Hey folks!

For Open Access Week 2018 we're running the Wikipedia Library's OAbot.org campaign again. OAbot is a simple tool that helps you find a paywalled citation on Wikipedia and add a free-to-read linked version in the reference.  Here's how you can help:

1) TRY THE TOOL YOURSELF
Just follow the steps at  OAbot.org.  This one is self-explanatory.  You can see where you fall on the leaderboard here: https://tools.wmflabs.org/oabot/stats

2) SPREAD THE CAMPAIGN ON SOCIAL MEDIA (SAMPLE MESSAGES YOU CAN USE):
  • Many hands make light work. Clear the backlog of paywalled citations on @Wikipedia without a free-to-read alternative link. OAbot.org
  • What's better than a citation on @Wikipedia? A citation you can access, read, and verify. Make it happen: OAbot.org
  • This OAweek, make a dent in the scholarly universe by making just one @Wikipedia citation free-to-read. Our OAbot.org tool will show you a reference and help you add it to Wikipedia. Try it out!
  • Wikipedia can only truly share the sum of human knowledge if people can read its references! Make our shared mission reality by adding free-to-read links into paywalled citations using OAbot.org!
  • What if every scholarly reference on @Wikipedia included a link to a free-to-read version, preprint, or author-hosted manuscript? You can make it happen with OAbot.org!
  • We think we've found an open access version of an article cited on Wikipedia! Can you review our guess and edit @Wikipedia to include a link to it? OAbot.org
  • Imagine if every citation on @Wikipedia was free to read. You can get us closer to that goal with OAbot.org!
  • OAbot.org has made nearly 6,000 citations accessible to @Wikipedia readers. Can we double that this year? tools.wmflabs.org/oabot/stats
  • A recent study found that 60% of scholarly citations on @Wikipedia are *not* free for readers to access. Let's change that with OAbot.org
Good hashtags to include: #openaccess #oaweek #wikicite.  If you could please share just one of these in the next week from your social media account it would amplify the campaign all over the world.

Thanks for helping make Wikipedia more reliable and more verifiable for everyone!

Best,
Jake Orlowitz
Wikipedia Library
Wikimedia Foundation