Hi everybody,
We’re preparing for the June 2015 research newsletter and looking for contributors. Please take a look at: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WRN201506 and add your name next to any paper you are interested in covering. As you may know, the Wikimedia Research Newsletter is a monthly overview of academic research about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, published jointly by the Wikimedia Research Committee and the Signpost. Short notes and one-paragraph reviews are most welcome. Drafts should be in before the target publication date which is Wednesday, June 24th.
Highlights from this month include:
An Examination of Health, Medicaland Nutritional Information on the Internet:A Comparative Study of Wikipedia, WebMDand the Mayo Clinic Websites
Medical student preferences for self-directed study resources in gross anatomy
If you have any question about the format or process feel free to get in touch off-list.
Masssly, Tilman Bayer and Dario Taraborelli
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter
Hi everybody,
We’re preparing for the May 2015 research newsletter and looking for contributors. Please take a look at: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WRN201505 and add your name next to any paper you are interested in covering. As usual, short notes and one-paragraph reviews are most welcome.
Highlights from this month:
Utilizing the Wikidata System to Improve the Quality of Medical Content in Wikipedia in Diverse Languages: A Pilot Study
Wikipedia – challenges and new horizons in enhancing medical education
Wikipedia and Medicine: Quantifying Readership, Editors, and the Significance of Natural Language
The Internet School of Medicine: Use of Electronic Resources by Medical Trainees and the Reliability of those Resources
Accuracy and Completeness of Drug Information in Wikipedia: A Comparison with Standard Textbooks of Pharmacology
Online Patient Resources for Liposuction: A Comparative Analysis of Readability
Assessment of Online Patient Materials for Breast Reconstruction
If you have any question about the format or process feel free to get in touch off-list.
Masssly, Tilman Bayer and Dario Taraborelli
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter
Hello,
My employer, Consumer Reports, is hiring a medical director. The ideal
candidate promotes Wikipedia.
<https://jobs-consumers.icims.com/jobs/2336/medical-director/job>
yours,
--
Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com
Dear list,
I will be teaching a free, six week, online course on editing Wikipedia,
with a focus on improving Wikipedia articles related to Open Educational
Resources starting February 25.
We are expecting some participation from medical experts from the
University of Mississippi, and it would be great to have more involvement
from those familiar with medicine and the open education movement. In past
iterations of the course, Lane Rasberry has been a great resource, and I'd
love to have more participation from WikiProject Med!
The course "Writing Wikipedia Articles" (aka "WIKISOO") is offered through
the School of Open, and with support from the University of Mississippi and
the Hewlett Foundation. Co-instructors are Sara Frank Bristow of Salient
Research and Dr. Robert Cummings of the University of Mississippi.
Please join us, and/or help spread the word in your circles!
* Enrollment page: http://enwp.org/WP:WIKISOO/NOW
* More information: http://enwp.org/WP:WIKISOO
-Pete
[1] http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/41933
--
Pete Forsyth
[[User:Peteforsyth]] on English Wikipedia etc.
Instructor, Writing Wikipedia Articles
pete(a)wikistrategies.net
+1 503-383-9454
http://enwp.org/WP:WIKISOO
Hi,
We are planning small activity in Pune to launch Medicinal Ayurveda on
Wikisourse.
P.S : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/Projects/Ayurveda
Do let us know what you think about concept.
Keep Supporting, Keep Inspiring! :-)
Regards,
Abhishek Suryawanshi
User:AbhiSuryawanshi
Hi you are wormly welcome SARAH to the wikimedia-medicine and i hopyou will learnt a lot you are once again welcome
thanks allan
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1. Re: WM meeting in Slovakia (Daniel Mietchen)
2. R: WM meeting in Slovakia (Francesco Tarantini)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 00:45:58 +0100
From: Daniel Mietchen <daniel.mietchen(a)googlemail.com>
To: Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
Cc: Brian Basden <bbasden1(a)gmail.com>, Doug Taylor
<rexx(a)blueyonder.co.uk>, Wiki Medicine discussion
<wikimedia-medicine(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Tanvir Rahman
<me(a)tanvirrahman.com>
Subject: Re: [Wiki-Medicine] WM meeting in Slovakia
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Dear all,
I just informed Michal that I can't travel to the meeting because of
conflicts with my work schedule over that weekend.
I remain available for a remote talk but if any of you could actually
attend in person, that would be great.
Cheers,
d.
--
http://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Publicationshttp://okfn.orghttp://wikimedia.org
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Daniel Mietchen
<daniel.mietchen(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello together,
>
> I just replied to Michal that I may be available during the weekend.
> Can't do the weekdays, though.
> d.
> --
> http://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen
> http://okfn.org
> http://wikimedia.org
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> wrote:
>> Hello Michal,
>>
>> Daniel, Brian, Doug, and Tanvir are active participants in the medicine
>> project who live in Europe and who might be available to attend. I am
>> pinging them now. Hey guys - would any of you be interested in attending and
>> presenting at this conference? Please reply to this list.
