I use the NYPL databases for press that is paywalled pretty consistently. The subscription required tag is long and unwieldy aesthetically (my opinion) so I have guiltily given up using it. I have been hoping for a better smarter icon so I'm very happy to support this effort in any way possible.
It's also frustrating to use DOI links and know they are paywalled -- but at least they usually populate the bibliographic info well in a Cite journal template. I would love there to be an icon there too. I ran into this recently when I was updating Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress' en Wikipedia entry. I only got the scrubbing of the citations done -- haven't really added much additional content yet. Very dismaying so many library-related items are locked up. It might be a good example page seeing as Hayden is very high profile here in the U.S. -- and it would make an elegant OA case.... :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Hayden Just thinking out loud here. I will Endorse whatever is proposed wholeheartedly. It can only be an improvement. And would reinforce support and arguments for Open Access. Love it! Best, - Erika > On Apr 6, 2017, at 7:49 AM, Daniel Mietchen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks both. > > Yes, we should keep trying to move this forward, both by way of adding > free-to-readness icons (as Antonin et al. are doing) and by importing > into Wikisource as much as possible of the openly licensed literature, > such that people become more aware of reusability. > > Lots of past discussions on these topics, but not so much community > enthusiasm overall. Latest example: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Citation_Style_1#Adding_a_license_parameter > . > > The "subscription required" icon is one of the oldest in this space: > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Subscription_required&action=history > > Cheers, > d. > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Antonin Delpeuch (lists) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Aubrey, >> >> About the signalling: we have worked to integrate OA locks into the >> citation templates, so that people can signal which source or which >> identifier is free to read or behind a paywall. >> >> For instance, in a {{cite journal}} template, you can use >> >> |doi=10.4204/EPTCS.244.2|doi-access=free >> >> to signal that this DOI is open access. >> >> It is not clear if the broader Wikipedia community really wants this >> signalling however, so the project is stalled by the outcome of the >> following RFCs: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_135#Access_locks:_Visual_Design_RFC >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_135#Access_Locks:_Citation_Template_Behaviour_RFC >> >> About finding OA versions of papers, there is a proposal for a bot that >> would add OA links to citations (using the same metadata sources as >> unpaywall and the OA button): >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/OAbot >> >> Here is an example of the sort of edits it performs: >> https://tools.wmflabs.org/oabot/edits/2017-02-26T23:00:26.058245_765290719_Autocorrelation.html >> >> If anybody wants to get involved in the coding of this bot, that would >> be much appreciated. I can give access to the Git repo and the Tools lab >> account. >> >> Pintoch >> >>> On 06/04/2017 10:14, Andrea Zanni wrote: >>> Hi everyone. >>> After the great meeting that some of us had in Berlin, >>> I'd like to ask again what can we do to revive the "signalling open >>> access" project¹. >>> For those who don't know it, the idea was to put an icon beside links in >>> references, on Wikipedia, expressing >>> * if it's behind a paywall >>> * if it's free-to-read >>> * if it's free to reuse >>> >>> There are already great projects who find OA-versions of articles >>> online, like Unpaywall² or Open Access Button³. All their code is open >>> source and also the indexing of OA articles, so I'm sure there is room >>> for collaboration. >>> >>> I've also noticed that, right now, on Wikipedia, you can have a >>> "subscription required" icon beside some references. Is someone involved >>> in the that upgrade? >>> >>> Aubrey >>> >>> ¹ >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_OA-ness >>> ² http://unpaywall.org >>> ³ https://openaccessbutton.org/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenAccess mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenAccess mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess > > _______________________________________________ > OpenAccess mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess
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