http://70.231.62.181/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=MyWiki%3AOpen_Access_%28archived_proposal%29 2026-04-22T14:49:03Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 http://70.231.62.181/index.php?title=MyWiki:Open_Access_(archived_proposal)&diff=15002407&oldid=prev 2013-10-13T04:32:08Z

<p>Peteforsyth moved page <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Access" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Open Access">Wikipedia:Open Access</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Access_(archived_proposal)" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Open Access (archived proposal)">Wikipedia:Open Access (archived proposal)</a> without leaving a redirect: unsuccessful proposal from a while ago need not occupy such a prominent link;will link from &quot;see also&quot; or similar from WikiPro...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{otheruses|Wikipedia:WikiProject Open Access}}<br /> <br /> {{rejected}}<br /> {{policy in a nutshell|align=center|Wikipedia articles should preferentially cite [[open access]] literature over closed- or toll-access resources of equivalent scholarly quality.}}<br /> <br /> Wikipedia articles should preferentially cite [[open access]] literature over closed- or toll-access resources of equivalent scholarly quality.<br /> <br /> Wikipedia articles can benefit from citing relevant [[open access]] scholarly materials, such as journal articles and doctoral dissertations. Conversely, open access resources can benefit from being cited in relevant Wikipedia articles.<br /> <br /> ==What is Open Access?==<br /> <br /> ==Benefits to Wikipedia==<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Improved [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability]], accuracy.&#039;&#039;&#039; (see also [[Wikipedia:Citing sources]])<br /> ** OA materials are more accessible<br /> *** See John Willinsky, [http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_3/willinsky/index.html &quot;What open access research can do for &#039;&#039;Wikipedia&#039;&#039;&quot;], &#039;&#039;First Monday&#039;&#039; 12(3) (March 2007).<br /> ** OA materials are likely to have greater longevity (since they can be freely copied/mirrored/cached/archived)<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Improved value as a [[Wikipedia:Researching with Wikipedia|research tool]].&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> ** for the reasons above<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Source of [[free content]]&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> ** see Gavin Baker, [http://blog.worldcampus.psu.edu/index.php/2007/09/05/open-access-journal/#why-4 Open Access Journal Literature is an Open Educational Resource: Journal literature as &quot;raw materials&quot; for re-use in free learning content], &#039;&#039;Terra Incognita&#039;&#039; (5 September 2007).<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Solidarity with the philosophy of open access.&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> ==Finding Open Access resources==<br /> ==Citing Open Access resources==<br /> <br /> ==Information for open access authors, journals, and archives==<br /> * What is Wikipedia?<br /> * Why would I want my work to be cited on Wikipedia?<br /> ** [http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_8/head/index.html Beyond Google: How do students conduct academic research?]<br /> * How can I make my work more findable to Wikipedians?<br /> * How I can encourage relevant Wikipedia articles to cite my work?</div>

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