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No access to the journals of the "Royal Society of Chemistry" (RSC)

I should currently have access to the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Gold collection including several scientific journals - as also indicated on my Wikipedia Library landing page. When I attempted to access an article published in the RSC journal "Energy and Environmental Science" that should be included, I could not access the content, i.e., the content was beyond the paywall. Are there any known changes or problems? Kind regards, Espresso robusta (talk) 19:53, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

@Espresso robusta Thanks for the heads up, looks like our access has lapsed. Unfortunately we haven't heard from our contact there in a little while so I'm not sure how quickly this will be resolved, but we'll do what we can. I'll flag this access issue in the library for other users. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 15:05, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your efforts! Best wishes, Espresso robusta (talk) 18:30, 9 February 2023 (UTC)

On the bright side, that journal has a 25 % open access preservation rate, vs. a 15 % average for RSC, so you might have good luck by using Unpaywall in your browser. :) Nemo 20:24, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

The British Newspaper Archive access

The link to the BNA doesn't provide access as such, it just has a "go to site". The site doesn't recognize Wikipedia. Can you look into this, thanks? Procureur2014 (talk) 08:50, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

@Procureur2014 When your application was approved you should have received an email containing a voucher code to use on BNA's website along with instructions. Can you double check whether you received it? Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 13:53, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

I may have the same problem as Procureur. After my application was approved, I never received any email regarding a voucher code. Could the email please be re-sent to me? Thanks, Cobblet (talk) 21:29, 17 August 2023 (UTC)

@Cobblet Sent! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 01:56, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the quick response! The code worked perfectly. Cheers, Cobblet (talk) 03:49, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Springer doesn't work

It seems to me that Springer doesn't work. --Kogge (talk) 17:51, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Seems to be working for me - what's not working for you? Nikkimaria (talk) 02:21, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Oh, now it works for me, too! But the individual papers or books are displayed incorrectly. As if you have to pay for it, the titles are yellow, and a lock can be seen. So it seems, you can`t download them. But when I click on the titels I can download them. Confusing. --Kogge (talk) 06:29, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Niemeyer, Steiner

For me as a contributor in linguistics, the publishing houses of Niemeyer and Steiner would be important (in addition to De Gruyter). Wasn't it possible to get them on board? --Freigut (talk) 16:56, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Rock's Backpages

Rock's Backpages has been unavailable for a while now. Will TWL ever be subscribing to it again? —Bruce1ee^talk 09:32, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

It appears to be available again. My access has been renewed. —Bruce1ee^talk 07:15, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

Can't access newspapers.com

How do I find out why and fix the problem?Vchimpanzee (talk) 22:57, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

How do I subscribe to Newspapers.com?

How do I subscribe to Newspapers.com? It isn't listed when I click "Available Collections".

Please ping me when replying as I may forget to check back here. Softlavender (talk) 00:42, 11 June 2023 (UTC)

@Softlavender Are you sure it's not there? I can see it listed in my Available Collections, and we haven't changed anything recently. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 08:24, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

It hasn't worked for me either for months. It doesn't recognize my login anymore. On the list of my available databases it has a little note: "Service Information - Ongoing work may impact access T322916" Dan Carkner (talk) 16:49, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

Hmm-- I read further up and under the section "Newspapers.com - level of access change" the proposed link works. I guess logging in the way I used to doesn't work anymore and I didn't realize it. Dan Carkner (talk) 16:51, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

How does 'Suggest a collection' work?

