Wiki entries on medical & health-related topics are generally accurate & reliably sourced. However, other aspects aren’t so straightforward. Adam Harangozó shares insights from his experience as Wikimedian In Residence at the National Institute for Health & Care Research:
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Researchers can recognize a reliable source of information, making them ideal contributors to Wikipedia, the free global online encyclopaedia

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Nuanced and expressive take on Gaza in comics form.

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The Angriest Dog in the World by David Lynch

Join us and the Archaeology Data Service to create connections between Wikipedia articles & archaeological research. Whether you're a seasoned Wikipedian or new to editing, you'll learn how digital fingerprints make archaeological knowledge discoverable.

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Proud to have co-facilitated the workshop for this with @tatjana-baleta.bsky.social The resulting article is the work of a great group of experts, enthusiastic about sharing important climate change and health info on Wikipedia.

No doubt, Zuckerberg ditching Meta factchecking to please Trump is shameless. Meta will become evermore like fascoid cesspit, X. But it's also beyond time to retire liberal stories about disinfo & fact checking as a weapon against fascism. @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/01/07/f...

Very harmful practice. One person dies (who stopped taking the meds) so millions need to be scared about a side effect emphasised in the patient leaflet. How many people who might need help won't trust SSRIs as a result? Also, shouldn't @theguardian.com have put this in a more critical frame?

The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information. Why do they hate it so much?