+1 to The Cunctator, this is wonderful. I used it thanks to the invite notification you sent to eligible users and it was super fast to get going. Kudos! On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:20 PM The Cunctator <cunctator(a)gmail.com> wrote:

A small step in the right direction... What is the difference between "My Collection" & "Available Collection"? Anupamdutta73 On Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 02:53 Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks all! Cunctator - As Juergen notes, the search tool does index some major open access repositories already. We've gone back and forth on including open access repositories into the tool more directly (i.e. listing them in 'My Library') because we weren't sure what criteria to use for listing a publication/website, we could imagine quite easily having an unwieldy list of a huge number of free-to-read websites that's difficult to navigate. For that reason we focused on the paywalled repositories for now. Curious to hear if folks have any ideas about how we could include an open access/free-to-read section which has reasonable boundaries. Anupam - "My Collections" are the resources which are available for you to access right now; by default you'll have a bunch here which are immediately accessible to all users. "Available Collections" are the additional resources which have a limited number of concurrent users; these you need to apply to access before they'll be added to "My Collections". Xavier - We're absolutely looking to diversify the languages covered by the library's collections! Once you're logged in please head over to https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/ and add any suggestions you have, or 'upvote' other suggestions. We get all the content for the library through partnerships and this list, among others, directly feeds into our prioritisation of which resources to pursue. Best, Sam On Thu, 20 Jan 2022 at 11:06, F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: -- Sam Walton Product Manager, The Wikipedia Library swalton(a)wikimedia.org

Hi Xavier, I think that's a great suggestion and something we had in the team's backlog. You can find the Phabricator ticket at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226804. The main page does detect the browser language, and will use that interface language if we have a translation for it ( https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform, though note https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T299898) On this topic, if anyone is interested in contributing to the library's codebase, it runs on Django (Python) and you can find guidance for setting up the tool locally at https://github.com/WikipediaLibrary/TWLight/wiki. Our team is very happy to support contributors :) Best, Sam On Sat, 22 Jan 2022 at 13:38, F. Xavier Dengra i Grau via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: -- Sam Walton Product Manager, The Wikipedia Library swalton(a)wikimedia.org

Hi Natacha, The interface is fully translated into French. You can change your language preferences by navigating to your profile ( https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/users/) and scrolling down to the Language preference. (As an update to my previous email, this link shows the status of all the supported languages: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Special:MessageGroupStats/wikipedia-library?… ) Best, Sam On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 at 12:01, Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: -- Sam Walton Product Manager, The Wikipedia Library swalton(a)wikimedia.org

This is the best. Thank you for persisting it making it not just useful but fantastic. :) On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Sam Walton &lt;swalton(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266

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 &lt;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-… > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/> > > 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 > <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> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/> > To unsubscribe send an email to > wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

I think it's something to bear in mind. Yay, more information on Wikipedia, and more information freely available to the world - but at the same time we tell our readers to use the references to verify the information, which they can't do if it's not openly available. I think the best thing is to reference things to sources everyone can access - if that's not possible, then use the closed links. But don't encourage closed links at the cost of open ones. Thanks, Mike On 26/1/22 18:20:57, Rebecca O'Neill wrote: > 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 &lt;email(a)mikepeel.net > <mailto:email@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 > &lt;swalton(a)wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org> > > <mailto:swalton@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-… > <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/> > > >  <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/ <https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/19/the-wikipedia-library-accessing-free-reliable-sources-is-now-easier-than-ever/>> > > > >     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/> > >     <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/> > >     <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 > <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform> > > >  <https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Wikipedia_Library_Card_Platform <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> > > > >     <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org <mailto:swalton@wikimedia.org>> > >     _______________________________________________ > >     Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > >     <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>>, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> > >     <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines>> and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > >     <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l>> > >     Public archives at > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/> > > >  <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/ <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/XW32I7VHKR5HIVNY3VG5SFT6NB2QIYTU/>> > >     To unsubscribe send an email to > > wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> > >     <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org>> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/JWBJZKVUGHSMAYDY4GFO7E4RWMOQANDT/> > > To unsubscribe send an email to > wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines> and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l> > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SBYDWMEERNAG5PPK4JESN7GIOIK6TJHS/> > To unsubscribe send an email to > wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org > <mailto:wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org… > To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave(a)lists.wikimedia.org

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:25 AM Samuel Klein &lt;meta.sj(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Strong +1. Summarization of proprietary sources helps to further broaden access to the facts stated therein (summarization of free sources is, of course, useful as well!). I'm not aware of a general wiki-style effort to summarize All The Things; if none exists, IMO this could be a great initiative for Wikimedia itself to take up, especially considering the need for summaries to be available in multiple languages. Warmly, Erik

Hi, As a follow-up to my previous email, The Wikipedia Library team will be hosting Office Hours next week! Time:* 10th February, 1pm-2pm UTC* ( https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1644498009) Link:* https://meet.google.com/ycm-rjos-oqc/ <https://meet.google.com/ycm-rjos-oqc/>* The Office Hours will be a chance for you to learn about how to get the most out of the library, ask us any questions that you might have, or request that we add certain content that’s of interest to you and your community. If there’s interest in future Office Hours we’d be happy to schedule more at another day/time. Looking forward to seeing folks there, Sam On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 10:34, Sam Walton &lt;swalton(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: -- Sam Walton Product Manager, The Wikipedia Library swalton(a)wikimedia.org