The Wikipedia Library/Book requests
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The Wikipedia Library
Book requests:
We send books to Wikipedia editors for writing Wikipedia articles.
Request a book
editStep 1 Find the book you need to improve Wikipedia from one of the following online booksellers:
- Amazon.com - global
- Neelwafurat.com - middle east
- Is there a bookseller you prefer? Suggest it!
Note: make sure that shipping is available to your country from the online bookseller you select.
Step 2 Use the button below to make your book request.
- Make sure that you and your book meet the criteria for requests.
By participating in this program, you understand and agree that your name, address, and email address will be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia Library, and other services for the purpose of this program (such as ordering your books). Representatives of the Wikipedia Library are either employees or contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation or selected volunteers--all of whom have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle and share for the Wikipedia Library.
What happens next?
editStep 3 A Wikipedia Library Account Coordinator will process your request within a few days.
- If your request meets the criteria, they will approve the request and update the status.
- The coordinator will then contact you privately to ask for your shipping address.
- The coordinator will order the book online and have it shipped to you.
Step 4 Confirm when your book arrives and when you've used it to improve Wikipedia.
- Confirm when your book arrives by posting an update in the space provided on your request.
- Confirm you used the book to improve Wikipedia by posting another update within 3 months, with links to articles you created or improved.
Step 5 Come back again when you need another book for writing more articles!
Criteria for requests
edit- The book you are requesting must be a reliable source for use in Wikipedia articles (e.g. Reliable source policy on ENWP)
- Maximum cost per request (without shipping): $200 USD
- You are an active editor who has made at least 200 edits to Wikipedia.
- Any past book requests you've had were put to good use - you completed all status updates for your request, demonstrating how you made use of the book to improve Wikipedia.
Recent book requests
editИгорь Темиров
edit- Request
Book(s) requested:
- Численность и размещение населения Свердловской области (ВПН-2002)
translated me: The number and placement population of the Sverdlovsk Region (National Census-2002)
Total cost:
- $30
How will it help you improve Wikipedia?
- Template that represents the data on the population in all the articles of the ruwiki: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C:Statistical/RU-SVE
Requested by:
- Confirmation
Book(s) received?
How were book(s) used to improve Wikipedia?
- Status
Request approved?
Request purchased?