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January 26[edit]

Publishing Old Newspaper Articles[edit]

How can one get newspaper articles available and visible online that only exist on microfiche? For example, defunct publications who published in the 1980's? --Aequitus90 (talk) 03:43, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(When you write "only exist on microfiche", I assume that you mean that the only copy of an article that is known to exist is on microfiche.) That won't be easy. If the article is not in the public domain – and most likely it isn't – then the copyright holder needs to give permission. If it is just a single, not overly long article, one can copy the text by hand and put it online like one could do with any text. Or one can use a microfiche reader with a printer, scan a print and use OCR. I think there are also microfiche readers that can directly scan to file. This will require proof reading and possibly require manual correction of lots of scannos; however, it is the only way to get copies of any illustrations online. --Lambiam 08:26, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Try WP:REX. Someone there may be able to help you. --Jayron 32 11:49, 26 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have anything specific in mind? --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:43, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]