What types of texts can be hosted on Wikisource?

Wikisource is a free content library of source texts, as well as translations of source texts in any language. Only certain types of texts are allowed to be hosted on Wikisource.

Some things we include are:

  1. Source texts previously published by any author
  2. Translations of original texts
  3. Historical documents of national or international interest
  4. Bibliographies of authors whose works are in Wikisource

Some forms of text that are excluded:

  1. Copyright infringements
  2. Original writings by a contributor to the project
  3. Mathematical data, formulae, and tables
  4. Source code (for computers)
  5. Statistical source data (such as election results)

For more guidance, see What Wikisource includes.