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere. I was looking at the Suggest a collection page, and there's no indication of when each suggestion was made, if the collection holder had been contacted, or if it had been declined. Would it be possible to add additional information so we can see how long those suggestions have been there for? Or just some information on what the process is? Thanks Jimmyjrg (talk) 04:10, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

@Jimmyjrg Thanks for the suggestion - I agree this is an opaque process. We've tried at various times to develop a system for providing clearer updates on how and when partner suggestions are progressing. Unfortunately this hasn't been feasible to keep up with due to how the partnership process goes. We are constantly attempting to make contact with dozens of different requested organisations. Many times our emails go entirely unanswered, sometimes we get through to someone but they don't know who to pass our request on to, sometimes we get into lengthy discussions which lead nowhere, and occasionally we actually get through to signing an agreement. Because of all the repeated communication and dead-ends it hasn't been particularly satisfying for anyone involved to keep trying to provide community updates on each request. We're only a small team, with one person leading the partnerships, and it would take a substantial amount of our time to provide updates on each of these requests. How long a request has been sitting on the suggested page isn't particularly instructive because it doesn't mean that we can't or won't get access to that collection, we usually just haven't been able to make the right connection with someone at that organisation to get a partnership underway yet.

All that said, what I can say is that all of these suggestions are combined alongside internal priority rankings, and we're constantly sending off emails, attending events, and having conversations, to try to add new collections to the library. So please do add new suggestions and upvote the ones you're interested in, because this helps us rank our priorities! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:49, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt reply! That makes sense, and it's more for curiosity than necessity so it's not the most important thing to tackle. I guess the other thing that could be good would be to show rejected suggestions? But again, it's not a major issue. Thanks again. Jimmyjrg (talk) 10:46, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

@Jimmyjrg: You might get to know more tomorrow if you join DCW Conversation Hour. @Samwalton9 (WMF) would be giving a live demonstration in the conversation. Best regards, ─ Aafi @ DCW (^talk) 16:57, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Unfortunately that's 1am for my timezone. But if it's recorded I'll take a look later. Jimmyjrg (talk) 23:23, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF) and @Jimmyjrg: The recording can be viewied from the Conversation Hour webpage linked above. ─ Aafi @ DCW (^talk) 17:30, 10 July 2023 (UTC)

Thank you! Jimmyjrg (talk) 00:06, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

FindMyPast voucher not working?

I just got approved for FindMyPast via the Wikipedia library. I signed up for an account and then went to the voucher URL as described in the email I got and entered the code frommy email. The message I got was "The voucher code entered doesn't seem to be working. Double check it has been entered correctly, it hasn't expired and you haven't used it before. If you are using a code to claim a discount rather than redeem a subscription, this can be activated here." I did double check the code. I'm not sure what my next steps are and any advice would be appreciated. Thanks. Jessamyn (talk) 15:13, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

@Jessamyn We just got a new batch of codes for FindMyPast as the previous ones didn't appear to be working. Please click the 'Extend' button in the library under FindMyPast and we'll assign you a new one. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:07, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

British Newspaper Archive

Hi, I applied for, and was granted, Wikipedia Library access to the British Newspaper Archive. However, between my last personal subscription expiring and receiving the details for Wikipedia Library access, I decided to resubscribe for another year. I haven't used the Wikipedia Library access code, so it can hopefully be reallocated to another editor. Many thanks, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 21:42, 28 June 2023 (UTC)

Can't access article at Taylor & Francis.

I've logged in to my TWL account and found the article I want (https://www-tandfonline-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/08998280.2022.2078636?scroll=top&needAccess=true&role=tab) but when I click the green "Read this article" button, it just gives me purchase options and asks me to login. What am I doing wrong? — The preceding unsigned comment was added by RoySmith (talk) 13:57, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

@RoySmith: TWL's subscription to Taylor & Francis doesn't cover all the articles in their database. —Bruce1ee^talk 07:31, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

Access problems Science Direct

Hi, possibly there are problems to access Science Direct (Elsevier) articles. I tried to download Cell and The Lancet papers, but I had no access to articles not published as open-access papers. These problems appear to exist for other Elsevier journals as well. Best regards, Espresso robusta (talk) 20:22, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

@Espresso robusta This issue has now been resolved. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:17, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Springer Link article

I am not able to access an article at Springer. I have accessed it a week ago using my TWL account but now it's not working. Mixmon (talk) 13:11, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

@Mixmon This issue is being tracked in T341854. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:00, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

