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Presentation - "Wikipedia's place in health communication"[edit]
"Wikipedia's place in health communication" presented by Lane Rasberry, Wikipedian in Residence at Consumer Reports
0:00-0:05 - introductions
0:05-0:15 - presentation
0:15-0:25 - Q&A and general discussion about Wikipedia
0:25-2:00 - hands-on workshop
Wikipedia has been one of the most consulted sources of medical information for a generation. Despite popularity among readers, Wikipedia has a challenging relationship with universities, researchers, and educators in public health. This talk explores the place of health information on Wikipedia among health information on the Internet and shares the precedent for universities responding to Wikipedia.
The event will start with a presentation which gives the Wikipedia community perspective on the following:
To what extent does Wikipedia matter in health communication?
How does one edit Wikipedia?
What is Wikipedia's quality control system?
Following the presentation, anyone may ask any question about Wikipedia to get answers or demonstrations.
Participants in the workshop will practice the following skills -
Identifying reliable sources
Adding information from reliable sources to Wikipedia
Citing one's sources
Asking the Wikipedia community for review and feedback
Responding to feedback, and potentially continuing the editing cycle of adding information then getting review and either revising or resolving the matter
All of these organizations endorse this classroom outreach. Your facilitator, user:bluerasberry, does not represent any of them except Consumer Reports. The nature of the support is as follows -
Wiki Project Med is the international volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community supporting the development of Wikipedia's medical coverage.
Wiki Education Foundation provides support for professors in assignment design and students as they navigate editing Wikipedia for the first time, and software to report impact of Wikipedia editing by groups of students.
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