Hi. Reminder, that the Wikipedia article writing challenge / competition *Health Challenge 2026* <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026> still runs but *ends in just a few hours at the end on the 16th July 2026 (UTC)*!
So if you, or your community, is interested to participate, *the time is now!* Dear James, thanks for your feedback! This is not the right place for going deep into such details, so just a general answer: This challenge runs on *all* Wikipedias, and different Wikipedias have a different appetite for different topics. The perspective of the English Wikipedia community is valuable - but not absolute. This challenge respects this. Also, the focus topics was *specifically* designed to accept topics that are not in full swing yet but promise huge potential benefits if realized (like eradication of a disease, blood substitute, repair of damage caused by aging). Finally, WM Medicine was welcomed to comment on the focus topics already before the start of the challenge. And for the end, participants are welcomed to write about health in a wide sense, not only to focus on the focus topics ;-) Looking forward to see more help for spreading health Michal Matúšov / User:KuboF Hromoslav Esperanto and Free Knowledge (WUG ELiSo) <https://esperanto.wiki/> Chair ut 30. 6. 2026 o 21:44 Michal Matúšov <[email protected]> napísal(a): > Hi. > > With pleasure I inform you that the Wikipedia article writing challenge Health > Challenge 2026 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026> > was extended to 16 July 2026! So you can write / translate / extend more > articles about health and win valuable prizes. > > This is not a usual Wikipedia article writing competition / challenge. The > extent of its impact is touching every single human being on Earth (and > beyond) and even many animals! Health is a universal need of all of us, but > usually it is fully appreciated only when it is lost. This article > challenge reminds us and many Wikipedia readers about the progress that > medicine as a field have already made and provides vision for what is > possible for the next couple of years to a few decades. The trustworthy > information provided by this competition can literally save the lives of > very, very many people, potentially including those close to you and even > your own! Just for an example, imagine how much easier it would be to cure > someone's cancer if it would be detected several years earlier! That can be > a difference between full remission and many years of struggle. > > I especially invite you to concentrate your writing effort on the focus > articles “Horizon of Health” > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026/Focus_articles>. > Those are hand-picked topics considered to have exceptionally high impact, > not yet fully deployed or even developed but no more a pure sci-fi (so, > available in next ~20 years). They range from early, minimally invasive > cancer detection, to full eradication of diseases to reversing aging. More > societal awareness about these topics can move the needle about their > development and save around 110 000 lives for every single day that the > proper treatments are developed. > > I also invite you to invite your wiki-friends, so we can educate the world > about the pressing issue of global health more massively. > > Best regards > Michal Matúšov / User:KuboF Hromoslav > Esperanto and Free Knowledge (WUG ELiSo) <https://esperanto.wiki/> > Chair >
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