There is no formal relationship between Wikisource and Project Gutenberg, Googlebooks, the Perseus Project, or any other online library of texts, except that we scour their offerings for ideas and content. I believe that through hyperlinks and our translation and format projects, we are taking these texts to the next level, where they integrate fully into our other projects. Of course, there is still a LOT of work to be done, butr gradually we are making headway. As an example, _http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lives/Tiberius_Gracchus_ (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lives/Tiberius_Gracchus) contains text that can also be found in Project Gutenberg's library as part of a larger book, Plutarch's "Lives." By linking to the relevant Wikipedia articles, we have created an original annotated text.

Our translations are, of course, original works, and we also have some content that does not exist in other repositories, such as individual letters, etc. See this _http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_to_Mary_Todd_Lincoln%2C_Friday%... (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_to_Mary_Todd_Lincoln,_Friday,_M...) for an example of an interesting letter that complements an existing article on Wikipedia. We can also run translated texts parallel to the originals, as you can see here with this text from Poland _http://en.wikisource.org/w iki/Protest_of_Zofia_Kossak-Szczucka?match=pl_ (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Protest_of_Zofia_Kossak-Szczucka?match=pl) .

In short, we admire what the other online libraries are doing, but we believe that Wikisource can be more than just a datadump of words and images. It can be a very useful collection, fully integrated into all our other projects.

Danny

In a message dated 11/5/2006 9:51:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, dgerard@gmail.com writes:

On 05/11/06, daniwo59@aol.com daniwo59@aol.com wrote:

I thought it would be a good idea to share some news about another

project,

the English Wikisource, which has been doing some remarkable work in the

past

few months, thanks to a small group of dedicated editors and contributors. First for some background: Wikisource is much more than a library of old

and

PD texts. It can, and should, operate in tandem with the other projects, by providing the background to the information we offer. For instance, take a

I have a question: what's Wikisource's relations like with that other well-known source text archive, Project Gutenberg, and its associated Distributed Proofreaders? And any other source text archives. I must confess I have absolutely no idea of our relations with them, and it's the first question that sprang to my mind when I heard of Wikisource.

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