User talk:JoeNYCBoi

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Again, welcome! John Vandenberg 04:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

es:Wikisource:Proyecto_Biblia_Abierta
When I click on that link, it tells me the page doesnt exist. John Vandenberg 04:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm wondering if I mistyped the link because when I type in "Proyecto Biblia Abierta" into the Spanish WikiSource search field, the page comes up. How can I fix it? My goal is to link the Spanish page to the English and Portuguese parallel pages. I've already succeeded in linking the Portuguese to the English one.


 * Fixed. I have moved the Spanish page into the "Wikisource" namespace. John Vandenberg 04:49, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hey Joe, Welcome to the Free Bible Translation Project, It's great to have you aboard!! I wanted to remind you, when you do your translation, would it be okay to list on the discussion page your sources (what Hebrew text/dictionary/other translations you used?)

I also saw you started a sister project in Spanish, that's really neat! Just an idea, you might want to specifically mention on those pages that the translation will be in the Public Domain, otherwise it will automatically be GPL--a good free license for software, but rather restrictive for books :)--Jdavid2008 00:42, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, the system allows you to automatically sign your name. It took me a long time before I figured it out though :) It's the second to last button on the bar above the text input butting starting with the B, for bold. You can also write --~ . Those stuff aren't so important though ;) You'll learn them all quickly.


 * GPL is a great license for software, and even for Wikipedia articles it's not bad, but for a translation work like we are doing it would too restricting. If we produce a good free translation, we would want it to be as widely distributed online, as well as in print, as possible. I think the GPL license will get in the way of that.--Jdavid2008 02:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)