*T: Wikipedians can now get free access to the British Newspaper Archive for their article work, via the @WikiLibrary https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/22/expanding-local-history-wikipedia-library/
*T: How the @WikiLibrary enabled a UK Wikipedian to explore "a local history mystery" and write an article about it: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/22/expanding-local-history-wikipedia-library/ *FB/G+: "When I got [British Newspaper Archive] access through the Wikipedia Library, I saw it as an opportunity to explore a local history mystery raised by several people who had been apprentices with the engineering firm of Sir James Farmer Norton & Co Ltd at Adelphi Ironworks in Salford. ..." How Wikipedia editors benefit from free access to reference material via The Wikipedia Library. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/22/expanding-local-history-wikipedia-library/ -- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
