I don't if I agree with "just citing" the newspaper article. Why not push for resolvable citations if we have the technology? There is not much value in a citation if you can't access the source to verify, don't you think?
On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 6:38 AM Wynand van der Walt <wynli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I like what Andy is doing, As a librarian, however, an alternative would > be to only cite the newspaper without the URL as this analog citation would > be valid, meaning just cite the newspaper article. > > Regards, > > Wynand van der Walt > Head Librarian: Technical Services > Rhodes University Library > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 7:28 PM Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> > wrote: > >> On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 at 16:44, PWN <pariswritersn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I’m constantly encountering newspaper articles that have disappeared >> from Google and >> > are no longer viewable or even discoverable via Google. >> > They are often the sole reference url for statements, yet are behind a >> paywall - notably >> > newspapers.com. >> > How is the community handling the paywalling of historical newspaper >> resources? >> >> Whenever I cite something on Wikidata, or Wikipedia, I submit a copy >> to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine using the add-on for >> Firefox: >> >> https://github.com/jonathanmccann/archive-url-firefox-addon >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikidata mailing list >> Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > Wikidata@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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