The free Google historical newspaper search has returned

https://news.google.com/newspapers - This page never went away, but the search function there was severely limited for several years. It appears to be fixed now. The archived newspapers and magazines seem to range from the 19th century to around 2009, and coverage of some is very partial, but it is better than nothing. Hat-tip to Fred Shapiro on the American Dialect Society mailing list.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  21:29, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

ScienceDirect

I can not access any paywalled content/journals in ScienceDirect. This can be verified by entering a search term and clicking "Refine by: Subscribed journals" (only open access journals left). Should ScienceDirect be tagged as temporarily unavailable? JimRenge (talk) 06:49, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

@JimRenge This is now done - relevant Phab ticket is at T343883. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 01:57, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

@JimRenge Elsevier access has been restored! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:17, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! JimRenge (talk) 16:50, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

Access problem with De Gruyter

Access to the De Gruyter collection seems to be interrupted, since approx. 27. August 2023. De Gryuter indicates, that an "internal server error" did occur. This only happens when using EZProxy. So this seems to be related to an internal change at De Gruyter breaking access over EZProxy. Flyingfischer (talk) 07:18, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

HeinOnline

I am unable to access HeinOnline (via the main link). Could someone please check it and let me know whether it's an issue on my end or if HeinOnline is not functioning correctly? Cassjus (talk) 10:16, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi Cassjus, seems to be working fine for me - are you seeing an error? Nikkimaria (talk) 15:50, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Nikkimaria, I see ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS or ERROR_TIMEOUT :( Cassjus (talk) 17:00, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Cassjus, try clearing cache/cookies and see if that solves it? Nikkimaria (talk) 12:02, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Problem with FindMyPast

I have trouble with getting access to FindMyPast. I was approved in May, but did not get any access code for two months. Complaining in the application's discussion did not get any replies whatsoever. I finally made a renewal application in July and did get an access code, but it did not work. I did exactly as instructed: I created an account with FindMyPast, logged in, then went to https://www.findmypast.co.uk/voucher, entered the code as instructed and clicked Submit. As a result, I only got an error message saying "The voucher code entered doesn't seem to be working." Two more complaints, but no reply. So I made another renewal application. Got the code yesterday, tried to redeem it today, again did exactly as instructed (see above), and got the same error message "The voucher code entered doesn't seem to be working."

Something must be fundamentally wrong here. But what? Why does this not work? I've gained access to some other sites through the Wikipedia Library, and those always worked. Rosenzweig (talk) 16:59, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

@Rosenzweig We've been having a number of problems with BNA and Findmypast voucher codes unfortunately, including having them all revoked and reinstated with a new batch. You're not the only one facing issues with Findmypast at the moment, so we're in contact with them again to investigate. Apologies for the confusion, there's only so much we can do when Findmypast keep telling us things should be working! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 14:48, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Samwalton9 Any news about this? I just found out today that I can't access newspapers.com anymore as well, so the "Wikipedia Library" experience is rather negative for me at the moment :-( --Rosenzweig (talk) 22:23, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

@Rosenzweig I'm frustrated about all the problems at the moment too. In terms of Findmypast/BNA the situation is potentially turning out to be more complicated than anticipated so we're trying to sort through this to provide clear information to folks. The Newspapers.com issue is being tracked at T322916. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 11:38, 4 October 2023 (UTC)

The British Newspaper Archive

Applied for access to this and was just granted, thanks, but I'm having trouble accessing the collection; searches work ok but when I try to click on hits it redirects me to a page inviting me to make an account. Am I doing something wrong? Espresso Addict (talk) 23:58, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

@Espresso Addict Did you receive an email from us with instructions on how to redeem your voucher code? It seems a number of users have been either missing these or not receiving them for some reason. Could you check your spam folder if you don't see it in your inbox? Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:10, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, Samwalton9 (WMF) -- Ah, found e-mail, activated voucher but it still seems to only be offering me the 3 free articles that go with its basic free login? Espresso Addict (talk) 17:51, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

@Espresso Addict Hm, that's odd. We're just trying to clarify how these codes should work with BNA because they recently told us they should be activated via the Subscribe page instead, but that seems to require entering payment information. We'll update when we know more. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 15:32, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

