Template talk:Wikisource author

message: I have created Template:Wikisource author2 in order to fix the problem of alias-ing authors whose source names are different from their wikipedia names.  G. K. Chesterton on source is Gilbert Keith Chesterton so that version should account for that. gren グレン 00:43, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

message: Please add interwiki link to Bulgarian wikipedia. --DStoykov (talk) 02:09, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. — Carl (CBM · talk) 02:44, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  interwiki 

message: Please add this to the image code : |link=s:Special:Search/
so when clicking on the image, it brings you to the wikisource page.-- penubag  (talk) 06:12, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: . — Huntster (t • @ • c) 08:22, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Clickable image

message: Please replace this template with the contents of the sandbox. It uses the "new"  template and moves the categories and iws to a subpage. TIA. —Ms2ger (talk) 10:09, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:57, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sister + Documentation 

message: Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2012_March_16#Link_templates_for_other_Wikimedia_projects. ASCIIn2Bme (talk) 14:51, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nominated for deletion 

message: I would like to propose that this template is converted to utilise the Wikidata to link through to Wikisource, as per infoboxes. The current template usage has errors either due to the title, or for pages having been moved at English Wikisource. If we utilise the wikidata then we have correct links at all times.
I would think that we would allow overwriting of template with forced parameter, at least while we get a bot to update the uses. — billinghurst sDrewth 13:30, 17 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal: amend template to utilise Wikidata for linking 

message: For example, see Zygmunt_Krasiński#External_links: "Wikisource has original works written by or about: Zygmunt Krasiński" but "Polish Wikisource has original text related to this article: Zygmunt Krasiński". There should be an option to have the second one read "Polish Wikisource has original works written by or about: Zygmunt Krasiński". --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 07:02, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please add the language parameter so we can link to authors on other languages 

message: Since Wikisource now has author pages for illustrators and film directors, I think this template should no longer say, "Wikisource has original works written by or about X." Instead, it should just say, "Wikisource has original works by or about X." Simon Peter Hughes (talk) 03:43, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Since you were the last user to edit this template and since you're still active, I'll draw your attention to what I said before. Simon Peter Hughes (talk) 12:22, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: , see 1091650462.  You probably would have gotten a better response had you: a) done the work in the sandbox and b) used . —Uzume (talk) 14:50, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thank you. And I will follow your advice next time I feel such a template needs editing. Simon Peter Hughes (talk) 23:54, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Update by removing the word "written"

message: Currently the label always says "Wikisource has original works by or about:". I'd like an option to be able to change this to specify if there are just works by the author, just works about them, or both, as I think this will make it a bit less vague than "by or about", and hopefully make readers more likely to click through.
I've added a  parameter in the template sandbox (the testcases are working as expected), that allows   or , with "by or about" remaining the default. If there's consensus (or no objections!) I'll put in a  and if approved will add it to the template docs (currently thinking that we should only advise specifying this to advertise fully transcluded works by and/or about them on the author page, not just works with external/in progress links). What do you think? ‑‑YodinT 09:43, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Without any objections, I've put in an edit request. The only changes are live in the template sandbox (diff) and working correctly on the testcases page. ‑‑YodinT 11:29, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

text: great idea! — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 11:42, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "by or about"