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NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information

Jul 14, 2009, 3:16 PM

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Hi all,

Every day millions of people access health information online. We have
recently seen some new hard evidence of Wikipedia's growing prominence
as a health information resource. The rapid development and traffic on
the English Wikipedia of an article on Influenza related articles
demonstrates this trend:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hourly_page_requests_influenza_%28April_2009%29.png

Today, I'm very happy to announce that the first Wikipedia Academy
event in the United States will take place this Thursday, July 16th at
the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) headquarters in Bethesda,
Maryland.

The NIH includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary
federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and
translational medical research, and it investigates the causes,
treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases.

On Thursday, a team of experienced volunteer Wikipedia editors will
talk about Wikimedia's mission and orient the audience to Wikipedia's
structures and community policies. Medical researchers and other staff
members of the NIH will learn how to contribute to Wikipedia's content
and engage with other Wikipedians to further increase Wikipedia's
quality and credibility.

We're incredibly excited about this opportunity for increasing the
quality of health-related information on Wikipedia. I believe this
partnership has a huge potential and we all are very excited about the
upcoming event.

See also our press release:

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/NIH_and_WMF_announce_first_WP_Academy_July_2009

Thanks,
Frank

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Re: NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information [ In reply to ]

meta.sj at gmail

Jul 14, 2009, 3:22 PM

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Hello Frank,

This sounds very cool. Which Wikipedians will be there? Is it open to
anyone at the NIH? Is there a public agenda?

SJ

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Frank Schulenburg
<frank.schulenburg@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Every day millions of people access health information online. We have
> recently seen some new hard evidence of Wikipedia's growing prominence
> as a health information resource. The rapid development and traffic on
> the English Wikipedia of an article on Influenza related articles
> demonstrates this trend:
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hourly_page_requests_influenza_%28April_2009%29.png
>
> Today, I'm very happy to announce that the first Wikipedia Academy
> event in the United States will take place this Thursday, July 16th at
> the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) headquarters in Bethesda,
> Maryland.
>
> The NIH includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary
> federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and
> translational medical research, and it investigates the causes,
> treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases.
>
> On Thursday, a team of experienced volunteer Wikipedia editors will
> talk about Wikimedia's mission and orient the audience to Wikipedia's
> structures and community policies. Medical researchers and other staff
> members of the NIH will learn how to contribute to Wikipedia's content
> and engage with other Wikipedians to further increase Wikipedia's
> quality and credibility.
>
> We're incredibly excited about this opportunity for increasing the
> quality of health-related information on Wikipedia. I believe this
> partnership has a huge potential and we all are very excited about the
> upcoming event.
>
> See also our press release:
>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/NIH_and_WMF_announce_first_WP_Academy_July_2009
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
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Re: NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information [ In reply to ]

swatjester at gmail

Jul 14, 2009, 3:48 PM

Post #3 of 5 (659 views)

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I will be there to assist, for one.

-Dan
On Jul 14, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:

> Hello Frank,
>
> This sounds very cool. Which Wikipedians will be there? Is it open to
> anyone at the NIH? Is there a public agenda?
>
> SJ
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Frank Schulenburg
> <frank.schulenburg@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Every day millions of people access health information online. We
>> have
>> recently seen some new hard evidence of Wikipedia's growing
>> prominence
>> as a health information resource. The rapid development and traffic
>> on
>> the English Wikipedia of an article on Influenza related articles
>> demonstrates this trend:
>>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hourly_page_requests_influenza_%28April_2009%29.png
>>
>> Today, I'm very happy to announce that the first Wikipedia Academy
>> event in the United States will take place this Thursday, July 16th
>> at
>> the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) headquarters in Bethesda,
>> Maryland.
>>
>> The NIH includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
>> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary
>> federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and
>> translational medical research, and it investigates the causes,
>> treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases.
>>
>> On Thursday, a team of experienced volunteer Wikipedia editors will
>> talk about Wikimedia's mission and orient the audience to Wikipedia's
>> structures and community policies. Medical researchers and other
>> staff
>> members of the NIH will learn how to contribute to Wikipedia's
>> content
>> and engage with other Wikipedians to further increase Wikipedia's
>> quality and credibility.
>>
>> We're incredibly excited about this opportunity for increasing the
>> quality of health-related information on Wikipedia. I believe this
>> partnership has a huge potential and we all are very excited about
>> the
>> upcoming event.
>>
>> See also our press release:
>>
>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/NIH_and_WMF_announce_first_WP_Academy_July_2009
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>>
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Re: NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information [ In reply to ]

steven.walling at gmail

Jul 14, 2009, 3:53 PM

Post #4 of 5 (669 views)

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This is a great first opportunity for a US Academy. It hits squarely home as
a rebuttal to the (relatively) recent flush of articles criticizing the
project for its medical articles.
I hope the Academy will be documented in some way that other volunteers can
draw on your experience working to educate professionals about Wikipedia.

