Wikisource:WikiProject Encyclopædia Britannica, tenth Edition

The eleven volumes of the 10th edition (1902) of Encyclopædia Britannica have been uploaded to Commons, as PDFs. These constitute nine supplementary volumes to the 9th (1889) edition, plus a one-volume, 1012-page atlas and (from page 509) gazetteer, and a one-volume index.

As such, please follow guidance at WikiProject Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition, until any points of divergence emerge.

en.Wikipedia reports:

"The 11th edition retained the high scholarship and eminent contributors that marked the 9th edition, but tempered that scholarship with shorter, simpler articles that were more intelligible to lay-readers. Thus, the 9th and 11th editions had 17,000 and 40,000 articles, respectively, although they were roughly equivalent in size."

So there is much unique material in these volumes.

Index pages

 * Index:1902 Encyclopædia Britannica - Volume 25 - A-AUS.pdf
 * Index:1902 Encyclopædia Britannica - Volume 26 - AUS-CHI.pdf
 * Index:1902 Encyclopædia Britannica - Volume 27 - CHI-ELD.pdf

Maps and illustrations
Map images are about to be uploaded to Commons:


 * c:Category:1902 Encyclopædia Britannica maps

Illustrations should go in:


 * C:Category:1902 Encyclopædia Britannica illustrations

Style guide

 * EB10, like EB9, does not have its own style guide yet. Until it does see:
 * EB1911 style manual
 * Style guide

When written the EB10 style guide will be a general style manual that should be used specifically to this project. Mainly, it is a way to standardize the look and feel of going from one article to another, suggestions on formatting, and in general some tips on what to look for when trying to improve these articles over the raw text from external sources.

Participants
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 * Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits