Excellent, James! On Dec 4, 2014 3:43 PM, "Jens Best" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi James, > > thanks for sharing. > > This shows exemplary the success of Wikipedia for being a trusted spot for > information. It also shows its growing responsibilities. News like this are > encouraging on so many levels. > > Best regards > > Jens Best > Am 04.12.2014 15:34 schrieb "James Heilman" <[email protected]>: > > > Hey All > > > > I would like to share the following: > > > > “Wikipedia has been the most widely used single source of information > about > > Ebola in the most affected countries, among people who searched for > > information through Bing. The use of Wikipedia was greater than that of > > either CNN, the World Health Organization, or the Center for Disease > > Control during the time periods examined. The countries in question > > include: Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea." > > > > I have been collaborating with a researcher from microsoft by the name of > > Elad Yom-Tom who has provided this interesting data. We are looking at > > submitting something to a peer reviewed journal soon. Journal will of > > course need to be Open Access, PLoS Medicine or Open BMJ interested? :-) > > > > I think this is a real accomplishment for all the amazing individuals and > > organizations that have made Wikipedia what it is today including the > many > > dedicated Wikipedians, the Wikimedia Foundation, our collaborators at > > Translators Without Borders, the Cochrane Collaboration, and the > University > > of California San Francisco College of Medicine among others. I hope this > > is also encouragement for organizations such as the World Health > > Organisation among others that are not currently engaging with Wikipedia > as > > a platform for knowledge sharing to do so. > > > > -- > > James Heilman > > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
