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::::::::::::Ah alright sounds good. The thing that bothers me is without that I can just use my citation tool to use a template other than "cite journal", but with the script I have to use cite journal (which might not work if I'm trying to get info from a paywalled source) ― [[User:Blaze Wolf|<b style="background:#0d1125;color:#51aeff;padding:1q;border-radius:5q;">Blaze&nbsp;Wolf</b>]][[User talk:Blaze Wolf|^Talk]]<sub title="Discord Username" style="margin-left:-22q;">Blaze&nbsp;Wolf#6545</sub> 14:14, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

:::::::::::::Oh, that's a really good point. I use the citation toolbar quite a lot when editing too, and I forgot that that's not there in the form. Hmm, that probably needs to be resolved somehow before deploying this. [[User:DanCherek|DanCherek]] ([[User talk:DanCherek|talk]]) 14:17, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

== Move discussion in progress ==

There is a move discussion in progress on [[Wikipedia talk:RR (disambiguation)#Requested move 19 May 2022|Wikipedia talk:RR (disambiguation)]] which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. [[User:BilledMammal|BilledMammal]] ([[User talk:BilledMammal|talk]]) 05:50, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

== Suppressed edits ==

Does anyone know why the edits between 18:21 August 16, 2022 and 10:37 August 17, 2022 on [[WP:RX]] were suppressed? I can't see what the edits were and I can't see who it was who suppressed them. —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 14:55, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

:It was related to this section: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request/Archive_137#Sign of the Sun video game source request]]. [[User:DanCherek|DanCherek]] ([[User talk:DanCherek|talk]]) 14:59, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

::OK, I see it. Thanks. —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 15:15, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

== British Newspaper Archive ==

A few days ago, I noticed that the [[British Newspaper Archive]] recently reestablished a relationship with [[WP:TWL|The Wikipedia Library]]. I applied, and received access today. Thought I would mention it here; it is the frequent topic of requests, and an extremely valuable source to which others have perhaps long wished (as I have) to have access. Plenty of subscriptions are still available. Now, if only there were a way to clip articles... --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 20:03, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

== Question regarding ProQuest ==

Whilst not a request per say, I figured this resource oriented page would be the best place to ask. I am wondering if the ProQuest historical newspapers are included as part of the free access through Wikipedia Library. I would specifically like access to the Chicago Defender archives. Is it possible for me to access this resource with my basic level library access? Thanks in advance.

Thanks, [[User:Gandalf the Groovy|Gandalf the Groovy]] ([[User talk:Gandalf the Groovy|talk]]) 17:09, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

:Pinging [[User:Samwalton9 (WMF)|Samwalton9 (WMF)]]... —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 17:29, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

::{{u|Gandalf the Groovy}} Thank you so much for this. I have been asking for years for access to all of the [[Associated Negro Press]] which is a special collection within Proquest. Nice to have another voice encouraging adding this collection. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 17:33, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

:::Unfortunately, it seems Proquest has all the Black oriented newspapers while Newspapers.com does not have many. [[User:Gandalf the Groovy|Gandalf the Groovy]] ([[User talk:Gandalf the Groovy|talk]]) 17:40, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

::::That's true, {{u|Gandalf the Groovy}}. My research shows that the The Associated Negro Press/Barnett Collection which is held by the Chicago History Museum Research Center was digitized by Proquest and is a part of their History Vault Module, "Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle". A response from Sam Walton and Jake Orlowitz on 8 October 2018 was that our ProQuest agreement didn't include the collection but that they would work on it. The best I can suggest at this time is to search the ''Pittsburgh Courier'' in Newspapers.com or the Baltimore ''Afro-American'' in Newspaperarchive.com, unless of course you are in Chicago. For me, I'm in Mexico, so it's a wee bit far to go. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 18:06, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

:::::I've also been pushing for ''All Africa'' as well. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 18:08, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

:@[[User:Gandalf the Groovy|Gandalf the Groovy]] We currently have access to ProQuest Central, Literature Online, the HNP Chinese Newspaper Collections, and the Historical New York Times. We've asked about Historical Newspapers in the past but because the request had to go to a different department than the one we're typically dealing with they weren't able to get any traction. They did note we should ask again in a year or two and I last spoke to them about this in late 2021, however, so I'll see about bringing it up again. [[User:Samwalton9 (WMF)|Samwalton9 (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Samwalton9 (WMF)|talk]]) 10:09, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

