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| title = Help pages
| section =
| previous = ← [[Wikisource:Index]]
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| shortcut = [[WS:HELP]]
| notes = The help pages provide documentation, instructions, and information related to Wikisource, divided into the sections below. If you are new to wiki projects, the sheer amount of information may be daunting. '''[[Help:Introduction]] introduces users to Wikisource, and explains how to explore, edit, use features, and add new texts.'''
}}
'''Wikisource''' is a growing collection of primary-source English texts in any language, as well as translations of source texts. Most of the texts on Wikisource are in the public domain and not protected by any copyright or license. However, some are copyrighted and available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
== Introductions ==
{{Wikisource:Index/table}}
|-
| [[Help:Introduction|General introduction]]
| Explains what Wikisource is, and briefly introduces the basic tools available to editors.
|-
| [[Help:Reading|Reading and using Wikisource]]
| Introduces various tools useful to finding works and tracking changes.
|-
| [[Help:Editing Wikisource|Editing Wikisource]]
| Introduces formatting code (see [[m:Help:Editing]] for advanced help).
|-
| [[Help:Adding texts|Adding new texts]]
| Introduces the formatting and inclusion guidelines.
|}
== Style guides ==
{{Wikisource:Index/table}}
|-
| [[Wikisource:Style guide|Style guide]]
| Outlines Wikisource's editing conventions and guidelines.
|-
| [[Help:Editing poetry on Wikisource|Poetry guidelines]]
| '''[proposal]''' Outlines formatting guidelines specific to poetry.
|-
| [[Help:Author pages|Author pages]]
| Outlines the standard layout and conventions of author pages.
|}
== Miscellaneous questions ==
{{Wikisource:Index/table}}
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Wikisource:What is Wikisource?|What is Wikisource?]]
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Wikisource:Wikisource and Wikibooks|What's the difference between Wikisource and Wikibooks?]]
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Wikisource:Tools and scripts|Are there user tools and scripts?]]
|}
== Advanced help ==
{{Wikisource:Index/table}}
|-
| [[Help:Audio|Audio]]
| Provides technical help related to recording and listening to audio files.
|-
| [[Help:Digitising texts and images for Wikisource|Digitising]]
| Provides technical help related to converting non-digital works to digital text.
|-
| [[Help:Copyright and Wikisource|Copyright]]
| Helps users determine copyright status of works.
|-
| [[Help:Footnotes and endnotes|Footnotes and endnotes]]
| '''[proposal]''' Provides technical help related to footnotes.
|-
| [[m:Help:Contents|Meta help pages]]
| Provides very comprehensive technical and practical documentation. This is the official documentation used by the Wikimedia Foundation.
|}
== See also ==
* [[Wikisource:Requests for assistance|Requests for assistance]]
* [[w:Wikipedia:Help|Wikipedia's help pages]]
[[Category:Help]]
| title = Help pages
| section =
| previous = ← [[Wikisource:Index]]
| next =
| shortcut = [[WS:HELP]]
| notes = The help pages provide documentation, instructions, and information related to Wikisource, divided into the sections below. If you are new to wiki projects, the sheer amount of information may be daunting. '''[[Help:Introduction]] introduces users to Wikisource, and explains how to explore, edit, use features, and add new texts.'''
}}
'''Wikisource''' is a growing collection of primary-source English texts in any language, as well as translations of source texts. Most of the texts on Wikisource are in the public domain and not protected by any copyright or license. However, some are copyrighted and available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
== Introductions ==
{{Wikisource:Index/table}}
|-
| [[Help:Introduction|General introduction]]
| Explains what Wikisource is, and briefly introduces the basic tools available to editors.
|-
| [[Help:Reading|Reading and using Wikisource]]
| Introduces various tools useful to finding works and tracking changes.
|-
| [[Help:Editing Wikisource|Editing Wikisource]]
| Introduces formatting code (see [[m:Help:Editing]] for advanced help).
|-
| [[Help:Adding texts|Adding new texts]]
| Introduces the formatting and inclusion guidelines.
|}
== Style guides ==
{{Wikisource:Index/table}}
|-
| [[Wikisource:Style guide|Style guide]]
| Outlines Wikisource's editing conventions and guidelines.
|-
| [[Help:Editing poetry on Wikisource|Poetry guidelines]]
| '''[proposal]''' Outlines formatting guidelines specific to poetry.
|-
| [[Help:Author pages|Author pages]]
| Outlines the standard layout and conventions of author pages.
|}
== Miscellaneous questions ==
{{Wikisource:Index/table}}
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Wikisource:What is Wikisource?|What is Wikisource?]]
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Wikisource:Wikisource and Wikibooks|What's the difference between Wikisource and Wikibooks?]]
|-
|colspan="2"|[[Wikisource:Tools and scripts|Are there user tools and scripts?]]
|}
== Advanced help ==
{{Wikisource:Index/table}}
|-
| [[Help:Audio|Audio]]
| Provides technical help related to recording and listening to audio files.
|-
| [[Help:Digitising texts and images for Wikisource|Digitising]]
| Provides technical help related to converting non-digital works to digital text.
|-
| [[Help:Copyright and Wikisource|Copyright]]
| Helps users determine copyright status of works.
|-
| [[Help:Footnotes and endnotes|Footnotes and endnotes]]
| '''[proposal]''' Provides technical help related to footnotes.
|-
| [[m:Help:Contents|Meta help pages]]
| Provides very comprehensive technical and practical documentation. This is the official documentation used by the Wikimedia Foundation.
|}
== See also ==
* [[Wikisource:Requests for assistance|Requests for assistance]]
* [[w:Wikipedia:Help|Wikipedia's help pages]]
[[Category:Help]]
