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Baylor University Press is a publisher of academic e-books primarily in religious studies and the humanities. For more information see their website.

There are up to 30 accesses available to Wikipedians through this partnership.

Requirements

• 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 do not already have access to this resource through another library or institution

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

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;

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
• Mass scrape or mass download Baylor 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.
• Violate any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the Baylor website they are accessing.
• Display individual excerpts of content greater than 500 words.

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• By applying to the Program, you understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, The Wikipedia Library, and Baylor. Wikipedia Library organizers contracted under the Wikimedia Foundation will abide by the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy and associated confidentiality agreements. Volunteer representatives of the Wikipedia Library are neither employees nor contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation (or Baylor), but they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation

• Editors should always provide original citation information in addition to linking to Baylor resources, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT.
• Editors should not provide bare links to restricted Baylor pages
• Note (subscription required) in the citation, where appropriate
• Respect the copyright of Baylor, in accordance with Wikipedia's copyright policy and their terms of use
• Cite resources in line with the citation examples provided below or with the examples provided by Baylor

Note that citation styles vary by article; editors can use the style most appropriate to the articles they are working with so long as the citations are complete.

Example

{{cite book|last1=Leithart|first1=Peter J.|title=Gratitude : an intellectual history|date=2014|publisher=Baylor University Press|isbn=9781602584495}}

• Leithart, Peter J. (2014). Gratitude : an intellectual history. Baylor University Press. ISBN 9781602584495. 

Further participation

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• Add {{Wikipedia:Baylor/Userbox}} to your user boxes. This helps us share our project with other experienced users.

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Add yourself at the bottom of the list with a line starting with #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}}) followed by an explanation of why you would like access to this resource. It is a good idea to include in your application text your editing areas benefited by access and examples of your commitment to content creation.

1. Lingzhi (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Although I have a PhD, I live and work in a place with very limited access to English-language resources...Currently doing a total, top-to-bottom rewrite on the surprisingly inadequate article on Bengal famine of 1943 in my personal sandbox; shooting for FA in a month or so. After that will be scouting for new topics, perhaps with a humanitarian bent... Also help out with many friends on FA drives (seem to often be involved in painting/visual arts, but am open to any academic field).  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 01:04, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

   @Lingzhi: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:10, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

2. Prof tpms (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am editing the English Wikipedia extensively and I need constant access to good reference material on humanities. --Prof TPMS (talk) 11:05, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

   @Prof tpms: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:10, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

3. Skylax30 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Editing mainly in the Greek and occasionally in the English WP. I have transferred some parts of English articles to Greek. Interested in Greek and European history and religion, religious conflicts in East Europe and Middle East etc. I suppose in Baylor I can find lots of literature on byzantine and post-byzantine history of Greece and Eastern Europe.

   @Skylax30: You'll need to set a valid email address in your Preferences - can you please let me know once you've done so? Nikkimaria (talk) 18:10, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

   OK, I set an email address.--Skylax30 (talk) 23:37, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

   @Skylax30: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:12, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

4. StAnselm (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Over 100,000 edits and hundreds of articles created, specialising in religious studies. StAnselm (talk) 23:00, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

   @StAnselm: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:10, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

5. Gilgamesh (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) i am an active editor in the field of history with numerous articles on this subject. some of my articles are featured articles in the hebrew wikipedia. i use academically based research papers to enrich my articles with good quality material and i will use the access granted to me for this purpose. Gilgamesh (talk) 06:43, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

   @Gilgamesh: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:12, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

6. Mitchazenia (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) – I am a 10-year editor of the humanities, mostly history, transportation history, but I am also a graduate student of History at Western Illinois University. I would be able to use it to find research that I can use in Wikipedia and my own research. Mitch32^{(I can have oodles of charm when I want to.)} 17:33, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

   @Mitchazenia: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 18:23, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

7. Arjunkrishna90 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I actively edit English Wikipedia especially in Hindu Mythology , Religion and Spirituality topics. I need access to good reference material to improve the quality and standards of articles. Arjunkrishna90 (talk) 04:31, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

   @Arjunkrishna: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:31, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

8. Mhhossein (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I'm an active editor of the project. I've created some dozens of articles and have promoted two articles to GA level. My main interest, as shown by my contributions, are political and religious issues. Reliable sources regarding religious topics are very needy here. Having access to "Baylor University Press" would be excellent and will enable me to enhance the quality of those articles I edit. Mhhossein (talk) 07:29, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

   @Mhhossein: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 20:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

9. Amqui (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I wrote several GA on the French Wikipedia and many of my contributions are in the religious topics. Amqui (talk) 17:48, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

   @Amqui: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:34, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

   @Nikkimaria: I filled the Google form, but I still have received nothing yet, is it normal? Amqui (talk) 16:54, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

   @Amqui: No, you should have already gotten a response - could you please send me an email? Nikkimaria (talk) 17:26, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

10. Jfhutson (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Two FAs using WPL materials, specialize in religious studies. --JFH (talk) 01:51, 1 September 2016 (UTC)

    @Jfhutson: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 12:06, 2 September 2016 (UTC)