Timeline for Are Links to Articles Behind a Paywall Acceptable Answers?
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| Sep 14, 2018 at 11:38 | comment | added | kjetil b halvorsen | About censorship of Wikipedia see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia (Most of this censorship would not affect math articles in english wikipedia) | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 17:26 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Yes, certainly. The post should be perfectly readable without the link - the link can be considered "a bonus". | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 17:10 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | @MartinSleziak I agree with you too; any such link could be helpful. But a bare link to a Google Book with accompanying discussion in an answer is vulnerable to the type of drawback just mentioned by Emil. | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 17:08 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | @EmilJeřábek I agree with you. I'll probably come back to amend my answer. Thanks. | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 16:37 | comment | added | Martin Sleziak | Just a brief comment on Google Books (and similar links). I agree that when somebody includes such link, they should be aware that it may be visible only to some people (and in some cases eventually stop working). But even with the limited visibility I consider such link a useful addition. At least those users that can display the linked content can see more of the book - which may be useful both when reading the post and also if they are interested in the book as such. (They can browse at least a part of the text without finding a copy elsewhere.) | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 14:34 | comment | added | Emil Jeřábek | I disagree that a link-only answer is acceptable if the link is readable on the spot. It may be for today, but it could vanish without any notice tomorrow, rendering the answer completely useless. Properly published papers at least don’t suddenly disappear from all libraries. | |
| Sep 3, 2018 at 12:46 | history | answered | Todd TrimbleMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |