Wikipedia:Cochrane
Cochrane is an international health organization in which volunteers from many countries collaborate to publish systematic reviews of medical research on health care and to share the information broadly. Cochrane volunteers and the organization itself have partnered with Wikipedia since 2013 to improve the quality of Wikipedia's health information.
This is a Wikipedia community documentation page describing projects involving Cochrane and Wikipedia. Anyone can edit this page and it is maintained by volunteers.
Current projects[edit]
Whether you are new to Wikipedia editing or you are a more experienced editor, we welcome all who would like to get involved and improve the evidence-base of Wikipedia pages. There are two projects actively recruiting volunteers
1. Keeping Cochrane evidence up to date on Wikipedia (Cochrane Bot Update Project).
- Link to Project Page:[1]
- About the project: A bot created list of Cochrane Reviews for which a newer version is available to replace the older one that is currently used in an article.
::Can I get involved? Yes! Follow the simple instructions and if the conclusions have changed in the Cochrane Review update the Wikipedia reference and/or the text - How long will it take? 5 minutes+, depending on whether the text needs updating in the Wiki article.
- Project contact: JenOttawa
2. Improving the Evidence Base of Wikipedia Using Cochrane Reviews.
- Link to Project Page: [2]
- About the project: Volunteers can go to our project page to access a list of all Cochrane Reviews not presently used in Wikipedia. You can search for a Review that interests you, paraphrase the conclusions, and find a place for the evidence in Wikipedia.
- How long will it take? 5-10 minutes/Cochrane Review.
- Project contact: JenOttawa
3.Get free access to Cochrane publications!
- Since 2013 Cochrane has provided subscriptions to its journals to experienced Wikipedia contributors who would use them to develop Wikipedia's medical content. These subscriptions and others are provided by The Wikipedia Library.
- Cochrane Global Ageing is an effort to develop Wikipedia's articles on ageing with health information provided by Cochrane.
- Students 4 Best Evidence, a student organization supported by Cochrane, continues to engage with Wikipedia in various ways
Publications[edit]
- Tate, Benedict (8 October 2014), "Wikipedia now and in the future of healthcare", students4bestevidence.net, Cochrane, retrieved 16 September 2016
- Rewriting Wikipedia
- The Cochrane-Wikipedia partnership in 2016
- What proportion of Cochrane Reviews are Wiki-compatible?
- Fixing mistakes and replacing outdated content on Wikipedia
- Cochrane Collaboration and Wikipedia
- Cochrane recruits talented Wikipedian in Residence
- Wikipedia now and in the future of health care
- Why Wikipedia? Are more science-trained Wikipedia editors a step in the right direction for democratic access to science and research?
Events[edit]
- Cochrane representatives have attended various Wikipedia events, including the following:
- Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong, where Cochrane was noted among "the coolest projects"
- Wikimania 2014 in London, where Cochrane was featured in these presentations: "Wikipedia and Medicine", "What does a Wikipedian in Residence in the scientific sector do?", "The Future of Libraries and Wikipedia"
- Wikimania 2015 in Mexico City, where user:FloNight registered as a Cochrane representative
- Wikimania 2016 in Esino Lario, Italy, where Cochrane was noted in the poster project
- Wikimania 2017 in Montreal, where user:JenOttawa presented her experience of Wikimedia and Cochrane collaboration in a talk on Wikipedia Visiting Scholars
- Cochrane has included Wikipedia contributors in various Cochrane events, including the following:
- Cochrane Colloquium 2013 in Quebec City
- "Wikipedia meets Cochrane: working to get better evidence into mass use", a presentation at the conference
- Cochrane Editorial Bulletin, October 2013
- Cochrane Colloquium 2014 in Hyderabad
- "Cochrane and Wikipedia: disseminating evidence", a presentation at the conference
- Wikipedia and Cochrane Symposium, 2014, the conference notice on Meta-Wiki
- Grants/Wikipedia - Cochrane Symposium Hyderabad 2014, a funding plan by Wikimedia India to support local participation
- Cochrane Colloquium 2015 in Vienna
- Cochrane-Wikipedia Symposium 2015, the conference notice on Meta-Wiki
- de:Wikipedia:Redaktion Medizin/Cochrane Collaboration, the conference notice on German Wikipedia
- Cochrane Colloquium 2016 in Seoul
- Cochrane Colloquium 2013 in Quebec City