ʻO Wikisource kahi waihona kikohoʻe pūnaewele o nā kumu kikokikona manuahi ma ka wiki, i hoʻohana ʻia e ka Wikimedia Foundation. ʻO Wikisource ka inoa o ka papahana holoʻokoʻa a me ka inoa no kēlā me kēia laʻana o kēlā papahana (e hōʻike pinepine ana kēlā me kēia laʻana i kahi ʻōlelo ʻokoʻa); Nui nā Wikisources i ka papahana holoʻokoʻa o Wikisource. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka papahana e hoʻokipa i nā ʻano kikokikona manuahi a pau, ma nā ʻōlelo he nui, a me nā unuhi. Hoʻokumu mua ʻia ma ke ʻano he waihona no ka mālama ʻana i nā kikokikona mōʻaukala pono a koʻikoʻi paha (ʻo kāna kikokikona mua ʻo ka Declaration universelle des Droits de l'Homme), ua hoʻonui ʻia a lilo i hale waihona puke maʻamau. Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka papahana ma Nowemapa 24, 2003 ma lalo o ka inoa Project Sourceberg, kahi pāʻani ma ka Project Gutenberg kaulana. Ua lawe ʻia ka inoa Wikisource ma hope o kēlā makahiki a loaʻa iā ia kona inoa inoa ponoʻī ʻehiku mahina ma hope. Paʻa ka papahana i nā hana i loko o ka lehulehu a i ʻole laikini manuahi; nā hana i paʻi ʻia e ka ʻoihana a i ʻole nā ​​palapala kumu mōʻaukala, ʻaʻole nā ​​huahana lapuwale; a hiki ke hooiaioia. Ua hana mua ʻia ka hōʻoia ma waho, a i ʻole ma ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka hilinaʻi o nā hale waihona puke kikohoʻe ʻē aʻe. I kēia manawa, kākoʻo ʻia nā hana e nā scans pūnaewele ma o ka ProofreadPage extension, ka mea e hōʻoia i ka hilinaʻi a me ka pololei o nā kikokikona o ka papahana. ʻO kekahi mau Wikisources pākahi, ʻo kēlā me kēia mea e hōʻike ana i kahi ʻōlelo kikoʻī, i kēia manawa e ʻae wale i nā hana i kākoʻo ʻia me nā scans. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o kāna hōʻiliʻili ʻana he mau kikokikona, ʻo Wikisource ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa e hoʻokipa ana i nā pāpaho ʻē aʻe, mai ka comics a kiʻiʻoniʻoni a i nā puke leo. Hāʻawi kekahi mau Wikisources i nā hōʻike i hana ʻia e ka mea hoʻohana, e pili ana i nā kulekele kikoʻī o ka Wikisource i nīnau ʻia. Ua hoʻohewa ʻia ka papahana no ka pau ʻole o ka hilinaʻi akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia e nā hui e like me ka National Archives and Records Administration.