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Fill in the form below, replacing "Reason for requesting instructions rights" with a brief reason for requesting the right. Do not make any other changes. Do not sign the request – your signature will be added automatically. If you do not see the form, go back to the page, and click "add request".
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Administrators can import pages from Meta, Commons, the Outreach Wiki, the Test2 Wikipedia site, and the German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Nostalgia Wikipedias to the English Wikipedia (see Phabricator task 22280 for relevant shell permission requests, and to request permissions for importing from more projects).
The Wikipedia Library is an initiative to help Wikipedians get access to subscription or paid sources to improve Wikipedia articles. Editors can apply for access to databases, request specific sources, or request help with research.
The problem is that popular, user-generated databases like the IMDb are unusable on Wikipedia. There are reliable alternatives to the IMDb, but free sites often must sacrifice comprehensiveness or how often they update their database. For example, it can take years before a film shows up in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles; Many WikiProjects and notice boards have requests for new articles pertaining to a specific topic. Wikipedia:WikiProject Red Link Recovery; Wikipedia:Articles for creation - allows unregistered and new users to create new articles with the assistance of experienced Wikipedians.
Wikipedia Requests maintains a database of requests, including page titles, a summary of the request, associated categories and WikiProjects, and notes. For WikiProjects, any page in the project ("Wikipedia:") namespace is accepted. Categories are based on those of the Wikipedia article, if the Wikipedia article already exists.