I'm very sorry I didn't see this post earlier. I think I took off my notifications, and things have been in mild disarray for a while now (on the forums). It should all be fixed soon.
Anyway, of course, all of those hymnals could all be useful, actually.
The public domain RLDS hymnals look especially interesting to me.
Which edition of the 1889 LDS book do you have?
SongBird-2 wrote:
Can any of these texts be useful for HymnWiki? If so, which ones? Can a hymnal that is still too new to be out of copyright be used for the *out of copyright* hymns it contains?
I would recommend researching this on a song by song basis to make sure the song is public domain first (if it's just out of copyright, there's always the chance it will be renewed; so, I would recommend just sticking to the public domain ones, if you want to submit much of the song's content: of course, you're free to make articles on all hymns and such so long as you don't violate copyright laws).
Now, I'll assume you meant public domain hymns in the first place. Public domain hymns printed in copyrighted hymnals are 'sometimes' questionable, seeing as editors can often add/change a significant amount of content. If there isn't much change between the original and the version in the hymnal at hand, though, it should be fine to use, but please, do the research. In most cases, though, I don't think anyone will complain about these, seeing as they don't usually say they've been edited in the first place, but it's a really good idea to be safe here, in my opinion. Also, there is the need to verify that they are public domain, and state how (usually through an early publication).
SongBird-2 wrote:
I am currently working on the following LDS, RLDS, Church of Christ, etc. hymnals . . .
What kind of work are you doing on them, exactly? I'm curious.