>>
>> I also would like to support international collaboration and I hope that you
>> organize some meeting at Wikimania 2014 so that we can also visit your group
>> there and please also send someone from your group to visit our meeting at
>> that conference.
>>
>> We are all interested in supporting translations between languages and if
>> you have someone in your group who is interested in supporting the
>> development of health content, then please put me in contact with them so
>> that I could talk about any common goals we might have.
>>
>> If you need any further help then please write this list again. Thanks,
>> yours,
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Michal Matúšov
>> <michal.matusov(a)wikimedia.sk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi user group / thematic organisation!
>>>
>>> I am Michal Matúšov, main program organiser of Wikimedia Central and East
>>> Europe Meeting 2013, see
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2013
>>>
>>> I would like to invite a representative from your Wikimedia user group /
>>> thematic organisation to the meeting. The main goal of the meeting is to
>>> fortify interstate and international collaboration between various Wikimedia
>>> chapters, thematic organisations, user groups and other communities in
>>> Central and East Europe and its regions.
>>>
>>> We are preparing grant to fully cover all costs of attendants.
>>>
>>> If you would like to attend the meeting, please let me know by email. We
>>> prefer people from CEE region who didn't attended international Wikimedia
>>> conference before.
>>>
>>> Best regards!
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Michal Matúšov
>>> [[:w:sk:Redaktor:KuboF]]
>>> Wikimedia Slovenská republika
>>> Dom služieb ALFA
>>> Februárová 1478/2
>>> 958 01 Partizánske
>>> predseda / president
>>> Web: http://wikimedia.sk
>>> Facebook: www.facebook.com/WikimediaSK
>>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/WikimediaSK
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list
>>> Wikimedia-Medicine(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lane Rasberry
>> 206.801.0814
>> lane(a)bluerasberry.com
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 08:57:05 +0100
From: Francesco Tarantini <francesco.tarantini(a)unimi.it>
To: 'Wiki Medicine discussion'
<wikimedia-medicine(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, 'Lane Rasberry'
<lane(a)bluerasberry.com>
Cc: 'Brian Basden' <bbasden1(a)gmail.com>, 'Doug Taylor'
<rexx(a)blueyonder.co.uk>, 'Tanvir Rahman' <me(a)tanvirrahman.com>
Subject: [Wiki-Medicine] R: WM meeting in Slovakia
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Hi all,
I'm back from a few days by EMMIT2013 in Morocco. If there are no others available / interested, I can see if I can organize my work commitments in the hospital, to go to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2013.
Cheers
Francesco
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: wikimedia-medicine-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-
> medicine-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] Per conto di Daniel Mietchen
> Inviato: sabato 2 novembre 2013 00:46
> A: Lane Rasberry
> Cc: Brian Basden; Doug Taylor; Wiki Medicine discussion; Tanvir Rahman
> Oggetto: Re: [Wiki-Medicine] WM meeting in Slovakia
>
> Dear all,
>
> I just informed Michal that I can't travel to the meeting because of
> conflicts with my work schedule over that weekend.
> I remain available for a remote talk but if any of you could actually
> attend in person, that would be great.
>
> Cheers,
> d.
>
> --
> http://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen/Publications
> http://okfn.org
> http://wikimedia.org
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 5:41 PM, Daniel Mietchen
> <daniel.mietchen(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hello together,
> >
> > I just replied to Michal that I may be available during the weekend.
> > Can't do the weekdays, though.
> > d.
> > --
> > http://wiki.pro-ibiosphere.eu/wiki/User:Daniel_Mietchen
> > http://okfn.org
> > http://wikimedia.org
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Lane Rasberry
> <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> wrote:
> >> Hello Michal,
> >>
> >> Daniel, Brian, Doug, and Tanvir are active participants in the
> >> medicine project who live in Europe and who might be available to
> >> attend. I am pinging them now. Hey guys - would any of you be
> >> interested in attending and presenting at this conference? Please
> reply to this list.
> >>
> >> I also would like to support international collaboration and I hope
> >> that you organize some meeting at Wikimania 2014 so that we can also
> >> visit your group there and please also send someone from your group
> >> to visit our meeting at that conference.
> >>
> >> We are all interested in supporting translations between languages
> >> and if you have someone in your group who is interested in
> supporting
> >> the development of health content, then please put me in contact
> with
> >> them so that I could talk about any common goals we might have.
> >>
> >> If you need any further help then please write this list again.
> >> Thanks, yours,
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Michal Matúšov
> >> <michal.matusov(a)wikimedia.sk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi user group / thematic organisation!
> >>>
> >>> I am Michal Matúšov, main program organiser of Wikimedia Central
> and
> >>> East Europe Meeting 2013, see
> >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2013
> >>>
> >>> I would like to invite a representative from your Wikimedia user
> >>> group / thematic organisation to the meeting. The main goal of the
> >>> meeting is to fortify interstate and international collaboration
> >>> between various Wikimedia chapters, thematic organisations, user
> >>> groups and other communities in Central and East Europe and its
> regions.
> >>>
> >>> We are preparing grant to fully cover all costs of attendants.
