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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />NIH adds own health answers to [b]Wikipedia[/b]
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Nice.
Maybe the FCC will get involved too.
Maybe the FCC will get involved too.
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To make that online information more reliable, NIH is encouraging its scientists and science writers to edit and even initiate Wikipedia articles in their fields. This month, it joined with the Wikimedia Foundation, which publishes the cyber encyclopedia, to host “Wikipedia Academy,†a training session on the tools and rules of wiki culture, at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md.
Over the course of a day, more than two dozen Wikipedia volunteers — just a few of the 4,000 people who edit English-language Wikipedia articles at least five times a month — gave presentations promoting the open-source encyclopedia and encouraging about 100 NIH employees to become editors.
Over the course of a day, more than two dozen Wikipedia volunteers — just a few of the 4,000 people who edit English-language Wikipedia articles at least five times a month — gave presentations promoting the open-source encyclopedia and encouraging about 100 NIH employees to become editors.
Will these suckers really be taught what editing wikipedia is like and how to deal with some of the types theyll meet?
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To make that online information more reliable, NIH is encouraging its scientists and science writers to edit and even initiate Wikipedia articles in their fields. This month, it joined with the Wikimedia Foundation, which publishes the cyber encyclopedia, to host “Wikipedia Academy,†a training session on the tools and rules of wiki culture, at NIH headquarters in Bethesda, Md.
Over the course of a day, more than two dozen Wikipedia volunteers — just a few of the 4,000 people who edit English-language Wikipedia articles at least five times a month — gave presentations promoting the open-source encyclopedia and encouraging about 100 NIH employees to become editors.
Over the course of a day, more than two dozen Wikipedia volunteers — just a few of the 4,000 people who edit English-language Wikipedia articles at least five times a month — gave presentations promoting the open-source encyclopedia and encouraging about 100 NIH employees to become editors.
Will these suckers really be taught what editing wikipedia is like and how to deal with some of the types theyll meet?
Well isn't a matter of time before they meet some of the more
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