Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Virginia/rare disease March 2022

Rare disease Wiki Editathon
Event details
Date:	Tuesday 8 March 2022
Time	1pm EST
Where:	online! link by invitation
Slides	editing party
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The Rare disease Wiki Editathon is a private event for invited editors. The theme is rare disease. No prior Wikipedia editing experience is required. The event has these goals:

share at least one sentence and one citation in a Wikipedia article about rare diseases
learn how to access Wikipedia's readership metrics for a given article
discuss costs and benefits of taking time to edit Wikipedia to share rare disease information

register please

Wiki preparation

Most preparation will be your off-wiki research. Seek good sources to cite, summarize them in your own words, and be prepared to match your sentences with references.

Create a Wikimedia account if you do not have one.
please sign in through the big text at top so that the organizer can support participants
please come to the event with a reliable source to cite!
(optional) - if you want online Wikipedia Training then it is available

Program

0:00-0:05 - Welcome

0:05-0:15 - Wikipedia and medicine

0:15-0:20 - How you will edit Wikipedia

0:20-0:25 - questions?

0:25-0:50 - edit Wikipedia

0:50-1:00 - share outcomes, thanks for coming!

1:00-1:30 - overtime for anyone who wants to keep editing, discuss more, etc.

Wikipedia and medicine

"Editing Wikipedia articles on medicine", a student guide

If you like, check out these resources on Wikipedia's medical content.

Smith, Denise A. (18 February 2020). "Situating Wikipedia as a health information resource in various contexts: A scoping review". PLOS ONE. 15 (2): e0228786. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0228786.
Heilman, James M; West, Andrew G (4 March 2015). "Wikipedia and Medicine: Quantifying Readership, Editors, and the Significance of Natural Language". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 17 (3): e62. doi:10.2196/JMIR.4069. PMC 4376174. PMID 25739399.
100+ other academic publications on Wikipedia and medicine

WikiProject Medicine is the community forum for discussing medical articles.

Consider Wikipedia articles titled Health information on Wikipedia and Wikipedia coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Supporting organizations

Organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach to medical organizations include the following:

The nature of the support is as follows -

University of Virginia sponsors the outreach and presentation.
Wiki Project Med is the international volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community supporting the development of Wikipedia's medical coverage.
Wikimedia New York City is a regional volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community.
Cochrane remains available to provide access to Cochrane publications or talk with Wikipedia contributors about using good sources.
Wiki Education Foundation provides support for wiki editing in classrooms and educational programs

Contact

Lane Rasberry (user:bluerasberry) for Wiki issues