::{{u|Samwalton9}} I do appreciate the difficulties and that you are continuing to try to get us access to this collection. So frustrating that it is so difficult. Fingers crossed that this time it might work. Thanks! [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 19:05, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

== DCW Conversation Hour July 2023 ==

Hello all, I want to share with you all that [[:m:Deoband Community Wikimedia|Deoband Community Wikimedia]], a recognised affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation is organising its upcoming conversation hour on 9 July 2023 and it relates to the Wikipedia Library. This might be of interest to you all and it might allow you to directly interact with the speaker, Sam Walton, from the WMF, who is of course an admin on this Wikipedia in his volunteer capacity. Please check with [https://hour.dcwwiki.org/ this website]. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me. Best regards, ─ [[User:TheAafi|<span style="color:SteelBlue">The Aafī</span>]] [[User talk:TheAafi|<span style="color:#80A0FF">(talk)</span>]] 13:41, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

:Hello, this is happening tomorrow at 15:00 UTC. Please check with [https://hour.dcwwiki.org/event/dcw-conversation-hour-july-2023/ event page] and know more about the conversation. Best regards, ─ [[User:TheAafi|<span style="color:SteelBlue">The Aafī</span>]] [[User talk:TheAafi|<span style="color:#80A0FF">(talk)</span>]] 16:55, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

== JSTOR ==

Maybe I'm missing something, but I have never yet been able to access JSTOR content via my Wikipedia library login. Though I am logged into the latter, when I follow the link to JSTOR it seems to think I am not logged in. An "Access provided by Wikipedia" banner is displayed, as are "register" and "login" links, but the content of articles is not visible. Can anyone advise, please? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 12:28, 12 July 2023 (UTC)

:That's odd. Do you have an example of an article you cannot access at JSTOR via The Wikipedia Library? [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]]) 01:43, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

{{od}}

* {{Cite journal |ref=none |no-tracking=yes | issn = 0270-8604| volume = 24| issue = 1| pages = 54–55| last = Criswell| first = Cloyd M.| title = A Note on Mr. F. Roberts Johnson's Line Drawings for "Hamlet"| journal = The Shakespeare Association Bulletin| accessdate = 2023-07-12| date = 1949| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/23675324| jstor = 23675324}}

This one. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 11:23, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

:If you're logged into TWL for JSTOR, the article you need is [https://www-jstor-org.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/23675324 here] [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]]) 18:40, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

::I am logged in to TWL. When I follow your link I get "register" and "login" links, but the content of the article is not visible, as I described above. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 18:46, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

:::There should be a download button as well before the article text. You might need to contact [https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/contact/ TWL] to let them know the issue. [[User:MrLinkinPark333|MrLinkinPark333]] ([[User talk:MrLinkinPark333|talk]]) 19:15, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

== Requests we can't handle ==

There's a few requests on the page that have just been left open for a while that I don't think we can really fulfill (mostly asking for really large, unspecified page ranges). Should we just leave them until they get auto-archived? If there's no chance of them being filled, should they just be archived now? [[User:Eddie891|Eddie891]] <small>''^{[[User talk:Eddie891|Talk]]} _{[[Special:Contributions/Eddie891|Work]]}'' </small> 21:50, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

== Please remember to mark {{tl|resolved}} ==

{{ping|LouisAragon|Sammielh|GlatorNator|WhisperToMe|SusunW|jlwoodwa|Bookku|Alaexis|Smuckola|PaleoNeolitic|Nyttend|Tintor2|0mtwb9gd5wx|Apoxyomenus|Vortex3427|Dympies|TrangaBellam|Beeblebrox|Temerarius}}

The resource request page has ballooned to its largest size ever, in part because many requestors may have overlooked one instruction: "Once a request has been fulfilled, add the {{tl|resolved}} template [to your request section]". That's how the archiving bot knows to remove your request from the active list. It's also important because it makes it easier for volunteers to fill the requests that are still outstanding. Please review your open requests and update any you can. --[[User:Worldbruce|Worldbruce]] ([[User talk:Worldbruce|talk]]) 05:36, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