JSTOR failures

I know there is a JSTOR article at https://www.jstor.org/stable/29742494. When I'm logged into JSTOR via TWL, this article does not show up in search results. When I manually change the URL to https://www-jstor-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/29742494 I get (after a captcha) the preview of the article, but the notice "Your institution does not have access to this journal article on JSTOR."  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  04:48, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Same with this one https://www-jstor-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/26915030 except I did find it through searching via TWL (path: general TWL search, producing a results list: https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/results?vid=0&sid=e344959a-c373-4063-93fc-efcb186bdcbb%40redis&bquery=Seanchas%2BArdmhacha&bdata=JmNsaTA9RlQmY2x2MD1ZJnR5cGU9MCZzZWFyY2hNb2RlPUFuZCZzaXRlPWVkcy1saXZlJnNjb3BlPXNpdGU%3d then clicking on the result for this item, going to https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=0fe9d9b4-080a-480c-bb6a-54cb9e6697c9%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=144274505&db=a9h and from there clicking on "JSTOR full text").  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  04:55, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

But the JSTOR link for this one works: https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=0&sid=f43d385b-a69e-438c-ac6e-ab4f55051439%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=118764707&db=a9h - So, I'm not really sure what's going on here.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  06:05, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

And this one failed. Most of the ones I try don't work. https://www-jstor-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/30007350  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  09:22, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@SMcCandlish Thanks for flagging this, it looks like there's an archival collection that we don't have access to, and we haven't matched this up properly in EBSCO Discovery Service (the search software we use). We've updated the JSTOR description and are going to ask them if we might be able to include this content. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 13:57, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Thankee. That'll be grand if it works out, since it's a lot of important material, and there's no easy way on the user end to distinguish that blocked content from JSTOR material we do have access to. Each attempt at access is just a total crap-shoot.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  14:23, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

"Archival" sounds about right to me. I am mostly getting this problem with older material, like this one, not with brand-new journal articles. Rather frustrating, because this older material is of much lower intellectual property value to begin with, and hardly needs this sort of pay-walling. I don't know who JSTOR thinks is going to pay cash for a book review from 1944.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  04:32, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Newspaper.com&archive

Hey there. I had access to Newspaper.com and Newspaperarchive, however now that I have changed my device, I have completely forgot my email and/or password (I'm not even sure which part did I forget). Is there any way in which I can reaccess my account, or create a new one? Gerald Waldo Luis (talk) 10:36, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

@Gerald Waldo Luis Unfortunately that's out of our hands - without proof that the old account belonged to you (presumably impossible now that you can't log in to it) we have no way to verify the link between the accounts, so you'll need to follow any on-wiki advice available to you to recover your account, if possible. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 13:10, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Miramar Ship Index

I got an email saying that my application for the Miramar Ship Index has been approved (thank you for that) and I followed the instructions given (create a 7 day trial account and enter "The Wikipedia Library" into the field "organization"). But now, when I try to log in, I only get the message that my account has expired and I should purchase a paid subscription. What can I do? Jossi2 (talk) 16:33, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

@Jossi2 Thanks for the heads up - we'll look into this and get back to you. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 16:12, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

JSTOR login

Hey. I've only recently got access to the Library and tried JSTOR as my first database. When I go to the JSTOR site through the link, there's a top banner saying "Access provided by Wikipedia", but that doesn't seem to give any additional functionality. When I try to sign in via institution with Wikipedia, I get "Although Wikipedia participates in JSTOR, we were unable to provide you with a way to log in remotely. Check your library's website for access info or contact your librarian who manages JSTOR for your institution." There's another thread here about the Youtube video on how to use JSTOR for WP being private, but that doesn't help much besides learning that it's been a problem since at least that time. Spagooder (talk) 14:56, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

@Spagooder You noted that " When I go to the JSTOR site through the link, there's a top banner saying "Access provided by Wikipedia", but that doesn't seem to give any additional functionality" - if you try searching are you not able to access content? This is the intended method of access and should be working. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 16:12, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

