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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Reverted 3 edits by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Special:Contributions/107.77.203.96&quot; title=&quot;Special:Contributions/107.77.203.96&quot;&gt;107.77.203.96&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;/w/index.php?title=User_talk:107.77.203.96&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;User talk:107.77.203.96 (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;talk&lt;/a&gt;) to last revision by Frietjes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;csdoc_access_level&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Citations of online sources that require registration or a subscription are acceptable in Wikipedia as documented in [[WP:PAYWALL|Verifiability § Access to sources]]&amp;lt;!-- {{Section link|Wikipedia:Verifiability|Access to sources}} --&amp;gt;. As a courtesy to readers and other editors, editors should&amp;lt;!-- can --&amp;gt; signal restrictions on access to material provided via the external links included in a citation. These levels describe requirements or constraints related to accessing and viewing the cited material; they are not intended to indicate the ability to reuse, or the copyright status, of the material, since that status is not relevant to [[WP:V|verifying claims in articles]]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- There are four access levels split between the url-holding parameters and the identifier parameters. --&amp;gt;Four access levels can be used:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[#Access indicator for named identifiers|access indicator for named identifiers]]:&lt;br /&gt;
** [[File:Lock-green.svg|9px|link=|alt=Freely accessible|Freely accessible]] &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;free&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: the source is free to read for anyone (from the viewpoint of the provider of the source &amp;amp;ndash; could still be blocked by client-side filtering or safeguarding, or distributor-based geoblocking&amp;lt;!-- to be distinguished from geoblocking by the provider of the source --&amp;gt;)&lt;br /&gt;
*[[#Access indicators for url-holding parameters|access indicators for url-holding parameters]]:&lt;br /&gt;
** [[File:Lock-gray-alt-2.svg|9px|link=|alt=Free registration required|Free registration required]] &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;registration&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: a free registration with the provider of the source is required to access the source, even if a limited preview, abstract or review may still be available without registration&lt;br /&gt;
** [[File:Lock-gray-alt-2.svg|9px|link=|alt=Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required|Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required]] &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;limited&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: there are other constraints (such as a cap on daily views, a restriction to certain day or night times, or providing the contents only to certain IP ranges/locales on behalf of the provider of the source&amp;lt;!-- to be distinguished from geoblocking by other parties --&amp;gt;) to freely access this source as a whole&lt;br /&gt;
** [[File:Lock-red-alt-2.svg|9px|link=|alt=Paid subscription required|Paid subscription required]] &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;subscription&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;: the source as a whole is only accessible via a paid subscription with the provider of the source (&amp;quot;[[paywall]]&amp;quot;), even if a limited preview, abstract or review may still be available without subscription&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As there are often multiple external links with different access levels in the same citation, each value is attributed to a specific external link.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Access indicators for url-holding parameters=====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Online sources linked by {{para|url}}, {{para|article-url}}, {{para|chapter-url}}, {{para|contribution-url}}, {{para|entry-url}}, {{para|map-url}}, and {{para|section-url}} are presumed to be free-to-read. When they are not free-to-read, editors should mark those sources with the matching access-indicator parameter so that an appropriate icon is included in the rendered citation. Because the sources linked by these url-holding parameters are presumed to be free-to-read, they may not be marked as &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;free&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ URL-holding and access-indicator parameters&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| URL&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| Access&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| Allowed keywords&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|url}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|url-access}} || rowspan=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot; | &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;registration&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; [[File:Lock-gray-alt-2.svg|9px|link=|alt=Free registration required|Free registration required]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;limited&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; [[File:Lock-gray-alt-2.svg|9px|link=|alt=Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required|Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required]]&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;subscription&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; [[File:Lock-red-alt-2.svg|9px|link=|alt=Paid subscription required|Paid subscription required]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|article-url}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|article-url-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|chapter-url}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|chapter-url-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|contribution-url}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|contribution-url-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|entry-url}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|entry-url-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|map-url}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|map-url-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|section-url}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|section-url-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For example, this cites a web page that requires registration but not subscription:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{cite web |url=https://example.com/nifty_data.php |url-access=registration |date=2021-04-15 |title=Nifty example data}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
which renders as:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:{{cite web |url=https://example.com/nifty_data.php |url-access=registration |date=2021-04-15 |title=Nifty example data}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=====Access indicator for named identifiers=====&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!-- ====Access level of identifiers==== --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!--&lt;br /&gt;
Links inserted by identifiers such as {{para|doi}} are not expected to offer a free full text by default. If they do, editors can use {{para|doi-access|free}} (in the case of {{para|doi}}) to indicate the relevant access level.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some identifiers always link to free full texts. In this case, the access level is automatically indicated by the template. This is the case for {{para|arxiv}}, {{para|biorxiv}}, {{para|citeseerx}}, {{para|pmc}}, {{para|rfc}} and {{para|ssrn}}.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+identifier parameter access icons&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| url parameter&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| access icon parameter&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| supported keywords&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|bibcode}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|bibcode-access}} ||rowspan=&amp;quot;6&amp;quot;|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;free&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; – [[File:Lock-green.svg|9px|link=|alt=Freely accessible|Freely accessible]] – the source is free to read for anyone (not supported by {{para|url-access}})&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|doi}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|doi-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|hdl}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|hdl-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|jstor}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|jstor-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|ol}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|ol-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|osti}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|osti-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Links inserted by named identifiers are presumed to lie behind a paywall or registration barrier – exceptions listed below. When they are free-to-read, editors should mark those sources with the matching access-indicator parameter so that an appropriate icon is included in the rendered citation.  When the sources linked by these named-identifier parameters are not presumed to carry a free-to-read full text (for instance because they&amp;#039;re just abstracting services), they may not be marked as &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;limited&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;registration&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;, or &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;subscription&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Named-identifier and access-indicator parameters&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| Identifier&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| Access&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;| Allowed keywords&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|bibcode}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|bibcode-access}} || rowspan=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot; | &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;free&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; [[File:Lock-green.svg|9px|link=|alt=Freely accessible|Freely accessible]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|doi}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|doi-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|hdl}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|hdl-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|jstor}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|jstor-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|ol}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|ol-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|osti}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|osti-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
!scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot;| {{para|s2cid}}&lt;br /&gt;
| {{para|s2cid-access}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Some named-identifiers are always free-to-read. For those named identifiers there are no access-indicator parameters; the access level is automatically indicated by the template. These named identifiers are:&lt;br /&gt;
*{{para|arxiv}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{para|biorxiv}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{para|citeseerx}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{para|pmc}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{para|rfc}}&lt;br /&gt;
*{{para|ssrn}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For embargoed {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|canonical_name_get|PMC}} that will become available in the future, see {{#invoke:cs1 documentation support|canonical_name_get|Embargo|id=csdoc_Embargo}}.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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