The Conservapedia’s Original Source Project is an initiative by user:AnthonyPvanDuyn to preserve, structure, and present public‑domain primary texts in a clear, accessible, and SEO‑aligned format while also improving user experience through a more complete service and referencing improvements. Its purpose is to:

provide easy public access to PD works
provide easy copy and pastable materials
provide easy original source references through Internal Links
strengthen Conservapedia’s authority signals
and strengthen Conservapedia’s trust signals

All done by simply hosting historically significant public domain works in a consistent, scholarly, and navigable manner. Each page follows a strict style guide to ensure consistency, readability, and SEO Trust Signals. Internal Links may be used to jump directly to specific paragraphs, such as Original Source: Sir Isaac Newton - Observations on Daniel, Chapter 1#1. These anchors improve user experience and strengthen SEO Trust Signals.

Purpose

The Original Source Project provides Conservapedia readers with reliable, well-formatted public-domain texts. Each work is presented in a chapter-by-chapter format, with stable paragraph anchors, consistent headings, and clear navigation. This allows encyclopedic articles to reference specific paragraphs with precision.

Style Guide

This style guide applies to all Original Source pages and will be enforced.

Page Naming Convensions

Entire Books per Page or Single Chapter per Page?

Users are free to decide themselves if it is more appropriate to host an entire book on a single page or single chapter per page, but are asked to consider that while WikiMedia has no fixed text limit, pages do become unstable above ~2 MB of wikitext leading to a host of problems. Smaller portions may be appropriate and may improve stability. If alot of artwork is involved, single chapters may improve load times. The choice to host the entire volumn or by the chapter is up to the content uploader; but the naming convension must be adhered to.

Naming Convension

Each page name in Conservapedia's Original Source Project must:

prefix with the designation of Original Source: followed by a space.
include a professional title if applicable such as Dr. or Sir as this signals Experience and Expertise under the SEO E‑E‑A‑T Standard.
follow with First Name and then Last Name', which is then followed by a space charcter and always a hyphen (not an em-dash or en-dash, as these create Wiki-wide navigation confusions) as this signals SEO hard idea seperation between the author's name and the following volume title.
ensure that there is another space and insert the volume's working title
If you are using the single chapter standard, add a comma' then insert a space and Chapter followed by a space and chapter indicator / number.

Examples

Whole volume - Original Source: Sir Isaac Newton - Observations on Daniel
Single chapter - Original Source: Sir Isaac Newton - Observations on Daniel, Chapter 1

2. Intro Paragraph

Each page begins with the following standard intro paragraph:

"This page is part of Conservapedia's Original Source Project, which preserves public-domain primary texts in a structured, linkable format. Encyclopedic references may use Internal Links to jump directly to specific paragraphs, such as Original Source: Sir Isaac Newton - Observations on Daniel, Chapter 2#1. These internal anchors improve user experience and strengthen SEO Trust Signals. Please enjoy and make full use of the materials below."

The internal link example must always be a link to the same page so as not to draw the reader away from the page they have come to.

The intro paragraph must always be followed by two empty lines in order to reduce visual clutter by seperating the WikiMedia generated contents table from the text.

2. Headings

All major headings use Level-1 syntax: `=Heading=`
Chapter titles use Level-1 headings.
Paragraphs use Level-4 headings: `====1====`, `====2====`, etc.

Effectively

Each

3. Paragraph Formatting

Each paragraph begins with a Level-4 heading:

 `====1====`

Paragraph text begins with a single colon indent:

 `:Text begins here.`

No `
` tags are permitted.
No HTML formatting is used except where absolutely necessary.

4. ASCII-Only Rule

To prevent broken links and anchor mismatches:

Use only ASCII apostrophes `'`
Use only ASCII hyphens `-`
Do **not** use smart quotes (`’`, `“`, `”`)
Do **not** use en-dashes or em-dashes (`–`, `—`)

This ensures stable internal links and consistent page titles.

5. Internal Linking

Paragraph anchors are created automatically by Level-4 headings. Example:

Conservapedia's Original Source Project

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