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Performing major edits on Wikisource

#AWA Anglophone bi-weekly webinar

Wednesday 28 August 2024

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ALICE KIBOMBO-EKANYA

Librarian and Wikimedian from Uganda.

Find me on LinkedIn/AliceKibombo

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Contents

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  • The Wikisource interface

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  • Getting started with editing

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  • Validating and proofreading

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants should be able to :

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  1. Identify the Wikisource interface and its major features
  2. Navigate the Wikisource interface
  3. Prepare to perform major edits on Wikisource
  4. Proofread on Wikisource
  5. Validate on wikisource

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Steps to editing on Wikisource

In order to perform major edits on Wikisource :

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MUST

  • Have a user account on any of the Wikimedia projects
  • Be logged in to Wikisource
  • Choose a language from the list of available subdomains

NEED

  • Set your editing preferences to activate certain functionality
  • Find a suitable text that you would like to edit
  • Check the status to see if the text needs

Transcription (typing out the text)

Proofreading (correcting errors)

Validation (verifying accuracy)

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The Wikisource Interface

The Free Library that Anyone can improve

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Let’s head to the Wikisource page

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Now that you are logged in…

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Select a text (browse the search bar….

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Select a text (search in Commons)

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Select a text (search in Commons)

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Select a text (Proofread of the month

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Page status

The Free Library that Anyone can improve

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Proofreading

Different colours represent different statuses as we will see, let’s edit live now…

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Questions?

Fire away!�5 minutes ⏰

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