New York Times

Is there a way to access specific New York Times articles for research on a topic? Kind regards, Grueslayer (talk) 04:53, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

@Grueslayer: ProQuest in The Wikipedia Library has several editions of The New York Times here. —Bruce1ee^talk 06:54, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Works! Thanks a lot! Kind regards, Grueslayer (talk) 09:39, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

"Wikipedia Library applications await your review" emails are belated

I review applications for some library resources. Usually I get an email every week or so. Today I got an email that said I had twelve applications and some of them were dating back to the 6th of October. I'm not sure how often it's supposed to drop me an email but this seems like maybe not often enough? I did check spam/trash, I hadn't gotten another email from Wikipedia since September. Jessamyn (talk) 14:31, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing that out. This is now in our radar and you can follow-up on its progress in: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T350184. SCardenas (WMF) (talk) 19:13, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

NewspaperArchive.com

Doesn't seem to let me in as a Wikipedian atm, anyone else have the same problem? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:47, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

We are aware of this issue and are working on it in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T349831. We have reached out to the NewspaperArchive.com team and are awaiting their response. SCardenas (WMF) (talk) 18:51, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:04, 31 October 2023 (UTC)

ProQuest

While searching the ProQuest database earlier today, I encountered the following error: "Available Product Permission Error. An error has been detected in the configuration of the account's product permissions. This is an error in the ProQuest account setup; please contact your library to report this error or contact ProQuest Customer Support to correct this issue." I also noticed that when I click "Access collection" from my Wikipedia Library home page, my browser no longer navigates to the ProQuest site; instead it says "This site can't be reached". Sunnya343 (talk) 06:07, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Now tracked at task T350303. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:49, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

I tried to reach a book digitized by the Royal Library Copenhagen and got We're sorry, your institution doesn't have access to this article through ProQuest. ProQuest seems the only way for non-residents of Denmark to access the digitized collections of the Royal Library. Could the ProQuest subscription be amended? --concord (talk) 14:38, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

JSTOR access

It's 6 months that JSTOR access on wikipedia library is unavailable (400 Bad Request, Request Header Or Cookie Too Large)... Are there any news? Friniate (talk) 13:53, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

The problem happens once I've accessed the Library and then I try to search for a title, at that point the page crashes and gives 400 error. Friniate (talk) 13:59, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

Have you tried clearing your cache/cookies? See here. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:05, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

I did multiple times and it didn't seem to work, although now I've tried with the incognito mode and it works! I don't understand why but thank you! XD By the way, EZproxy is also signalled as unsafe internet site by my antivirus, the access was blocked and I had to specifically say that I wanted to continue. It wasn't so until like 1-2 months ago, is it possible to do something about that? Friniate (talk) 12:11, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library now available as a link in Google Scholar

A quick announcement that you can now add The Wikipedia Library as a link from Google Scholar results! This should match our holdings and send you through the library's proxy, so if you find a result in Scholar that's in the library, you can get quick and direct access to it.

1. Go to https://scholar.google.com/ while logged in to a Google account.
2. Click the hamburger menu in the top corner and click Settings
3. In the 'Library links' menu, search for Wikipedia
4. Check the box next to "The Wikipedia Library - The Wikipedia Library"
5. Click Save.
6. You should now see "The Wikipedia Library" links next to applicable search results.

One minor issue with this is that the first screen you'll end up on from the results page will usually error, and you need to click the "open the page in a new window" link at the top. We're looking into this to see if we can resolve the problem. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 16:50, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Do those links take precedence over open access links like scholar.archive.org? If so this sounds like a regression. Nemo 07:09, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Ok, I've checked myself: in at least one case, they didn't (before and after). Nemo 07:15, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

It looks like the error I noted in my first message has now been fixed. Please let me know if it reoccurs. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 17:14, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

