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October 18

Access to the Hindu

Hi all, I have been helping to improve the sourcing and quality of WP:INDIA related pages. I frequently used The Hindu (an Indian Newspaper) articles, based on its reliability, high editorial standards and detailed coverage on the topic. But recently The Hindu placed its website behind paywall. So Now I cannot access articles for example this to improve our articles. Any suggestions if there is any way I can access through paywall. I do have JSTOR access, but it doesn't work there. Please feel free to move this thread if this is not the right place to ask this. --DBigXrayᗙ 08:59, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi DBigXray. One option I know of is Wikipedia's WP:RX service. Anyone can make a request for an article or book you need to improve the encyclopedia. Editors who have subscriptions/database access check the page and if someone has access, they can share the article with you. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 14:22, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind reply IP user 70.67.193.176. That will certainly be one possible way, although it will be slow and might not work sometimes. I was wondering if there is an existing mechanism (something like the library card, or its derivatives) through which I can apply and get access to the this Indian newspaper behind paywall. --DBigXrayᗙ 14:37, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

• Have you considered physically going to an actual library? If there is a public library in or near the town where you live, it should have a subscription to the major Paywalled online news sites... However, they require using the library’s computers to access them. Blueboar (talk) 16:26, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

ProQuest NewsStand has this and you can access it through the web sites of libraries that subscribe to ProQuest. For example the San Francisco Public Library subscribes. You need an SFPL library card to access it through the web, but any California resident can get a card. If you're in the US but not in California, try the web site of any big-city library in your state and see if there is a similar setup. The same is true of academic libraries, if you have access to one. 173.228.123.207 (talk) 03:39, 19 October 2019 (UTC)