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The British Newspaper Archive (BNA) is a newspaper database gathered from the British Library's holdings of newspapers (for more information on what gets digitized see the discussion of the partnership). This database includes the newspapers listed at the "Available Newspapers" subpage and these resources are particularly suited for 18th, 19th and early 20th century British and Global news events and people content: their current collection includes mostly regional papers and very few titles go beyond the 1950s, many stopping in the early twentieth century. The initial pilot generously offered offered 100 accounts distributed in July 2014 and was expanded to 200 accounts in October 2014. All accounts will be issued for a full year.

Requirements

• You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on English Wikipedia; (see Special:Preferences)
• You have an account that is a minimum of 1 year old
• You have a minimum of 1000 edits to the encyclopedia
• You are active in content generation, research, and/or verification work

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
• Comply with any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the BNA website they are accessing

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others
• Mass scrape or mass download BNA 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
• Use the access provided through the Pilot for any commercial purpose

Private and confidential information

• You will need to have a confirmed email address to participate. You understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia Library, and British Newspaper Archive. While Wikipedia Library coordinators are volunteers (not employees or contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation or British Newspaper Archive), 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 an BNA article, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT
• Editors should not provide bare links to non-free BNA pages
• Editors should note "(subscription required)" in the citation (either through the "|subscription = " variable in {{cite news}} or {{subscription required}}), where appropriate

Example

<ref> {{cite news |title=Terrific Gale |work=Burnley Gazette |date=2 October 1875 |accessdate=20 November 2014 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000280/18751002/009/0007| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|subscription=yes}}</ref>

• "Terrific Gale". Burnley Gazette. 2 October 1875. Retrieved 20 November 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)). 

Further participation

Here are a few ways you could help The Wikipedia Library effectively leverage this partnership:

• Add "{{Wikipedia:BNA/Userbox}} to your user boxes if you have access to this database. This helps us share our project with other experienced users.
• If you discover something valuable or of public interest, the British Newspaper Archive is interested in having guest bloggers on their blog (see http://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/). Guest blogging has many benefits: it gives the opportunity for both The Wikipedia Library and BNA to profile our partnership, it gives the guest bloggers a new platform to share their editing experience with others (which is good for the Wikimedia community), and BNA will change the access of the newspaper page in question to Open Access (which is good for public knowledge). To find out more, contact our volunteer coordinator.
• Alternatively, if you keep your own blog: BNA is willing to release newspaper images for your use on your own blog (with appropriate copyright statements of course).

Completed applications

As BNA makes more accounts available we'll approve more applicants for use. Even if we have more applications than available accounts, feel free to sign up in the pending applications and waitlist section. Increased Wikipedian participation helps demonstrate interest to our partners, and helps us understand how many accounts might be of use! For an archive of applications for users who received accounts see /Approved

1. JackofOz (talk · contribs · count · email) I have well over 100,000 edits and have initiated many hundreds of articles. When researching articles, I have often been frustrated to be unable to access contemporary obituaries or other biographical material. I am very active, mainly in the area of classical music. I am also a long-time contributor to the Wikipedia Reference Desks. Thanks. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:38, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @JackofOz: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:41, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

2. Edison (talk · contribs · count · email)49,000 edits over the past 9 years and 31 articles created. I patrol articles and try to add refs when I find an ill-referenced or unreferenced article, particularly in articles dealing with 19th century science, and this archive would be useful in referencing articles dealing with advances in science and technology, as well as military and biographical subjects. Edison (talk) 00:52, 10 August 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @Edison: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:56, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

3. Rosiestep (talk · contribs · count · email) I am a sysop with over 80,000 edits; I've created thousands of articles since 2007 and over 1,000 of them have appeared in the DYK section of the mainpage. This resource would be valuable for creating additional articles. Thank you for considering me. --Rosiestep (talk) 02:50, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @Rosiestep: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:56, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

4. Racconish (talk · contribs · count · email). I contribute since 2008. Above 11,000 contributions to WPen, 29,000 to WPfr, 56,000 altogether. I am an active mediator on the French project and the access would help suggest consensus orientated improvements. Thanks, — Racconish^✉ 13:33, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @Racconish: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:56, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