:{{u|Worldbruce}} none of my 3 requests were actually resolved. 2 didn't even had a response, but I cleared 2 assuming that they couldn't be found, even though I'd like to have them. I left the most recent one open. I appreciate what y'all do to find sources, especially since I have no access to a library at all and don't want to slow down your processes in helping others. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 06:24, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

::Hi, @[[User:SusunW|Susun]]. What were the two you cleared? I have a pretty robust library system and might be able to track them down. [[User:Eddie891|Eddie891]] <small>''^{[[User talk:Eddie891|Talk]]} _{[[Special:Contributions/Eddie891|Work]]}'' </small> 16:16, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

:::Hi {{u|Eddie891}} one was for Dumont which Worldbruce found and sent, the others were for Bogdanović. It's in archive 151 [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request/Archive 151#Probably will need inter-library loan.]] I really appreciate you trying to help Eddie891. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 16:32, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

::::I just requested those two and will update as I hear back. [[User:Eddie891|Eddie891]] <small>''^{[[User talk:Eddie891|Talk]]} _{[[Special:Contributions/Eddie891|Work]]}'' </small> 17:30, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

:::::You are a gem {{u|Eddie891}}. Please ping me if you find them. I truly appreciate the help. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 21:50, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

::::::@[[User:SusunW|SusunW]], Just sent what should be the first source. [[User:Eddie891|Eddie891]] <small>''^{[[User talk:Eddie891|Talk]]} _{[[Special:Contributions/Eddie891|Work]]}'' </small> 17:39, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

:::::::Thank you so much {{u|Eddie891}}. I got it and appreciate the help. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 17:44, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

::::::::@[[User:SusunW|SusunW]], your other request should be sent as well. [[User:Eddie891|Eddie891]] <small>''^{[[User talk:Eddie891|Talk]]} _{[[Special:Contributions/Eddie891|Work]]}'' </small> 17:54, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

:::::::::{{u|Eddie891}} You are the best! Thank you so much. Looks pretty detailed. I appreciate your help. [[User:SusunW|SusunW]] ([[User talk:SusunW|talk]]) 18:27, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

:Done. I'd suggest setting up an automated archiving of sections after 30-60-90 days of inactivity. [[User:Alaexis|Alaexis]]_{[[User_talk:Alaexis|¿question?]]} 06:35, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

:Mine was also not resolved. [[User:Temerarius|Temerarius]] ([[User talk:Temerarius|talk]]) 16:33, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

:Thanks for finding the item for me. Until your response, my request was still outstanding. [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 21:44, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

:Thank you for the reminder! I received two of the three articles. [[User:WhisperToMe|WhisperToMe]] ([[User talk:WhisperToMe|talk]]) 21:00, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

== Page activity/size ==

Wondering if anyone has impressions on activity on this page now vs in the past, or the how the average time for a request to be answered has changed. I doubt the exact statistics themselves exist, just curious. [[User:Eddie891|Eddie891]] <small>''^{[[User talk:Eddie891|Talk]]} _{[[Special:Contributions/Eddie891|Work]]}'' </small> 15:28, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

:One can get an idea of page activity and size from [https://xtools.wmcloud.org/articleinfo/en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request]. We didn't always have automatic archiving set up, which may partly explain the anomalously large size in 2015. My recollection of 2012-2014, which are no longer displayed on the graph, is that they were lower than 2015 in edits and size. The disruption of COVID-19 in 2020-2021, including the closing of most libraries, had a dampening effect on requests. The creation of the [[WP:TWL]] bundle has probably reduced requests somewhat, and improved fulfillment speed. My sense is that the average time for a request to be resolved has remained fairly constant, but that's hard to track. --[[User:Worldbruce|Worldbruce]] ([[User talk:Worldbruce|talk]]) 18:01, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

:: That's an illuminating list of most prolific editors; thanks for the link. --[[User:Usernameunique|Usernameunique]] ([[User talk:Usernameunique|talk]]) 03:00, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

:::Huh, that's a lot of my name showing up there... [[User:Jo-Jo Eumerus|Jo-Jo Eumerus]] ([[User talk:Jo-Jo Eumerus|talk]]) 13:07, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

== Brainstorming ways to make RX more productive while reducing load on volunteers ==

In discussions on a tangentially related topic (building repositories of book citations at the incipient {{tl|Reflib}} project), {{u|Mike Christie}} came up with a great idea for RX, based on leveraging some of the ideas that are going into building Reflib into a system that could turbocharge productivity at RX, while simultaneously reducing load on volunteers. This is just an idea at this stage, but I wanted to involve RX asap to see what you think and get your feedback. You may be aware that some users maintain lists of their own home library holdings as a user subpage, for example, [[User:Mike Christie/Reference library|this one]]. I only just learned of this list, though it's been around for years, and it's not the only one out there. So Mike's idea, and I hope I'm representing it correctly, is to somehow centralize, or import, all these user lists into a data repository of some sort which would be available to RX for search purposes, and to help fulfill user RX requests by linking them up with users holding the requested book.