Steven

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester@gmail.com> wrote:

> I will be there to assist, for one.
>
> -Dan
> On Jul 14, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>
> > Hello Frank,
> >
> > This sounds very cool. Which Wikipedians will be there? Is it open to
> > anyone at the NIH? Is there a public agenda?
> >
> > SJ
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Frank Schulenburg
> > <frank.schulenburg@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Every day millions of people access health information online. We
> >> have
> >> recently seen some new hard evidence of Wikipedia's growing
> >> prominence
> >> as a health information resource. The rapid development and traffic
> >> on
> >> the English Wikipedia of an article on Influenza related articles
> >> demonstrates this trend:
> >>
> >>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hourly_page_requests_influenza_%28April_2009%29.png
> >>
> >> Today, I'm very happy to announce that the first Wikipedia Academy
> >> event in the United States will take place this Thursday, July 16th
> >> at
> >> the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) headquarters in Bethesda,
> >> Maryland.
> >>
> >> The NIH includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
> >> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary
> >> federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and
> >> translational medical research, and it investigates the causes,
> >> treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases.
> >>
> >> On Thursday, a team of experienced volunteer Wikipedia editors will
> >> talk about Wikimedia's mission and orient the audience to Wikipedia's
> >> structures and community policies. Medical researchers and other
> >> staff
> >> members of the NIH will learn how to contribute to Wikipedia's
> >> content
> >> and engage with other Wikipedians to further increase Wikipedia's
> >> quality and credibility.
> >>
> >> We're incredibly excited about this opportunity for increasing the
> >> quality of health-related information on Wikipedia. I believe this
> >> partnership has a huge potential and we all are very excited about
> >> the
> >> upcoming event.
> >>
> >> See also our press release:
> >>
> >>
> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/NIH_and_WMF_announce_first_WP_Academy_July_2009
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Frank
> >>
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Re: NIH and Wikimedia Foundation collaborate to improve online health information [ In reply to ]

innocentkiller at gmail

Jul 14, 2009, 4:02 PM

Post #5 of 5 (664 views)

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On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Steven Walling<steven.walling@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a great first opportunity for a US Academy. It hits squarely home as
> a rebuttal to the (relatively) recent flush of articles criticizing the
> project for its medical articles.
> I hope the Academy will be documented in some way that other volunteers can
> draw on your experience working to educate professionals about Wikipedia.
>
> Steven
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I will be there to assist, for one.
>>
>> -Dan
>> On Jul 14, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
>>
>> > Hello Frank,
>> >
>> > This sounds very cool. Â Which Wikipedians will be there? Is it open to
>> > anyone at the NIH? Â Is there a public agenda?
>> >
>> > SJ
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Frank Schulenburg
>> > <frank.schulenburg@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Every day millions of people access health information online. We
>> >> have
>> >> recently seen some new hard evidence of Wikipedia's growing
>> >> prominence
>> >> as a health information resource. The rapid development and traffic
>> >> on
>> >> the English Wikipedia of an article on Influenza related articles
>> >> demonstrates this trend:
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hourly_page_requests_influenza_%28April_2009%29.png
>> >>
>> >> Today, I'm very happy to announce that the first Wikipedia Academy
>> >> event in the United States will take place this Thursday, July 16th
>> >> at
>> >> the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) headquarters in Bethesda,
>> >> Maryland.
>> >>
>> >> The NIH includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
>> >> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary
>> >> federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and
>> >> translational medical research, and it investigates the causes,
>> >> treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases.
>> >>
>> >> On Thursday, a team of experienced volunteer Wikipedia editors will
>> >> talk about Wikimedia's mission and orient the audience to Wikipedia's
>> >> structures and community policies. Medical researchers and other
>> >> staff
>> >> members of the NIH will learn how to contribute to Wikipedia's
>> >> content
>> >> and engage with other Wikipedians to further increase Wikipedia's
>> >> quality and credibility.
>> >>
>> >> We're incredibly excited about this opportunity for increasing the
>> >> quality of health-related information on Wikipedia. I believe this
>> >> partnership has a huge potential and we all are very excited about
>> >> the
>> >> upcoming event.
>> >>
>> >> See also our press release:
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/NIH_and_WMF_announce_first_WP_Academy_July_2009
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Frank
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________________________
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Awesome. Only wish we had known about it sooner. I might've
tried coming up to the DC area for this.

-Chad

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