Wikipedia:RSC Gold

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RSC Gold
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Account Coordinator: Saehrimnir

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences". They publish a variety of scientific journals across all fields of chemical research. They have generously offered the use of 100 accounts to access all of the electronic resources available through RSC Gold ([1]), which include ebooks and journals. All initial accounts will be issued for a full year. The donation is part of the RSC's Wikimedian in Residence project; here is their announcement.

Requirements[edit]

• You are an active Editor on chemistry-related subjects (chemicals, chemist biographies, company histories, etc)
• You have an account that is a minimum of 6 months old
• You have a minimum of 500 edits to the encyclopedia
• You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on English Wikipedia or any other Wikimedia project; (see Special:Preferences)
• You are willing to disclose your real name and your email address (necessary for RSC Gold account setup) to the Royal Society of Chemistry
• You do not already have free access to RSC Gold through another avenue

Expectations[edit]

Account recipients are chosen based on signup date and content contribution to chemistry-related articles.

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 RSC website they are accessing

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
• Mass scrape or mass download RSC content
• Systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of restricted content available for any purpose
• Process data or datamine metadata without permission, in order, for instance, to use metadata for auto-created stub articles
• Display any copyrighted images or pictures which are in RSC works without permission of the RSC

Private and confidential information

• You will need to have a confirmed email address to participate. By applying, you understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, The Wikipedia Library, and the RSC. While Wikipedia Library coordinators are volunteers (not employees or contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation or RSC), they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

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 RSC Gold. 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 RSC Gold), 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]

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

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

<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Shorter |first1=J. |year=1978 |title=The conversion of ammonium cyanate into urea—a saga in reaction mechanisms |journal=[[Chemical Society Reviews]] |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=1-14 |publisher=[[Royal Society of Chemistry]] |jstor= |doi=10.1039/CS9780700001 |url=http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/1978/CS/cs9780700001#!divAbstract |format= |accessdate=26 November 2014 |subscription=yes}}</ref>

• Shorter, J. (1978). "The conversion of ammonium cyanate into urea—a saga in reaction mechanisms". Chemical Society Reviews. Royal Society of Chemistry. 7 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1039/CS9780700001. Retrieved 26 November 2014. (subscription required (help)). 
• See Wikipedia:GLAM/Royal Society of Chemistry/Cite

Further participation[edit]

You can help The Wikipedia Library share this partnership:

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

• Add your ORCID identifier to your user page; see WP:ORCID
• TWL is interested in having guest bloggers. Guest blogging gives the opportunity for both The Wikipedia Library and RSC to profile our partnership, and it gives the guest bloggers a new platform to share their editing experience with others (which is good for the Wikimedia community).

Applications[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 why you believe the access would be beneficial to you. It is a good idea to include in your application text: your depth of experience with Wikipedia and other WM projects, your editing areas benefited by access, and examples of your commitment to content creation.

1. Schlosser67 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would appreciate access to the RSC resources in order to be able to better edit articles on scientific, in particular mineralogical topics. Approved
2. Dcirovic (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Thank you for setting up access to the RSC journals. I have been involved with several Wikipedia projects since 2010. My contributions are primarily concerned with chemistry and biology. Having access to some of these journals would make me more productive. --Dcirovic (talk) 23:55, 23 March 2016 (UTC) Approved
3. Sandbh (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I've previously had access to an RSC Gold account however my access appears to have expired. I'm currently working on Heavy metal (chemical element), which is at WP:FAC and, in this context, would like to be able to check some RSC journal articles. Thank you.