User talk:Sbdivemaster

Indenting paragraphs
Wiksource separates paragraphs with line breaks, rather than indenting them. See WS:Style guide --EncycloPetey (talk) 16:41, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it is not true to the original formatting. Using     starts a new line with indent. --sbdivemaster (talk) 16:52, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * If you disagree with the Community style guide, you can start a discussion to alter it, but a major change like that is not likely to carry. --EncycloPetey (talk) 16:55, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * It's not necessarily a disagreement with the style guide, as the page itself sates "These are not hard rules, and can be ignored where necessary." The guideline could be interpreted in different ways.  As stated, "Text formatting should mimic the original document to show the work as presented, within reasonable limits." And, "Page layout should mimic the original page layout within limits, but avoid unnecessary complexity that makes the text difficult to edit or read."  Use of the      tag does not render the text unnecessarily complex, making the text difficult to edit or read, and falls within reasonable limits to show the work as presented.  As shown by many of the first pages, the editing seems to be recreating the formatting to mimic the original document. --sbdivemaster (talk) 17:08, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * You are reading only part. It continues: "Unless there is a good reason for deviating, the standard should be presumed correct." --EncycloPetey (talk) 17:14, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I find formatting the text to mimic the original page layout (as is currently done with the title pages) to be a good reason. --sbdivemaster (talk) 17:20, 27 April 2019 (UTC)


 * It isn't. Using your proposed method, how would a machine reader (used by the sight-impaired) know where each new paragraph begins? Normally a blank line indicates this to the reader. Without including such blank lines, you would be limiting access to some users. There is far more behind the Style Guide than rules and appearances. --EncycloPetey (talk) 17:21, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, formatting for machine readability makes sense. However, that's not clearly indicated in the Style Guide, if it's even in the Style Guide.  I did find reference to machine readability, but it was on the Wikidata main page, so it is not clear.  I will use the Wikisource standard. --sbdivemaster (talk) 17:50, 27 April 2019 (UTC)