5. Brianboulton (talk · contribs · count · email). Contributor since 2007, c.68,000 edits. Major featured article contributor: music, politics, literature etc. A wider range of newspaper sources would provide a useful addition to scholarly material. Brianboulton (talk) 09:01, 13 September 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @Brianboulton: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:56, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

6. Alexander Doria (talk · contribs · count · email) Active user and admin on the French Wikipedia (approx. 15.000 contribs on fr and en, plus an additional 1,000 on Wikidata). I deal regularly with deletion request and this would be quite useful to retrieve older news sources on a topic. Alexander Doria (talk) 12:33, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @Alexander Doria: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:56, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

7. SatuSuro (talk · contribs · count · email) 100k editor, with range of edit fields/threads - I was in London in August and registered with and using BL and NA facilities, now realised that I have returned to Australia with limited access to materials that would encourage further and broader usage of materials similar to what I have been able to utilise with Trove - the Australian equivalent... Have strong interest (but to date low edit) in scottish borders and Trove captures Australian collections mainly... satusuro 13:42, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @SatuSuro: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:05, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

8. Kmhkmh (talk · contribs · count · email) active since 2007 with > 45k edits mostly in en.wp and de.wp. Access would be helpful for verification/proof reading for a wide variety of subjects and biographies in particular as well as the extension of articles or the creation of new ones. Lastly it useful for helping out on de:WP:BIBA and WP:REX Kmhkmh (talk) 05:25, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @Kmhkmh: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:05, 12 November 2014 (UTC)

9. Ruby2010 (talk · contribs · count · email) Active in content creation and have plans to continue expanding biographies of British peeresses of the 19th and 20th centuries (see my to-do list here as well as some of my featured content). This newspaper access would help immeasurably. Thank you! Ruby 2010/2013 03:34, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

   Approved @Ruby2010: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

10. Thine Antique Pen (talk · contribs · count · email) I have created over 9,000 articles, and contribute to a variety of topics on Wikipedia. I have contributed to over 100 DYKs, and have helped many articles reach GA status. Thine Antique Pen (talk) 18:47, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Thine Antique Pen: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

11. Jacqke (talk · contribs · count · email) Many of the 19th and early 20th century musician biographies I write would be enhanced by historical newspaper access. An article I just wrote, Seth Weeks, might be flushed out with access to a European newspaper, because the Europeans did not have an issue with him being a successful black-man, as Americans did at that time. He was promoted in Europe and newspaper access would help show that.Jacqke (talk) 20:08, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Jacqke: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

12. lentower (talk · contribs · count · email) Would help me improve articles on people who are British or work or are reported on in Britain, e.g. touring artists and musicians, and world famous people. — Lentower (talk) 00:39, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Lentower: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

13. EBY3221 (talk · contribs · count · email) Active BLP editor (reviewer, rollbacker, and active in Articles for Creation) for 7+years. Fixing & adding citations are a particular interest to me. Recently, a few - here,here, and here. I spend hours down reference sinkholes, looking for original articles and reliable sources, especially for new articles by new editors.EBY (talk) 22:22, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @EBY3221: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

14. Nigej (talk · contribs · count · email) Active in Wikipedia:WikiProject Golf. Over 7,500 edits. Much effort this year on Open Championships and Ryder Cups. Access to the BNA would be a great help. Nigej (talk) 17:19, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Nigej: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

15. Fiddlersmouth (talk · contribs · count · email) Working on Freemasonry, where available material is often scarce, contradictory, or deliberately misleading. Access to contemporary material, especially from the 19th century, would be more than useful. Fiddlersmouth (talk) 11:23, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Fiddlersmouth: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

16. Andrew Davidson (talk · contribs · count · email) I regularly attend editathons and create content about Britain for which this resource would help. Recent examples include Albert Strange, Catherine Marshall (suffragette) and the Congregational Memorial Hall. Andrew D. (talk) 10:36, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Andrew Davidson: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 02:15, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

17. BoBoMisiu (talk · contribs · count · email) — I will use it for early 20th century articles. —BoBoMisiu (talk) 01:22, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @BoBoMisiu: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

    @Chris troutman: I registered yesterday but the registration threw an error and that I will be contacted. —BoBoMisiu (talk) 23:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

