Wikipedia:SAGE Stats

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SAGE Stats
Sign up for free access to SAGE Stats (Accounts available)

Account Coordinator: TBD - Apply now!

Sage Publications is offering access to two statistics-related resources:

• SAGE Stats, a data platform containing social science data covering geographies within the United States and topics such as healthcare, crime, education, employment, religion, and government finances. For more information, see its website.
• US Political Stats collection, which provides data visualizations and research tools related to US Congress, the US Supreme Court, and the US Presidency. For more information, see its website.

There are 10 one-year accounts available to Wikipedians.

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 12 months old
• You have a minimum of 1000 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[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;

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
• Mass scrape or mass download SAGE Stats 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 SAGE Stats website they are accessing.

Private and confidential information

• 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 SAGE Stats. 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 SAGE Stats), but they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation[edit]

External video

SAGE Stats tutorial

• Editors should always provide original citation information in addition to linking to SAGE Stats resources, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT.
• Editors should not provide bare links to restricted SAGE Stats pages
• Note (subscription required) in the citation, where appropriate
• Respect the copyright of SAGE Stats, 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 SAGE Stats

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 web|title=Sotomayor Nomination – Confirmation (in Senate) by State|date=6 August 2009|accessdate=12 March 2015|work=US Political Stats|publisher=SAGE|url=http://library.cqpress.com/uspoliticalstats/document.php?id=141259,154876}} {{Subscription or libraries|s}}

• "Sotomayor Nomination – Confirmation (in Senate) by State". US Political Stats. SAGE. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2015.   (Subscription may be required or content may be available in libraries.)

Further participation[edit]

You can help The Wikipedia Library share this partnership:

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

Apply[edit]

What to expect with TWL account processing
	Make sure to read this before sending emails to account coordinators inquiring about your account status. Our current average account distribution cycle (from sign up to account access), is 27 days. We are working on improving this. Step 1: Application screening We will begin screening applicants within a few weeks of opening applications, usually as the number of applications approaches or exceeds the number of accounts available. At that time the account coordinator will place an {{Approved}} ( Approved), {{Unapproved}} ( Not approved)or {{ToBeDone}} ( Pending or waitlisted) status to your account. If you signed up after the initial call for applicants, process may not happen immediately if accounts are not available. Step 2: Email and Google Form After you have received approval for an account, you will be contacted via a Wikipedia email from the account coordinator; be sure to check your spam folder. The email will contain instructions for filling out a Google form with the required information for access. Step 3: Waiting for partners to activate accounts There are several steps of subsequent processing, including waiting for a batch of users to submit information, emailing partners, and waiting for partners to activate accounts. Expect this process to take as long as two weeks; we try to make it take less time, but there are a lot of variables at play. Step 4: Using access Once the account is activated either the volunteer coordinator or the partner will send you an email with access information. Follow the given instructions, and make sure to actively use your access to improve Wikipedia content! Changes coming soon We recognize this process can be frustrating and take a while: we think so too. We are in the process of developing a digital tool to make this process more user friendly and make it easier for us to give you access to partners. Interested in helping process accounts or coordinate Wikipedia Library activities? Apply at Wikipedia:TWL/Coordinators/Signup to become a volunteer account coordinator.
Stuck or need help? Try our IRC channel #wikipedia-library

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 what resource(s) you would like and for what purpose(s). It is a good idea to include in your application text your editing areas benefited by access to SAGE and examples of your commitment to content creation.

1. Lfstevens (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) - I work as a copyeditor with an emphasis on technology and believe that access to these journals will enhance my work and contribute to the encyclopedia. I have 10k+ edits on WP. Cheers! Lfstevens (talk) 16:25, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

   @Lfstevens: Can you explain how this particular resource will be useful to you? Nikkimaria (talk) 22:37, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

2. WeijiBaikeBianji (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have been watchlisting and occasionally editing articles about United States social science statistics, and this resource will help clean up those articles. I focus on high-page-view articles and have won or shared the Million Award for bringing IQ classification and English language up to good article status. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 18:42, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

   @WeijiBaikeBianji: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:37, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

3. Kopiersperre (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I'm active on replacing outdated diagrams by new, gnuplot-based ones. At Commons you can see the results. --Kopiersperre (talk) 15:20, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

   @Kopiersperre: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:37, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

4. Pass3456 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have made 16.000 global contribution. Created a lot of diagrams [1]. --Pass3456 (talk) 17:52, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

   @Pass3456: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:37, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

5. DaltonCastle (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am a veteran editor with a wide range of topics I write about. Chief among them are politics, political corruption, human rights, law, history, corporate finance, economics, & tech firms. I would love to have access to SAGE to provide additional resources for page creations! Let me know what more you need to know! Thank you for this opportunity! DaltonCastle (talk) 18:17, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

   @DaltonCastle: Not approved You do not appear to edit US-based topics, and these resources are specifically US-focused. Moreover, as these are statistical resources, they are most suitable for supporting data in existing articles, not as a basis for creation. MSJapan (talk) 04:23, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

6. Lourdes (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would like access to Sage Stats. I have created 26 articles, including 4 GAs and 5 DYKs and am working on Featured Content now. While till now my focus was sports related and cinema related, now I am about to start working on US related content. This would be really helpful in researching. Lourdes 01:49, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

   @Lourdes: Approved Expect an email shortly with further details. Nikkimaria (talk) 16:38, 10 September 2016 (UTC)