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How does one go about suggesting a source to be added?

How can we reach out to folks running Misplaced Pages Library, so that they in turn reach out to archives/databases and such and ask them to join? There are some niche but useful paywalled archives I'd love to see added to the WL. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:46, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

@Piotrus: You can click 'Suggest a collection' to navigate to https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/suggest/, where we're collecting suggestions :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 11:37, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
Cool. Ping User:BOZ - if you can figure out how to request Pyramid content, we can ask there. The problem is I am not sure they even offer a subscription, just pdfs for sale... could still ask WL to ask them to give as a "free" account (with pre-purchased archival stuff?)? Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 10:24, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
If you're actually "collecting" suggestions on that page, then please moderate it for the love of god... The abundance of duplicates, copyvio site suggestions, and sites that are already in the library makes you go "Clearly no one's seeing this, why bother" and feel stupid to participate. Nardog (talk) 11:09, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
Is there a way to find out if Nederlands Soortenregister  is a partner in the project? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 11:12, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

Unpaywall – Find free versions of paywalled articles instantly

Unpaywall is a browser extension for Firefox, Chrome, and (inserting my plug here for the best browser out there:) Vivaldi, which places a little open padlock icon onto the paywalled page of the journal article you are interested in, and all you have to do is click it to access the free version of the article. If there's a free version out there, Unpaywall will find it; if not, it places a gray, locked icon on the paywalled journal article page. Techcrunch review here. (Mentioned before at TWL, but pretty much buried.) Try it out, it will save you tons of time searching for a free version of articles you are interested in. Mathglot (talk) 22:12, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

NewspaperArchive.com

Is something up with this partnership? I noticed that links to clippings there don't seem to be working--they landed me at a login page that didn't accept my current saved credentials (which usually work, I've used the site within the past week). When I checked "My Applications" at TWL, it doesn't show any past record of subscribing or renewing (which I know I've done annually for a while). BUT, weirdest twist yet, I can login by using the "access collection" button at TWL. But if use clippings from there, will anyone be able to access them? Doesn't seem like this will work for citations as it stands. Penny Richards (talk) 21:17, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Penny Richards, it's moved to no longer require applications; everyone who meets the minimum requirements has access automatically. You should still be able to go through Access Collection to save clippings - is that working for you? (You might need to strip out the proxy from the clippings link to make it accessible to everyone). Nikkimaria (talk) 03:13, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
I'll play with it. Good to know it's not just me, anyway, so thank you! Penny Richards (talk) 05:56, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

De Gruyter

Greetings!

I am still new to the Misplaced Pages Library, but shouldn't De Gruyter Journals be part of the collection?

I am trying to access the following source, but can't find my way to access the article anywhere:

Kearns, C. M. (2022). 7 Irigaray’s Between East and West Breath, Pranayama, and the Phenomenology of Prayer. Fordham University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823293148-008

Thanks a lot in advance to you good folks!

Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 15:29, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Jayaguru-Shishya, try here. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:10, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Nikkimaria! That worked like a charm! :-)
Cheers! Jayaguru-Shishya (talk) 17:15, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Newspaper archive page results redirecting to paper's home page

I have recently noticed that various newspaper archive links are redirecting to the newspaper's home page.

These pages are found via a Google search. But clicking on the link brings you to the homepage rather than the archived story. No Google cache seems to be available. And the pages are often not archived by the Internet Archive.

For example: 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-11-16-9311160038-story.html
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1998-10-26-1998299087-story.html

These newspapers both appear to be owned by Alden Global Capital and/or Digital First Media, if that's the problem. Note `ct-xpm` and `bs-xpm` in common in the URL slugs.

Is there any way to disable this redirect? Is anyone involved with the Misplaced Pages Library and/or Newspapers knowledgeable about this problem or able to alert the newspapers to this issue? Any better place on Misplaced Pages to post this question?

PK-WIKI (talk) 19:19, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

PK-WIKI, both of those links for me resolve to an actual article rather than the newspaper's home page - is it possible there is something unique to your setup that is causing the redirection? Or maybe the issue was temporary? Nikkimaria (talk) 03:09, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

10+ edits in the last month

Where did the 10+ edits criteria come from and what is its basis and purpose?

Been editing since 2011, have 23,600 edits, and am not blocked.

Took a three-week break from editing and now find myself ineligible to access the library (face palm).

I'd like to access the library in order to finish bringing Nonmetal up to FAC standard.

I'll now go and repeatedly knock my head on my study desk. Sandbh (talk) 07:55, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

@Sandbh: The Misplaced Pages Library is intended for use by Misplaced Pages editors to edit Wikimedia projects. The purpose of this criteria is to ensure that the people using TWL are actually active editors, rather than previously being an editor and then qualifying for free access to these resources forever, despite no longer contributing to Wikimedia projects. We think it's a fairly low bar to clear, and you can do so in a single day by making 10 edits and then attempting to login again :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:24, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
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