18. Bogger (talk · contribs · count · email) — I will use it for articles relating to Ireland (including Northern Ireland). —Bogger (talk) 11:06, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Bogger: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

19. K8 fan (talk · contribs · count · email)I have made considerable contributions to the articles on Joan Pujol Garcia and Kate Bush, and I believe I could do more with access to this archive. Thank you for your consideration. K8 fan (talk) 03:34, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @K8 fan: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

20. peaky76 (talk · contribs · count · email) Wikipedia editor since 2010; mainly horseracing, particularly interested in 19th century jockey biographies so obits would be useful; also planning to do more local history articles related to Yorkshire and Edinburgh Peaky76 (talk) 22:11, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Peaky76: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

21. jxm (talk · contribs · count · email) I'm particularly interested in editing and verification of late 19th/early 20th century Irish/British labour and social movements, Marxism, industrialisation, etc., as well as historical fact-checking and clarification of claims of scientific validity, especially fringe theories. Tnx! jxm (talk) 16:11, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Jxm: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

22. shrikanthv (talk · contribs · count · email) I usually contribute in writing biographies of prominent Indo-UK based personnels and currently am facing problems & in need for information and citation and also getting accurate information on the historical events from British -India period . would be interested to have this access to contribute better.

    Approved @Shrikanthv: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

23. Jonathansammy (talk · contribs · count · email) I edit content on India related topics. Other areas of interest are South Asian diaspora, Leicestershire and Chemistry. Access to archives will be of great help in improving articles in these subject areas.Jonathansammy (talk) 20:01, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Jonathansammy: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

24. BengaliHindu (talk · contribs · count · email) I edit content on topics related to West Bengal and Bangladesh, Partition of Bengal, Bangladesh Liberation War etc. It would be helpful if I can refer to the British newspaper archives and add content from neutral point of view. BengaliHindu (talk) 07:04, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @BengaliHindu: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

25. Uhlan (talk · contribs · count · email) Hi, I regularly create articles about military history and I would much appreciate using the archive to get more information about the World War 2 articles I have created. Uhlan ^talk 03:12, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Uhlan: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

26. Cpt.a.haddock (talk · contribs · count · email) I edit articles primarily on Indian history and believe that access to pre-independence newspapers of Britain will be very useful as a reference tool. Thanks. --Cpt.a.haddock (talk) 12:31, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

    Approved @Cpt.a.haddock: You have been approved for an account. Expect an e-mail from me shortly with further instructions. Chris Troutman (talk) 00:46, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Pending applications and waitlist

See also: /Old not approved applications

Please add yourself to the bottom of the list using #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}} and make sure to include an explanation of why you think you would be a good candidate for using the research and how you plan to use it.

1. Hobbes Goodyear (talk · contribs · count · email). I actively use Highbeam access to improve article content and verification, and I will use BNA access similarly. I will follow the recommended method for citing BNA refs. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 11:27, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

   @Hobbes Goodyear: Can you provide diffs for your assertions? I don't see evidence that you've used Highbeam to create content. If anything, you seem to use it to confirm deletion votes at AfD. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:17, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

2. The Discoverer (talk · contribs · count · email) I mostly edit topics related to India, Catholicism, and science. I hope to use these resources to improve the historical perspective of articles. The Discoverer (talk) 13:34, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

   @The Discoverer: You haven't been that active as of late. Can you explain why? Chris Troutman (talk) 19:17, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

3. Gaurav Pruthi (talk · contribs · count · email) Active since 2011 with 3,500+. I have create 20+ new articles mainly in space sciences domain. I also do categorization and referencing. Access to archive will help me removing tags and places where references are required Gaurav Pruthi^talk 04:24, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

   @Gaurav Pruthi: You haven't been that active as of late. Can you explain why? Chris Troutman (talk) 19:17, 8 November 2014 (UTC)

4. Twobells (talk · contribs · count · email) Active editor in defence and security intelligence along with British and American history, BLP and information technology. I plan to use the BNA to edit and create articles related to my fields of interest and to be frank, BNA will help greatly in my search for legitimate citations in the public domain that are usually either subscription-based or classified. Twobells (talk) 14:02, 28 November 2014 (UTC)