy and Education	3	BBBBBBBBto be validated
Bologna Declaration of 19 June 1999	2	CCCCCCCUnknown provenance, could be backed by PP
Ancient Law	2	BBBBBBB To be validated
Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China (2001)	2	CCCCCCCCould be backed by PP
Substitution for the Testimony of KSM	2	BBBBBBto be validated
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/St. Macrina the Younger	2	CCCCCCCto be proofread
The Wealth of Nations	2	CCCCCCCUnknown provenance, could be backed by PP
Advanced Automation for Space Missions	2	CCCCCCCCould be backed by PP, weird formatting
Epistle to Yemen	2	CCCCCCCCould be backed by PP
Translation:Taif Agreement	2	CCCCCCCUnknown provenance, could be backed by PP, unknown translator, uncertain copyright status
Magna Carta	2	BBBBBBto be validated
How to Make Our Ideas Clear	1	BBBBBBBto be validated

Completed works

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Poem on the Lisbon Disaster
• City upon a Hill
• The Blindmen and the Elephant
• Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine
• The White Man's Burden
• Constitution of Venezuela
• A Forest Hymn
• Farewell to the Old Guard
• Civil Disobedience
• Constitution of the United States of America
• The Tulip Mania
• Spanish Constitution of 1978 (unannotated)

Internal References

See Citations to Wikisource on Wikipedia for more information.

Triage for works referenced multiple times

Work	Number of citations	Status
Hellenica (Xenophon)	39	CCCCCCCUnknown provenance (probably Gutenberg), could be backed by PP
History of the Peloponnesian War	24	CCCCCCCUnknown provenance, could be backed by PP
Lives (Dryden translation)	9	CCCCCCCProject Gutenberg text, could be backed by PP
Athenian Constitution	8	CCCCCCCUnknown provenance, could be backed by PP
From the Founding of the City	7	CCCCCCCVague provenance (three sources given - possibly a synthesis?), could be backed by PP
Gorgias	5	CCCCCCCUnknown provenance, incomplete verse numbering, could be backed by PP
Charmides (Plato)	3	CCCCCCCUnknown provenance, could be backed by PP
The Republic	3	CCCCCCCProject Gutenberg text, could be backed by PP

Biographical works

Wikisource work	Wikipedia template
Dictionary of National Biography	{{cite DNB}}
SBDEL	{{SBDEL}}
EB1911	{{1911}}
Men of the Time	{{cite Men of the Time}}
Men-at-the-Bar	{{cite Men-at-the-Bar}}
A Compendium of Irish Biography	{{IrishBioWS}}
Dictionary of Australasian Biography	{{cite Australasia}}
Dictionary of Music and Musicians	???

These are just for starts for those that have been more recently used. Also to look at the mish-mash at Category:Wikisource link templates — billinghurst sDrewth 14:49, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Use in a general citation

{{Cite WS}}

I created this not long ago, and I think it works well because of its flexibility and in fitting in with Wikipedia Citation guidelines. - Theornamentalist (talk) 01:26, 8 April 2011 (UTC)

Possible internal references

Bibliographies

• Increasing the number of public domain bibliographies transcribed in Wikisource.
  • Adapting the transcription for creating a "Bibliography of country" article at Wikipedia and taking them to featured list status.
• Identifying public domain academic book series published by University presses. (example Columbia University Indo-Iranian Series)

Relevant Wikipedia links include:

• Bibliographies of countries
• Bibliography of encyclopedias‎
• WikiProject Bibliographies recognized content

Participants

• Prosody (talk) 23:41, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
• Theornamentalist (talk) 03:45, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• AdamBMorgan (talk) 19:32, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Related projects

• Wikiproject Wikisource on the English Wikipedia
• Wikisource:WikiProject Open Access