Without saying anything at this point about how this would get built, let's imagine that we take a short ride in Doc's DeLorean, and when we step out, the system is finished and ready to go.{{efn|As far as the "magic ride" part, this may be ambitious, but it is not pie in the sky; there's nothing cutting edge or even particularly difficult here. It can all be done, it's mostly just a question of volunteer ability and time, and how ambitious we want to be in defining what it should do. We don't need a SQL db for this; flat files and a few templates or a Module will do. If this gets huge, an indexer to create book ⟶ user reverse index from user ⟶ list of books would help, but that's 10-15 lines of Python, and maybe it exists already in some Lua Module.}} Now, when someone comes to RX with a request, either we look it up in the system and return a list of holders of the book, or maybe we just notify holders of the active request for the book being sought. (Thinking about privacy/outing issues here, and whether we want to deal with that.) The DNA of RX would change somewhat, so that instead of members of RX acting mostly as servers who watch incoming requests and serve up books to requesters themselves, RX would become more of a platform or intermediary, connecting requesters with servers (book holders) in the central repository, with RX members maintaining and improving the platform and getting notified automatically when some request matches a book in their library. In theory, over time this could goose the productivity of RX a lot, as the size of the repository grows by importing more and more lists of user reference libraries, which in turn, will make it more interesting for users to come search here and increase the likelihood of a successful match. There will always be a need for the traditional RX book-serving function, because no repository will ever have everything. Mike, please jump in and correct anything I missed or got wrong.

I came into this by the side door, so to speak, namely via the {{tl|Reflib}} project, which is not about building repositories of books, but rather building repositories of [[Help:CS1|CS1]] and [[Help:CS2|CS2]] citations in given topic areas. But there's a clear parallelism between the two ideas, and the two projects could each benefit by linking with the other, improving the user experience even more. Someone applying to RX for a given book might be connected to the book holder and at the same time also get a link to a preformatted citation for the book so they wouldn't have to write it themselves. Someone coming to {{tl|Reflib}} looking for some good sources on [[Template:Reflib/Ancient seafaring|Ancient seafaring]], would come away with a few pre-made citations, and maybe also a notification informing them that one user has book A, and three users have book B, with links to the RX platform to discuss the book. So, that's it in a [coco]nutshell; would love to hear your thoughts about this, whether you like it or don't, and if you do, what you think the functionality ought to be. [[User:Mathglot|Mathglot]] ([[User talk:Mathglot|talk]]) 08:21, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

:That's a lot of words but I'm all up for making resources easier to find. I have my own library ([[User:HJ Mitchell/Library]]) inspired by Mike's and would love for it to be more discoverable. [[User:HJ Mitchell|<b style="color: teal; font-family: Tahoma">HJ&nbsp;Mitchell</b>]] &#124; [[User talk:HJ Mitchell|<span style="color: navy; font-family: Times New Roman" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?</span>]] 10:21, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

:This sounds like a proposal to make [[WP:SHARED]] more efficient. A searchable repository would make the personal libraries easier to use, but we've already got a catalog of 2.7 billion items in 72,000 libraries - WorldCat - a catalog that Wikipedia editors don't have to maintain.

