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Should we add this book to Wikisource?
editI've been reading the book "Bring the War Home" by Kathleen Belew, and she notes that Carol Howe, an undercover informant, realised that the Oklahoma City bombing was inspired by the Turner Diaries. Even if it is hate speech, people have gotten copies of this book before the Internet so I don't know what good scrubbing it from the Internet will do. I also don't know if the author would sue Wikipedia for illegally distributing his banned book. 2603:7000:D03A:5895:5:1D63:6B70:8395 (talk) 22:53, 23 August 2023 (UTC)
- English Wikipedia has no formal connection to Wikisource, except that both are sites under the aegis of the Wikimedia Foundation. You should address your question on Wikisource. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:04, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Cover
editThe cover currently used in the article is that of the first edition (?). It used to be the cover of the second edition, but this was changed in 2019. While the first printing is typically what we use onwiki, if another is more notable or recognizable we should use that. Looking it up the second edition cover is far more well known it seems, so IMO we should be using the second cover - the first one seems very rarely used to recognize the book, searching pretty much anywhere (especially given the publication history). I actually can't find any non-wiki sources using the first edition cover.
Additionally, due to a fluke in US copyright law, the cover of a book actually required a separate copyright notice either in the book or on the cover art, separate from the book copyright (if it was published in the period where notice was required for copyright, which this was), so there is a non zero chance one or both covers are actually public domain. I may check this later. PARAKANYAA (talk) 22:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)