OCLC Classify is being discontinued

I have been using the OCLC Classify service to add OCLC work identifiers to books on Wikidata. Today I read at https://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ that "Classify is being discontinued on 31 January 2024." Is there any plan to give Wikidata editors access to one of the replacement services to find OCLC work identifiers? Daask (talk) 18:18, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

@Daask Thanks for bringing this up - we'll look into it. Has this been discussed anywhere on Wikidata in a way that I could get a sense of how important this is? Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:30, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

May need a bot

I found out that when we use newspapers.com as a source we should create a clipping and link to it. However, when I did that, JPxG corrected my link. I asked this person what the procedure was and got no response. But if I copy the link to the clipping directly, I am asked to sign in, and I guess the objective is to allow anyone, signed in or not, to see the clipping.Vchimpanzee (talk) 22:24, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

See en:w:Wikipedia:NEWSPAPERSDESCHMUTZ; www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org should be changed to newspapers.com. The proxy link doesn't let people view the clippings unless they're logged into TWL and have active n.com subscriptions, so while it's still possible to cite them, it's far less helpful. The browser extension I wrote to cite these pages fixes these URLs automatically, and otherwise there's an AWB script (at the deschmutz link). JPxG (talk) 22:33, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I'm getting "syntax error". Also, what do I do with the script?Vchimpanzee (talk) 23:03, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Generally speaking you should never use any of the links coming from The Wikipedia Library, unless you suspect the URL itself is citable (as opposed to the work it carries). See also, for the English Wikipedia, w:en:Wikipedia:Citing sources#Convenience links and w:en:Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Say where you read it. Nemo 07:01, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

But we are asked to provide a link to the clipping.Vchimpanzee (talk) 17:06, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

If you cite a proxied link on the English Wikipedia I believe Citation bot should come along and correct it - elsewhere you should ideally cite non-proxied links in the first place. I appreciate that's unfortunately a cumbersome process. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:32, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

How exactly do I do that once I create a clipping?Vchimpanzee (talk) 17:18, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Two options:

1. After making clippings within the library, navigate to newspapers.com outside of the library, log in to your Newspapers.com account, and go to your clippings and copy the URL(s) from there.
2. As JPxG explained above - change www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org in the URL to newspapers.com.

Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:46, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

American Journal of Urology

Is this journal accessible via any of the current scientific/medical databases available in the Wikipedia Library? Muzilon (talk) 08:14, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

@Muzilon Unfortunately we don't think we have this one. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 14:06, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): After some digging, I've found that older issues of w:The Journal of Urology are available via ScienceDirect, but in 2019 the journal was transferred to w:Wolters Kluwer - which the Wikipedia Library does not have access to, as far as I can see. :( Muzilon (talk) 19:30, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

@Muzilon Ah, that's a shame. Wolters Kluwer is on our priority list but unfortunately we haven't had much luck getting them into the library yet. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:56, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

TLS

I'd hoped to be able to access the TLS (formerly the Times Literary Supplement) via Gale, but apparently it's not available there. Or am I missing something? Muzilon (talk) 03:14, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia Library emails are currently broken

Tracked in Phabricator:
Task T347512

This is a quick notice to let you know that Wikipedia Library email notifications are not currently working as intended. You may not receive emails such as application approvals or access instructions until the issue is resolved. We will endeavour to manually re-send emails on a regular basis but apologise if the service isn't reliable over the coming weeks. We're exploring some other options for notifying users, such as using Echo notifications and directing users towards information in the library, and we'll let you know when we have opportunities for input into those potential solutions.

If you have any questions or expected to receive an email that you didn't, please let me know. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:36, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Unable to validate login credentials

When I try to search the library, I get the error message:

We are unable to validate your login credentials. Please contact your institution for assistance. Please note, Referring URL authentication may have been prevented by antivirus or privacy control software. [Authentication Error Code 103]

at https://search-ebscohost-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?bquery=Foo&lang=en&custid=ns253359&groupid=main&profid=eds&scope=site&site=eds-live&direct=true&authtype=url

I have tried disabling Privacy Badger, to no effect. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:22, 8 December 2023 (UTC)