:It's swell that volunteers are willing to share their personal libraries, but most of what's in them is already easy to obtain. Consider, for example, the first book in each of the first three major sections of the fine [[User:HJ Mitchell/Library]]: {{ISBN|9780950996745}}, {{ISBN|9780080370989}}, and {{ISBN|9780755316335}}. Two of the three are available to any editor for almost instant checkout at archive.org. The third is held by 53 WorldCat libraries. One would think that some RX volunteer would be able to access one of the locations easily, even if not quite as easily as HJMitchell. The books RX has real difficulty with are those that aren't in WorldCat at all or are very thinly held. Take for example, current requests for two specific years of the ''Dobson High School Yearbook'', or {{ISBN|9789994400249}}, held at only three WorldCat libraries. It's highly unlikely that those sorts of books are in any Wikipedian's personal library. --[[User:Worldbruce|Worldbruce]] ([[User talk:Worldbruce|talk]]) 16:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

::I bet it could be more workto enter your entirelibrary than the current system. ([[User talk:Buidhe|t]] &#183; [[Special:Contributions/Buidhe|c]]) '''[[User:buidhe|<span style="color: black">buidhe</span>]]''' 16:51, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

:This is an interesting idea, and I'm not saying it shouldn't be implemented. However, we have to ask: How many requests at REX could have been answered by these resources faster than they were answered here? How many editors who aren't active at REX would be willing to handle random requests to scan their personal libraries? How do we keep this list up to date with who is active and inactive? I live within a 10 minute walk of a library with several million items and have full access to it. It's not practical to list all of those in the way you're suggesting, yet I may as well own them for how quickly I can pop over and scan a section. [[User:Eddie891|Eddie891]] <small>''^{[[User talk:Eddie891|Talk]]} _{[[Special:Contributions/Eddie891|Work]]}'' </small> 18:17, 15 December 2023 (UTC)

=== Notes ===

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== Header image and awkward self-required disclaimer ==

So, since the resource is abbreviated "RX" and is meant to be scholarly and informative, ℞ is a natural symbol to gesture towards—but due to an overabundance of caution, the page seems to feel a need to first joke about providing medical advice, and then disclaim that it does not. I'm not against the page having a wordmark of some kind, but it feels like this image could just be removed from the page, it's awkward. [[User:Remsense|<span style="border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F;color:#fff">'''Remsense'''</span>]][[User talk:Remsense|<span lang="zh" style="border:1px solid #1E816F;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;padding:1px 3px;color:#000">留</span>]] 21:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

:I find it amusing, honestly. But my sense of humor is sometimes a bit out of the mainstream, so if others think it's just corny, I don't have a problem with getting rid of it. [[User:Extraordinary Writ|Extraordinary Writ]] ([[User talk:Extraordinary Writ|talk]]) 21:58, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

::Likewise, if other people enjoy it, I don't mind keeping it. It doesn't bother me. [[User:Remsense|<span style="border-radius:2px 0 0 2px;padding:3px;background:#1E816F;color:#fff">'''Remsense'''</span>]][[User talk:Remsense|<span lang="zh" style="border:1px solid #1E816F;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;padding:1px 3px;color:#000">留</span>]] 22:34, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

== {{u|Cluebot III}} is very fast... ==

...and I had very little time to publicly thank {{u|Zero0000}}. Zero might not mind, but I feel this (lack of public thanking) does not promote a proper culture. I feel I am being rude. To extend it further, it is kind of dehumanizing, since thanking is part of human nature. (I know, I am over over stressing to make a point). Can someone change its settings? [[User:Cinadon36|<b style="display:inline; color:#008000;">Cinadon</b>]][[User Talk:Cinadon36|<b style="display:inline; color:#c0c0c0;">36</b>]] 19:52, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

:@[[User:Cinadon36|Cinadon36]]: Cluebot will only archive requests that have been tagged with {{tl|Resolved}}. I see that [[User:Zero0000|Zero0000]] tagged the request [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AWikiProject_Resource_Exchange%2FResource_Request&diff=1210090629&oldid=1210067383 here], presumably after sending the article to you. The bot then archived the request 14 hours later [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AWikiProject_Resource_Exchange%2FResource_Request&diff=1210207726&oldid=1210195062 here]. —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 22:36, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

== Archive delay ==

It seems like ClueBot hasn't been archiving the page for quite a while. [[User:Jo-Jo Eumerus|Jo-Jo Eumerus]] ([[User talk:Jo-Jo Eumerus|talk]]) 15:40, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

== access to latter day saints material on https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/ ==

I don't know if materials there are appropriate as references (Paying $1 Million to have access is acceptable , becoming a member of a church to have access isn't) Specifically the entries in [https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/c3269069-3991-42ec-943b-2300825586c4/0?view=browse&lang=engLambda Delta Sigma and Sigma Gamma Chi collection, 1936-2000] , ideas?[[User:Naraht|Naraht]] ([[User talk:Naraht|talk]]) 17:08, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

