{"id":16860,"date":"2022-03-04T17:26:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=16860"},"modified":"2023-06-06T19:15:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T19:15:09","slug":"what-does-wikipedia-have-to-do-with-health-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2022\/03\/04\/what-does-wikipedia-have-to-do-with-health-information\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Wikipedia have to do with health information?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a way to celebrate Citizen Science Month, support healthier environments, and fight health inequity in one event? We\u2019ve got you covered!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16861 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/TWITTER-Wiki-Spring22-logo_white-300x169.png\" alt=\"Graphic with NNLM logo and text #CiteNLM Wikipedia edit-a-thon April 1, 2022.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/TWITTER-Wiki-Spring22-logo_white-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/TWITTER-Wiki-Spring22-logo_white-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/TWITTER-Wiki-Spring22-logo_white-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/TWITTER-Wiki-Spring22-logo_white-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/TWITTER-Wiki-Spring22-logo_white.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each year, NNLM hosts two public Wikipedia edit-a-thons, one in the Spring and one the Fall. Editors gather to add citations from trusted sources to existing health and medical articles in Wikipedia. Every Edit-a-thon focuses on a different topic, and this Spring, NNLM Twitter followers helped us pick<strong> Environmental Health<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great event for those interested in creating better pathways to reliable health information. No prior knowledge of Wikipedia editing is required. Anyone with an interest and internet access can participate!<\/p>\n<p>To prepare for the Edit-a-thon, our team finds articles that need support, provide instructions about how to become an editor, and set up a Wikipedia dashboard to track our efforts.<\/p>\n<p>At the virtual event, we will provide an overview of Wikipedia and how to edit, as well as guidance on locating trusted health information. Experienced editors will be in attendance to support new editors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16862 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/citeNLM_img_health-articles-300x300.png\" alt=\"Infographic with NLM logo and text Wikipedia hosts 200,000 plus health articles written in 250 plus languages. Help us improve health information on Wikipedia. Join the #CiteNLM Campaign as an individual or host an event at you institution. Get involved: nnlm.gov\/wiki.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/citeNLM_img_health-articles-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/citeNLM_img_health-articles-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/citeNLM_img_health-articles-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/citeNLM_img_health-articles-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/03\/citeNLM_img_health-articles.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Join as an individual or create a team and join us on April 1<sup>st<\/sup> (no fooling) from 2-4pm ET (2ET\/1CT\/12MT\/11PT) for our Spring 2022 #CiteNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon! <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/spring-2022-citenlm-wikipedia-edit-thon\">Register here<\/a>. \u00a0Can\u2019t make it that day? We have resources available for you to Host your own event.\u00a0 Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/guides\/wikipedia-edit-a-thon\">Spring 2022 #CiteNLM Edit-a-thon<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that Wikipedians hold similar values to librarians? We both support free, open access to information. We know that people find their way to Wikipedia, so let\u2019s collaborate to make Wikipedia the best resource possible.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16656 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/10-million-reads-daily-300x300.png\" alt=\"Square graphic divided into three sections. Top section is a photo of hands typing on a laptop. Left section is a blue box with the text \u201cWikipedia\u2019s health articles are read over 10 million times daily. Source: bit.ly\/2YxXkSo \u201d . Right section is a white box with the text \u201cHelp us improve health information on Wikipedia.\u201d then a white space for custom text, then \u201dGet involved: http:\/\/nnlm.gov\/wiki\u201d A textbox is overlaid on the right side: \u201cJoin the #CiteNLM campaign as an individual or host an event at your institution.&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/10-million-reads-daily-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/10-million-reads-daily-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/10-million-reads-daily-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/10-million-reads-daily-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/11\/10-million-reads-daily.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Class Details<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date(s):\u00a0<\/strong>April 1, 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 2:00 PM &#8211; 4:00 PM ET<\/p>\n<p><strong>Platform:\u00a0<\/strong>Zoom<\/p>\n<p><strong>CE Credits:\u00a0<\/strong>2.00<\/p>\n<p><strong>CE Categories:\u00a0<\/strong>CHIS Level 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Class Experience Level:\u00a0<\/strong>Beginner<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to register go to <a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnnlm.gov%2Ftraining%2Fclass%2Fspring-2022-citenlm-wikipedia-edit-thon&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBennie.Finch%40umassmed.edu%7C1ffe97a4a4594088c2f608d9fc8ad15b%7Cee9155fe2da34378a6c44405faf57b2e%7C0%7C0%7C637818495721527309%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=J1xXqKmXw1vLaaImqGjpWLLLvwHZDw2PAAb0wplQPAE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Spring 2022 #CiteNLM<\/a>. This entirely virtual edit-a-thon will focus on improving articles related to <strong>Environmental Health<\/strong>.\u00a0Please feel free to share this with any individuals or networks interested in joining this campaign!<\/p>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a way to celebrate Citizen Science Month, support healthier environments, and fight health inequity in one event? We\u2019ve got you covered! Each year, NNLM hosts two public Wikipedia edit-a-thons, one in the Spring and one the Fall. Editors gather to add citations from trusted sources to existing health and medical articles in Wikipedia&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2022\/03\/04\/what-does-wikipedia-have-to-do-with-health-information\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2975,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[316],"class_list":["post-16860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-wikipedia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16860"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16866,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16860\/revisions\/16866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}