I built Library builder so my clients can bring the sources for their Wikipedia project into WikiNative Studio and submit them to me for review. You can upload files or folders, add publication links and paste source text, then record the details that help identify each item. You can also point me to a useful passage and explain what you would like it to contribute to your proposed article or editing project.
Open your card deck by clicking the WikiNative logo at the top left of Studio, then choose Library builder. It sits beside Library, where you can return to read the sources already saved in your project. You can keep adding material as your article develops.
Add the material you want me to consider
Choose files to add documents from your computer, or choose a folder to bring several items into the project. You can also drop files into the upload area. Uploading starts when you select them, and the progress display shows what has arrived and whether anything needs attention.
If you have links instead of files, open Paste links, add one or several publication URLs and select Add links. You can use Paste source text to save text you already have, with an optional title and original URL. Where possible, include a readable copy of the complete article alongside the publisher’s link, so I can examine the passage in context.
Try the working Library builder demo below. Add the example source or choose a file of your own, then open its source details. You can practise adding the publication information, saving your preparation and submitting the item for review. The demo uses Studio’s interface, but your files and entries stay in this browser. Its submission is a practice action and does not send anything to me.
Add the details behind each source
Open Prepare source details and submit on an item you have added. You can record its article title, original publication URL, publication name, author, date and language. If the title is in another language, there is a separate field for an English translation. You can also say whether your copy contains the whole article or an extract.
If a detail is unavailable, choose the relevant unknown or unavailable answer. You do not have to guess an author or date to submit a source. The publication’s Wikipedia entry is optional too: you can identify a match, record that no entry was found or choose “Not known / lookup unavailable”.
Use Source notes to explain why you are recommending the item. You might identify a page that discusses the organisation’s early history, a passage about a particular project or a paragraph that clarifies a date. Include the page number or a short quotation where it helps me find the relevant text. Your notes let you connect the material with the change you want me to consider.
Save your preparation or submit it for review
Choose Save for later if you want to return to the details before submitting them. The source stays in your project with its preparation saved. When you are ready, choose Submit for review. Library builder will identify any unanswered preparation questions so you can complete them or choose the appropriate unknown answer.
Try both actions in the demo. Save the example with a note, reopen it and finish the details. Then select Submit for review and check that its state changes from Saved · not submitted to Submitted for review. You can then try supplying a correction to the submitted information.
In your private Studio project, submission tells me that the source is ready for my review. I read the material and check what it supports before deciding how to use it. Your supplied details and my checked citation values remain distinct. You can return to your saved preparation and submission history, and supply a correction when needed.
Use your sources while reviewing the article
Open Library to read saved sources whenever you need them. In Draft, you can recommend a source alongside the passage you want to change. In Cartograph, you can use the same evidence when reviewing proposed edits to an existing Wikipedia article. Discussion gives you space to explain a recommendation that affects several sections.
You can add another source at any stage of that review. Library builder gives you a way to supply the material, explain its relevance and make it ready for me to examine, while Library keeps it available for you to read.