:OK, I found how to get an account. May be some things on the site that I can't get access to as a non-member, but we'll see.[[User:Naraht|Naraht]] ([[User talk:Naraht|talk]]) 17:24, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

::@[[User:Naraht|Naraht]]: This question has been raised at the reliable sources noticeboard [[Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_436#Churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fscriptures_for_pronunciation|here]] and [[Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_417#Is_this_newsletter_from_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-Day_Saints_a_reliable_source_for_figures_in_Mormon_handcart_pioneers|here]]. Otherwise you can ask about it at [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard]]. —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 17:33, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

:::Sources pulled from here would probably be primary sources for facts like the official colors for the Fraternity/Sorority, pictures of fraternity pins and the locations for chapters. For these type of facts, generally primary sources from the Greek Letter Organizations which are available to the public have been accepted. I think we might also be OK for lists of notable Alumni, also generally accepted from Primary public sources like Pledge Manuals. Oddly, the closest that some of it may come to things that the LDS consider scripture is Ephesians 6:10-18 (New Testament) in regards to the Armor of God.[[User:Naraht|Naraht]] ([[User talk:Naraht|talk]]) 18:03, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

== Newspapers.com access has been restored ==

... but you will need to apply for access the way it was before the proxy-based access was introduced. See [[m:Talk:The Wikipedia Library#Newspapers.com access is being restored!|TWL talk page]] for details. —[[User:Bruce1ee|Bruce1ee]][[User talk:Bruce1ee|^''talk'']] 17:24, 23 September 2024 (UTC)

== User:TheDiaboloBoy ==

Hey all. I don't want to overreact or make assumptions here, but I also don't want to underreact. User {{Np|TheDiaboloBoy}} has made a lot of requests here since 2023, and their account shows no mainspace contributions, which leads me to believe the resources they're requesting are not for the purpose of contributing to Wikipedia. I've [[User talk:TheDiaboloBoy#Requesting resources|brought this up]] on their talk page, but I want to leave a note for volunteers as well. (I've also linked to that talk page discussion on their open requests.)

Per the notes at the top of the request page, {{Tq|Individual editors are solely responsible for sharing copyrighted content and assume all legal risks.}} Personally, I will no longer be sharing copyrighted content with them, as the fair use exception doesn't seem to work if they're not contributing here, and I don't want to take on that legal risk. I suppose it's up to other volunteers whether you want to continue sharing resources with them. [[User:Bsoyka|<span style="color:#fff;background:#055;padding:.2em">'''Bsoyka'''</span>]] (<i>[[User talk:Bsoyka|t]] &bull; [[Special:Contributions/Bsoyka|c]] &bull; [[User:Bsoyka/Guestbook|g]]</i>) 21:11, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

== [[Liverpool University Press]] free journal issues online ==

Not sure if this is the best venue for this, but a heads-up: each year [[Liverpool University Press]] offers one free issue of each of its journals to read online. Approximately 40 journals are included across all subject areas, including some which have not traditionally had much academic treatment (the email I received today notes that an edition of ''Extrapolation'' is included, which is apparently "the first journal to publish academic work on science fiction and fantasy"). A new set of journals have been made available today: I'm not sure how long they stay up for, but probably not more than a year. I also don't know whether access is restricted to UK-based people or not. PDFs can be accessed/downloaded. See [https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/free-issues https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/pages/free-issues]. I'm not affiliated with LUP (I'm just on their mailing list) but I'm happy to assist with questions or with downloading things. <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">[[User:Hassocks5489|<b style="color: #00BFFF;">Hassocks</b>]][[User talk:Hassocks5489|<span style="color: #228B22;">5489</span><span style="color: #C71585;"><small> (Floreat Hova!)</small></span>]]</span> 15:26, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

:I am not UK based and I can access it, thanks for the cool resource! [[User:Justiyaya|'''<span style="color:#1d556d">Just</span>''']][[Special:Contributions/Justiyaya|'''<span style="color:#000000">i</span>''']][[User talk:Justiyaya#top|'''<span style="color:#6d351d">yaya</span>''']] 01:12, 20 February 2025 (UTC)