ಸಹಾಯ:Author pages

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Author pages

This page explains how to create a new Author page. Each person who has written one or more texts hosted on Wikisource should have a page in the Author namespace.

Additional currently accepted criteria for the creation of an Author page include:

Where a person has written works that meet What Wikisource includes (should include list of works)
Where a person has edited and/or significantly contributed to works, where a listing of their works are of interest.
Where a person has high notability and a list of their works is desired, regardless of copyright restrictions to host the works on Wikisource.

Contra-indications for creation of an Author page (when in doubt post to Proposed deletions):

Where a person is the subject of one or more works, but is not a creator of written work. (If highly notable see Portals)
Where a work is the creation of an organization, use a Portal in place of an Author page.
Where a person is self promoting and/or no works are likely to be hosted at Wikisource.

Page name ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

The name of the page should not include titles. The full name of the author is preferred, unless he/she is better known by a pseudonym—but if the author has multiple pseudonyms, the real name is the best choice. Use redirects for all alternative names (see below).

Author template ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

Use {{Author}} at the top of the page. The template as standard is used as follows:

{{author
 | firstname    = 
 | lastname     = 
 | last_initial = 
 | birthyear    = 
 | deathyear    = 
 | description  = 
}}

Other optional parameters can be added:

 | invert_names   = 
 | portal         = 
 | related_author = 
 | image          =  (extracted from wikidata by default)
 | wikipedia      =  (extracted from wikidata by default)
 | wikiquote      =  (extracted from wikidata by default)
 | commons        =  (extracted from wikidata by default)
 | commonscat     =  (extracted from wikidata by default)
 | wikinews       =  (extracted from wikidata by default)
 | wiktionary     = 
 | wikibooks      = 
 | wikiversity    = 
 | wikispecies    = 
 | meta           = 
 | defaultsort    = 
 | dates          = 
 | image_caption  = 
 | upright        =

The parameters' usage is explained in the template documentation.

Works by the author ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

Immediately following the {{author}} template there should be a section named "Works" which contains the list of the author's works with a link to the main page of the work.

== Works ==

* ''[[Title]]'' (year)

If the work was originally written in a language different to English, add the name of the translator with a link to his/her page.

== Works ==

* ''[[Title]]'' (year) translated by [[Author:Translator|]]

If the author has written various types of works, use subsections in order to make finding a work easy.

== Works ==

=== Novels ===

* ''[[Title]]'' (year)

=== Poetry ===

* ''[[Title]]'' (year)

Works translated by the author ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

If the author has translated works into English, list them in a subsection of "Works" with the name of the original author.

== Works ==

=== Translations ===

* ''[[Title]]'' (year) by [[Author:Original author|]]

Works about the author ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

If there are works about the author on Wikisource, list them in a new section whose name includes "Works about" followed by the family name of the author.

== Works about Family name==

* ''[[Title]]'' (year) by [[Author:|]]
* ''[[Title]]'' (year) by [[Author:|]], translated by [[Author:|]]

Copyright tag ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

Authors should have a copyright tag, just like individual works, to indicate the status of their works. The most common copyright tags are:

If the author died over 100 years ago and their works were published prior to 1923, use {{PD-old}}
If the author died more recently but their works were still published prior to 1923, use {{Pd/1923}}
If any works were published after 1922 and before 1964 and their copyright non-renewal is confirmed, use {{PD-US-no-renewal}}
If any works were published between 1964 and 1996, use {{Pd/1996}}

With all of these templates except {{PD-old}}, if the year of the author's death is known, it can be added as a parameter to the template. For example: {{Pd/1923|year of death}}

See individual copyright tags for more information.

Categories ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

The {{author}} template automatically adds categories about the initial letter of the family name, the period of life, the years of birth and death. The copyright tag adds a category about the copyright status of author's works. Optional categories can be added manually. Add them as follows, using the name of the more specific categories you find in these category trees.

[[Category:Name of the category]]

After creating the author page ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

Once you have done all that is specified above (where applicable), preview the page, verify that all works well, then save.

Author index ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

Add the author to the appropriate sub-section of one of these lists:

N.B. Occasionally a new subsection will need to be created (e.g. Wikisource:Authors-Qk does not currently exist.) If you were to add such a new section, please don't forget to add a redirection page similar to:

Page Name	Page Content
Wikisource:Authors-Qk	#REDIRECT [[Wikisource:Authors-Q#Qk]]

(The reason this is necessary is that the {{author}} presumes all these necessary links are present; omitting this step breaks the "Author index:" link on "Author:" pages.)

Wikidata ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

If the English Wikipedia has an article about the author, then the author almost certainly has a Wikidata item.

Therefore, look for such article:

If you find it, it will almost certainly have a "Data item" link in its sidebar. Click on it to access the Wikidata item and add the author page to its "Wikisource pages linked to this item" section.
If you do not find it, or it does not have a "Data item" link in its sidebar, search Wikidata for the item about the author:
- If you find it, add the author page to its "Wikisource pages linked to this item" section.
- If you do not find it, create a new item.

Disambiguation and redirects ಸಂಪಾದಿಸಿ

If there are authors with the same name, the names of their pages should contain their birth and death years in form (YYYY-YYYY) after their name. In the disambiguation page, use {{disambiguation}} followed by links to each author's page.

Create a redirect at every author's alternative name. The text to use there is #REDIRECT[[Author:Name of the target page]].