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The Past Masters database is a collection of definitive scholarly editions of canonical authors' work published by InteLex Corporation. Each work includes an extensive introduction, editorial commentary on textual editing choices, and footnotes contextualizing the work. They vary in depth and type from text to text.
We have access to two of their ten collections in this initial pilot: The Women Writer's Collection and The Religious Studies Collection. We expect the sources to be useful for individuals interested in expanding the articles about individual works by the authors in the collection and the biographies of the authors as well as the women's, philosophical and religious topics in which the authors were engaged.
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Requirements[edit]
- You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on English Wikipedia or on your home wiki linked from your application; (see Special:Preferences)
- You have an account that is a minimum of 6 months old
- You have a minimum of 500 edits to the encyclopedia
- You are active in content generation, research, and/or verification work
If you don't quite meet the experience requirements but think you would still be a strong candidate for access, feel free to apply and you may be considered.
Expectations[edit]
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 Past Masters website they are accessing
Approved editors will not
- Share their account logins or passwords with others
- Mass scrape or mass download Past Masters content
- Systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of restricted content available for any purpose
- Datamine metadata without permission, in order, for instance, to use metadata for auto-created stub articles
- Use the access provided through the Pilot for any commercial purpose
Private and confidential information
- You will need to have a confirmed email address to participate. You understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia Library, and Past Masters. While Wikipedia Library coordinators are volunteers (not employees or contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation or Past Masters), they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.
Citation[edit]
- Editors should always provide original citation information, in addition to linking an Past Masters article, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT
- Editors should not provide bare links to non-free Past Masters pages
- Editors should note "(subscription required)" in the citation (either through the "|subscription = " variable in {{cite book}} or {{subscription required}}), where appropriate
- Make sure to include a direct link to works entry on the public facing site.
Example
<ref>{{cite book |last=Shelley | first=Mary Wollstonecraft | authorlink=Mary Shelley | title=The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814–1844|edition=electronic | editor1-last=Feldman | editor1-first=Paula R. | editor2-last=Scott-Kilvert | editor2-first=Diana | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-57085-608-2 | publisher=InteLex Corporation | location= Charlottesville, Virginia, US | subscription=yes |url=http://www.nlx.com/collections/110}}</ref>
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (2004). Feldman, Paula R.; Scott-Kilvert, Diana, eds. The Journals of Mary Shelley, 1814–1844 (electronic ed.). Charlottesville, Virginia, US: InteLex Corporation. ISBN 978-1-57085-608-2. (subscription required (help)).
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