Comments on: JSTOR provides free access to Wikipedia editors via pilot program

By: Steven Walling

Steven Walling — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:24:28 +0000

Hi Peter, As you can see from the hundreds of requests for access on English Wikipedia, Wikipedians do not consider this a joke or an offense. Exactly the opposite.

By: Peter Troxler

Peter Troxler — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:33:00 +0000

“100 of the most active Wikipedia editors with free access to the complete archive collections on JSTOR” … is a joke, flat-out, and an offense to anybody considering seriously contributing to Wikipedia. This appears like Wikipedia staff getting caught in corporate social responsibility program spin. “Thank you” for l*** the a*** of those guys whose interest it is to hide information behind paywalls and ivory tower constructs.

By: Intersect Alert November 26, 2012 | SLA San Francisco Bay Region Chapter

Intersect Alert November 26, 2012 | SLA San Francisco Bay Region Chapter — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:36:18 +0000

[...] JSTOR provides free access to Wikipedia editors via pilot program One of the challenges facing the volunteer editors of Wikipedia is finding reliable sources to use as reference material – in our [Wikipedia's] last editor survey, 39 percent named this as one of the largest problems hindering their contributions. To address this issue, the Wikimedia Foundation is collaborating with JSTOR, a service of the not-for-profit organization ITHAKA, to provide 100 of the most active Wikipedia editors with free access to the complete archive collections on JSTOR, including more than 1,600 academic journals, primary source documents and other works. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/19/jstor-provides-free-access-to-wikipedia-editors/ [...]

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By: faride hosseinkhani

faride hosseinkhani — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:03:51 +0000

thanks for your attention to volunteer

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Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:22:54 +0000

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By: Rosemary Powers

Rosemary Powers — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:14:54 +0000

This is very exciting, and both honors the work of the volunteer Wikipedia editors with access to data they need, and expands the reach of JSTOR scholarship through its use by these volunteer scholars. My students and I both thank you for all your work.