I understand where you are coming from Mike, but I'm a bit stumped by it at
the same time. Do you apply the same logic to editors using expensive print
books they happen to have access through to some sort of connection or
other privilege? I often think about this in the opposite way, wrestling
information from behind paywalls into the open, I don't know how I feel
about anything that would discourage that.
On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 17:49, Mike Peel <email(a)mikepeel.net> wrote:
Hi all,
While the Wikipedia Library is definitely great at providing editors
resources to find more information to Wikipedia articles - it does also
have the drawback that it makes it much harder for readers to verify
that information. It can even cause problems for other editors who
haven't opted to join it, when they are working on the same articles as
those that have.
Have the issues this creates for readers been documented/discussed
somewhere by the Wikipedia Library team? Do the tools point towards
where the information might be publicly available outside of the
Library? (I've seen some references being added that I could find
publicly available through some googling.)
I can't complain too much about this, since it's sadly generally how the
world works - particularly coming from the academic side where I don't
even see most journal paywalls from my work internet connection.
However, I think it's also important to have a balanced viewpoint here,
particularly since we're much more on the side of open access than
encouraging links to closed access resources.
Thanks,
Mike
On 24/1/22 15:39:43, Todd Allen wrote:
Excellent work. Thanks to all who worked on this
project and made it
happen.
Todd
On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:10 AM Sam Walton <swalton(a)wikimedia.org
<mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org>> wrote:
Hi all,
We've just published a blog post summarising the new features and
functionality available to active Wikipedia editors in The Wikipedia
Library:
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-…
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https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-…
The Wikipedia Library is a tool providing active Wikipedia editors
with free access to otherwise-paywalled resources, including
journals, books, newspapers, magazines, and databases. Over the past
5-10 years the library has built up a large collection of content
from a wide range of publishers.
In the past couple of years we've been finalising the centralised
Wikipedia Library tool used for accessing all this content:
https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/
<https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/>. I'm really pleased to
announce that we've finished work on some long-requested and planned
features which make it really simple to use!
The library now has:
* Proxy-based authentication for direct access of resources
without a secondary login
* A centralised search feature for browsing multiple collections
from one place
* An on-wiki notification to let editors know about the library
when they have crossed the eligibility threshold (rolling out in
stages throughout January)
As the project I first joined the Wikimedia Foundation to work on
years ago I'm personally thrilled that we've finally been able to
deploy all these features!
If you're eligible to use the library (500+ edits, 6+ months
editing) you can jump in and start using the library straight away.
We're now working on expanding and diversifying the content
available in the library, so let us know on the suggestions page if
there are collections you want us to make available:
https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/
<https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/>
If the tool isn't currently localised into your language, you can
translate it on TranslateWiki:
https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform
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https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform
We're planning to host some Office Hours, which will be a chance to
get a walkthrough of how to use the library, as well as discuss your
research needs and requests for new collections with the team. Look
out for more on that in the coming weeks.
--
Sam Walton
Product Manager, The Wikipedia Library
swalton(a)wikimedia.org
<mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org>
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