> On 17 March 2020 at 14:38 Lucy Crompton-Reid > <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > > We are also keen to explore ways in which we can support editors and > readers during this period. Some of our ideas at this point include: >
<snip> > * Exploring the potential for online editing events specifically > focused on producing quality information about the pandemic and associated > issues > I've been working today on Wikidata, improving items related to Covid-19 medical publications. There is obviously a lot of do in this area, on the most recent papers. It is not that hard to get to the coalface. > * Joining wider advocacy efforts across the movement encouraging > bodies such as the WHO to release their content under open licences > And this naturally goes with. The actual situation, in terms of the general public being able to read the best sources on the pandemic, is a crash course in "open access", and what the more weaselly definitions amount to. Charles
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