Usage

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This template allows staff of libraries and archives participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program to create user page explaining their involvement. It was created by the Historic Maryland Newspapers Project at the University of Maryland Libraries.

Parameters

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The template accepts the following user input, or parameters:

Parameters Instructions
{{HMNP user page
| name =
| title =
| department =
| institution =
| aboutme =
| state =
}}
Your name or Wikipedia user name
Your title
(optional) Your department
Name of institution
(optional) Any additional personal information you would like to provide
State for which your institution participates in historic newspaper digitization.

Sample user page

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This code produces the user page below. To set up your own NDNP profile, copy and paste the code to your user page and personalize the parameters.

{{NDNPuserpage
| name = Testudo
| title = Wikipedia Student Assistant
| department = Digital Systems and Stewardship
| institution = University of Maryland Libraries
| aboutme = I'm also a student at the University of Maryland iSchool.
| state = Maryland
}}


National Digital Newspaper Program Contributor

The National Digital Newspaper Program

Testudo
Wikipedia Student Assistant
Digital Systems and Stewardship
University of Maryland Libraries

about me

I am a paid employee of the University of Maryland Libraries supporting the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). We are working to make historic newspapers digitized through NDNP more accessible to the public by engaging directly with Wikipedia. I use these holdings to improve articles on Wikipedia where directly relevant. I'm also a student at the University of Maryland iSchool.

conflict of interest statement

When I am editing Wikipedia as part of my official professional duties, I strive to strictly abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. Because the University of Maryland Libraries educational mission is in line with Wikipedia's mission to disseminate knowledge freely, I will not make edits that I do not believe are in accordance with Wikipedia's practices and procedures. For example, I will not make substantive edits to articles related to the University of Maryland Libraries, the National Digital Newspaper Program, Chronicling America, or their personnel. Instead, any edits I make will aim to contribute subject matter expertise. This includes improving articles about University of Maryland Libraries holdings, particularly Maryland newspapers available through Chronicling America.