James Frederick Ferrier

“ TOCs are always fiddly. I generally use the {{TOC begin}} template series to help, but there are alternatives. I have done the TOC for Volume 3 as it's pretty short. The TOC for volume 1 is actually not very complex, it's just very long and detailed. I would not bother linking the individual sections, just the main headings (e.g. "/Introduction", "/Section 1/Proposition 1", etc) . As for the sidenotes - we generally do transcribe them, but there are templates that can help. Have a look at Page:Ferrier's Works Volume 1 - Institutes of Metaphysic (1875 ed.) ”

“ Biographical Contributions to as found on Ferrier's page. Whether I still miss the translation, I am very pleased with how it works. It is gratifying when one solves one's difficulties without help, but I never would have managed this without all the times you have helped. ”

“ This is where Author: page, Portal: pages and links from other Pages can be moved or otherwise maintained along with all their subpages more easily than a set of isolated top level pages You can search within a given page and its subpages, which you can't do when the chapters are all top level pages. For example, search for "philosophy prefix:Blackwood's Magazine" to find pages containing "philosophy", but only in any edition of Blackwood's. ”

“ We use standard case, not a string of capitals for works and subpages, unless it requires full capitals Author contributions go on author pages; we reserve the main namespace for the published works themselves, not our curating constructs. {{header}} template with biographical works should retain the parent work in the title, and the article name in the section; and noting that we have relative links to allow for more seamless navigation through a work (more in Wikisource:Style guide) . ”

“ Also in Ferrier's Institutes (his original edition and I believe all subsequent) for each TOC entry there is publisher's-marginalia on the page referenced... sort of a small-font re-iteration of the TOC entry... a header in the margin. I realize that ideally WS works should closely emulate the original. I'm hoping this is a feature which can be neglected... 500 floating blocks seems a high price to pay... unless I master some secret as yet unknown. 3. Ideally, the three "authoritative" volumes would all arise from the latest edition. ”

“ Sometimes, it takes a few minutes for the mainspace pages to update after changing the transcluded pages. If you see older page content in the mainspace, it's often that. It's to do with how the Wikisource server caches the pages. There are settings in your preferences under "Gadgets" to add control to enable a forcible "purge" of the cached pages, which should update content to the newest version. It looks like all the "Prop XI." sidenotes have now been omitted from the mainspace. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 13:47, 11 December 2017 (UTC) I decided against Prop.#-side-notes-in-the-header. ”

“ Then maybe I'll come to understand the Title/Volume subpage system. Klarm768 (talk) 00:33, 6 December 2017 (UTC) The point of the Title/Volume/Section system is to avoid spreading parts of a single work (single or multiple volumes) around in the mainspace, but rather have them "contained" under a single parent page. This is helpful because, at least: It's organisationally "tidier" to not spread a single work out amongst many mainspace pages There's a clear "entry point" to the work, i.e. the top level page. ”

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“ I would like to create links from my user page User:Klarm768 but I'm not there yet. I intend to learn how to make mistakes on my own project rather than somebody else's. Klarm768 (talk) 15:44, 30 October 2017 (UTC) Blackwood's Two points about the Page namespace: (1) Don't insert header templates or use wiki-headings. We try to replicate the look of the original. (2) Don't insert your signature into the work either. You'll understand better why no once the final work is assembled. ”

“ Sound good. Perhaps first save as RTF format and upload that to http://pastebin.com (or a file sharing service of your choice) and I can hopefully make a script handle the formatting as well. If I can't handle that, I'll come back to you! Inductiveload—talk/contribs 17:59, 28 November 2017 (UTC) @Inductiveload: 1) My text needed a lot of proofing. 2) It was from a different edition so I made it to match yours... except no papers supplementary. 3) I went ahead and formatted for WS italics and small caps. 4) Uploaded to pastebin.com entitled V1 TOC in some textual format.txt. ”

“ Renaming is not a practical choice at this point, right? This is the mental state I wanted to prevent by establishing a naming convention. I've learned something that will stick with me. Also... Please tell me about include=7 in your pages index line. Does that point to something I need to know about? I've always pointed to the literal pages of the image file. Klarm768 (talk) 12:48, 2 December 2017 (UTC) Re. renaming: it can be done - but you'd have to move the file at Commons, the Index page and all Page: pages. ”

“ Using spacing looks bad in final production. Your advice is needed RE: adopting a volume-wide-policy. Klarm768 (talk) 10:08, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
I think the "Prop XI" sidenotes can actually be skipped, as they are page-based reminders of what Proposition is currently being read. A bit like Running Headers, they don't add anything to the find work in the main namespace. Therefore, I think they can safely be put in the "header" field and not transcluded to the mainspace, which will simplify things a little (plus take the pressure off for getting formatting exactly right) . Eg: this page. ”

“ Some have proved not-yet-discoverable except in that 1876 ed. list of contributors; i.e., no death date, no birth date. Then there's one whom I may have found in the 1881 UK Census... I don't know how to calculate the cost because I don't know how to efficiently approach the project. "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won't you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?" Klarm768 (talk) 12:38, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
@Billinghurst:Ferrier's listings were altered to comply with wikisource norms... ”

“ However, I am sure you will find willing contributors if you ask at WS:Scriptorium. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 22:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC) Yes... I'm sure that someone's been assigned... who never bothers to converse... whose hundred of edits each require my repair... I will never turn my 25,747 TOC entries over to that person... He can build it himself. ”

“ A better solution may be available. Right here (transition from pages 156 to 157 in Sec_1 Prop_6) I would rather not leave a gap due to new-line-break as I simulate a hanging-indent extending across a page break... complicated by Font-size-other-than-default and Hyphenated-page-break-word. Otherwise very pleased with my progress and very thankful for your TOC contribution.Klarm768 (talk) 20:07, 15 December 2017 (UTC) Many "block" templates, {{hanging indent}} included, have "/s" and "/e" parts which can be used to split across page boundaries. ”

“ I want to get the destination titles perfect before I even begin adding such links... otherwise repairs will be worse than the original links. Do you agree? Klarm768 (talk) 13:14, 8 February 2021 (UTC) @Jan.Kamenicek: I'm seldom work in this environment.. ”