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Wikipedia:WikiProject Columbia University/SIPA meetup January 2017

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The School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University is hosting a private Wikipedia meetup for friends of the Wiki loves the Dominican Republic project. Only invited persons may attend.

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Event details

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Columbia School of International and Public Affairs

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Presentation - "Wikipedia's place in health communication"

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"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 -

  1. Identifying reliable sources
  2. Adding information from reliable sources to Wikipedia
  3. Citing one's sources
  4. Asking the Wikipedia community for review and feedback
  5. Responding to feedback, and potentially continuing the editing cycle of adding information then getting review and either revising or resolving the matter

Referenced reading materials

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Other support

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The presentation is provided by Consumer Reports. Organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach to health classes in New York include the following:

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 -

Tools and support

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Contact

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For local Wikipedia support contact user:bluerasberry, lrasberry@consumer.org.