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Account Coordinator: TBD

Example Publishing is a (describe resource here, listing what topics the resource covers, its size, and any important details about the partnership. A link to the publisher's online catalogue is helpful.)


Requirements

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  • You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on this Wikipedia; (see Special:Preferences)
  • You have a Wikipedia account that is a minimum of six months old
  • You have made a minimum of 500 edits to the encyclopedia
  • You are active in content writing, research, and/or verification work

Expectations

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Approved editors may:

  • Search, view, retrieve, and display portions of restricted content
  • Electronically save portions of restricted content
  • Print out single copies of portions of restricted content
  • Comply with any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the Example Publishing website they are accessing

Approved editors will not

  • Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
  • Mass scrape or mass download content on Example Publishing
  • Systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of restricted content available for any purpose
  • Mine data or content without permission, in order, for instance, to use metadata for auto-created stub articles

Private and confidential information

  • You will need to have a confirmed email address to participate.
  • By applying, you understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, The Wikipedia Library, and Example Publishing. While Wikipedia Library coordinators are volunteers (not employees or contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation or Example Publishing), they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation

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  • Editors should always provide original citation information, in addition to linking a Example Publishing source, per verifibility and good citation practices.
  • Editors should not provide bare links to non-free Example Publishing pages
  • Editors should use consistent citations, preferably either in the TWL recommended citation below.

Example

<ref> {{cite journal |title=Examplism: The growing use of examples in the modern age|author=Examplis, Ex|url=http://www.example.com/|year=1995|journal=Journal of Examples|volume=6|issue=1|pages=65–78}}</ref>

Further participation

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Here are a few ways you could help The Wikipedia Library effectively leverage this partnership:

  • TWL is interested in having guest bloggers. Guest blogging gives the opportunity for both The Wikipedia Library and Example Publishing to profile our partnership, and it gives the guest bloggers a new platform to share their editing experience with others (which is good for the Wikimedia community).

Applications

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Add yourself at the bottom of the list with a line starting with the number symbol (#) and your username, followed by an explanation of why you believe the access would be beneficial to you.
  1. User:Example: I have written many good articles about x, y, and z in the past year. I would like access so I can write more high-quality articles on topics 1, 2, and 3.