On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Steven Walling<steven.wall...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a great first opportunity for a US Academy. It hits squarely home as > a rebuttal to the (relatively) recent flush of articles criticizing the > project for its medical articles. > I hope the Academy will be documented in some way that other volunteers can > draw on your experience working to educate professionals about Wikipedia. > > Steven > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjes...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I will be there to assist, for one. >> >> -Dan >> On Jul 14, 2009, at 6:22 PM, Samuel Klein wrote: >> >> > Hello Frank, >> > >> > This sounds very cool. Which Wikipedians will be there? Is it open to >> > anyone at the NIH? Is there a public agenda? >> > >> > SJ >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Frank Schulenburg >> > <frank.schulenb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> Every day millions of people access health information online. We >> >> have >> >> recently seen some new hard evidence of Wikipedia's growing >> >> prominence >> >> as a health information resource. The rapid development and traffic >> >> on >> >> the English Wikipedia of an article on Influenza related articles >> >> demonstrates this trend: >> >> >> >> >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hourly_page_requests_influenza_%28April_2009%29.png >> >> >> >> Today, I'm very happy to announce that the first Wikipedia Academy >> >> event in the United States will take place this Thursday, July 16th >> >> at >> >> the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) headquarters in Bethesda, >> >> Maryland. >> >> >> >> The NIH includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the >> >> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary >> >> federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and >> >> translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, >> >> treatments and cures for both common and rare diseases. >> >> >> >> On Thursday, a team of experienced volunteer Wikipedia editors will >> >> talk about Wikimedia's mission and orient the audience to Wikipedia's >> >> structures and community policies. Medical researchers and other >> >> staff >> >> members of the NIH will learn how to contribute to Wikipedia's >> >> content >> >> and engage with other Wikipedians to further increase Wikipedia's >> >> quality and credibility. >> >> >> >> We're incredibly excited about this opportunity for increasing the >> >> quality of health-related information on Wikipedia. I believe this >> >> partnership has a huge potential and we all are very excited about >> >> the >> >> upcoming event. >> >> >> >> See also our press release: >> >> >> >> >> http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/NIH_and_WMF_announce_first_WP_Academy_July_2009 >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Frank >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> foundation-l mailing list >> >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ >> >> foundation-l >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > foundation-l mailing list >> > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >
Awesome. Only wish we had known about it sooner. I might've tried coming up to the DC area for this. -Chad _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