> >>>
> >>> If you would like to attend the meeting, please let me know by
> >>> email. We prefer people from CEE region who didn't attended
> >>> international Wikimedia conference before.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards!
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Michal Matúšov
> >>> [[:w:sk:Redaktor:KuboF]]
> >>> Wikimedia Slovenská republika
> >>> Dom služieb ALFA
> >>> Februárová 1478/2
> >>> 958 01 Partizánske
> >>> predseda / president
> >>> Web: http://wikimedia.sk
> >>> Facebook: www.facebook.com/WikimediaSK
> >>> Twitter: https://twitter.com/WikimediaSK
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Wikimedia-Medicine mailing list
> >>> Wikimedia-Medicine(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Lane Rasberry
> >> 206.801.0814
> >> lane(a)bluerasberry.com
>
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All: I'd like to introduce Sarah Lambert, the Open Education Manager at the
University of Wollongong in Australia. I met Sarah this week at the OER
university launch (see oeruniversity.net) -- she was interested to learn
more about Wikipedia, interested in Lane's project with Consumer Reports,
etc.
One of the courses she has been working on is called "Understanding Common
Diseases" -- a one month online course open to the public, which among
other things has attracted unanticipated interest from small rural
communities.
https://www.open2study.com/courses/understanding-common-diseases
Is there anybody who would like to follow up with Sarah? I think there may
be strong synergies between her work and that of WikiProject Medicine.
Pete Forsyth
[[User:Peteforsyth]] on Wikipedia etc.
Hi user group / thematic organisation!
I am Michal Matúšov, main program organiser of Wikimedia Central and
East Europe Meeting 2013, see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2013
I would like to invite a representative from your Wikimedia user group /
thematic organisation to the meeting. The main goal of the meeting is to
fortify interstate and international collaboration between various
Wikimedia chapters, thematic organisations, user groups and other
communities in Central and East Europe and its regions.
We are preparing grant to fully cover all costs of attendants.
If you would like to attend the meeting, please let me know by email. We
prefer people from CEE region who didn't attended international
Wikimedia conference before.
Best regards!
--
Michal Matúšov
[[:w:sk:Redaktor:KuboF]]
Wikimedia Slovenská republika
Dom služieb ALFA
Februárová 1478/2
958 01 Partizánske
predseda / president
Web: http://wikimedia.sk [1]
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WikimediaSK [2]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WikimediaSK [3]
Links:
------
[1] http://wikimedia.sk
[2] http://www.facebook.com/WikimediaSK
[3] https://twitter.com/WikimediaSK
Hello Wikipedia data enthusiasts!
My name is Lane Rasberry, user:bluerasberry, and I contribute to health
content on English Wikipedia.* I am writing to ask for help from WMF people
and community allies in drafting and backing with evidence a statement for
publication in a medical journal. The statement that I would like to make
is something like this:
*
*"The amount of traffic received by health articles on Wikipedia makes
Wikipedia a significant source of health information."*
When I make this statement, I would like to be able to do so as clearly as
possible and in a way that is backed by authentication by the Wikimedia
Foundation and probably a bit of data, perhaps in the form of a comparison
with traffic to another health website. I happen to work for the US-based
non-profit organization Consumer Reports, and we have thought about
comparing Wikipedia's traffic with WebMD's traffic, as WebMD is sometimes
reported as being the most popular source of health information online or
in the world. At Consumer Reports we get traffic data from Nielsen, so that
would be the source for comparison data.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Holdings>
I need help from other stakeholders from this because if this article is
published - and this is not unlikely because it was requested of me - then
it could be cited by other people doing outreach as supporting evidence of
the impact and worthiness of developing Wikimedia content related to
health. Even if it is not published in this instance the increasing media
attention which Wikipedia health content is getting merits having some
verified statement to share about traffic.
I wrote more about why I need this statement and how it can be reused at
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Project_Med/traffic>
I am writing some individuals in addition to sending this to mailing lists
for the following reasons:
- Dario and Jonathan Morgan, you both are Wikimedia data people and I
have talked with you both about this directly
- Erik Zachte, I talked with you about this
generally<http://bluerasberry.com/2013/02/the-metric-i-want-from-the-wikimedia-analyt…>in
Feb 2013
- Doc James, we both say that Wikipedia health content is popular but
neither of us do this with authenticated data
- Jake Orlowitz, you are managing Wikipedia's relationship with the
Cochrane Collaboration and they also are partnering with the Wikipedia
health community on the premise that traffic matters
- AnthonyhCole, you were asking me for my opinion about what I think the
WMF could do to support people doing Wikipedia outreach in health. I think
lots of people would find a statement about traffic to health articles
useful.
- Matthew Roth, you manage communications at the Wikimedia Foundation
and if you want any input into what I am doing then I would love to have
your advice.
I need this soon - perhaps by October 11? Is that possible? How much work
would it be to make this statement? Can someone with the WMF Analytics Team
and WMF communications help me? Am I in the right forums?
Thanks,
--
Lane Rasberry
user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia
206.801.0814
lane(a)bluerasberry.com