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== Wiki doi is a covert advertising instrument ==

For a discussion of what is in my view a gross violation of our core principle [[Wikipedia:NOTADVERTISING]], please see [[Template talk:Citation#Wiki doi is a covert advertising instrument!|HERE]]. [[User:Gun Powder Ma|Gun Powder Ma]] ([[User talk:Gun Powder Ma|talk]]) 11:47, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

:Interesting read now archived at [[Template talk:Citation/Archive 4#Wiki doi is a covert advertising instrument!]]. [[User:Graeme Bartlett|Graeme Bartlett]] ([[User talk:Graeme Bartlett|talk]]) 05:01, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

::Indeed. Good comments by [[User:Anthonyhcole]], who confirmed the issue, and [[User:Gun Powder Ma]], who raised the issue. It's a pity we still don't have the bot [[User:Rjwilmsi]] proposed that adds free-access URLs to for any DOI citation where such content available for free. Annoyingly, <nowiki>{{cite journal|doi=10.2174/1570159X14666151109103147}}</nowiki> ({{cite journal|doi=10.2174/1570159X14666151109103147}}) produces a doi.org link that redirects [http://www.eurekaselect.com/136734/article here - a commercial site] that does a really shitty job of indicating that the full article is available for free: Even if, after going there, I click on "Rights and Permissions" '''and''' fill out a form, the fact that the content is free is still hidden from me! How misleading! By contrast, following {{pmid|26549651}}(<nowiki>{{pmid|26549651}}</nowiki>) I see "FREE", in red, alerts me to the status, and even better, at {{pmc|4825944}} (<nowiki>{{pmc|4825944}}</nowiki>) we find the whole article and the license.'' We shouldn't be directing people the way we do as if this drawback doesn't exist. I added a citation somewhere to the above-cited article, and when I went back to look at the article again, using the citation I'd added, was angered when I found the citation I'd added was directing me at a sleazy, misleading paywall. I [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ADigital_Object_Identifier&type=revision&diff=744087384&oldid=742197720 edited accordingly]. --[[User:Elvey|<fontspan colorstyle="burntorangecolor: #b00000;">Elvey</fontspan>]]^{([[User talk:Elvey|t]]•[[Special:Contribs/Elvey|c]])} 01:31, 13 October 2016 (UTC)''

::I don't think we should use DOI when it links to a paywalled version of an open access page. I added this to this project page. [[User:Mikael Häggström|Mikael Häggström]] ([[User talk:Mikael Häggström|talk]]) 05:14, 11 October 2017 (UTC)