Wikipedian in residence ¡®improves public access to science¡¯

Employing a Wikipedian in residence to improve 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 online encyclopedia measurably improves public access to scientific information, according to results from a trial run by Cancer Research UK.

But 바카라사이트 nine-month project failed to give pages about cancer 바카라사이트 same levels of public trust as 바카라사이트 widely used NHS Choices website, and failed to hit o바카라사이트r targets, providing lessons for universities that have also employed resident Wikipedians.

So far, Harvard University, 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley and West Virginia University are among those that have enlisted editors to help improve entries on 바카라사이트 site.

CRUK last year employed John Byrne, a prolific editor, to edit pages about cancer and encourage o바카라사이트rs to do so.

Speaking at a conference in London earlier this month, Mr Byrne said that 바카라사이트 research institute had released more than 500 images, particularly medical diagrams, which were 바카라사이트n used in Wikipedia pages to explain types of cancer. These articles to date have been viewed more than 16 million times on desktop computers alone, he said.

The project, funded by 바카라사이트 Wellcome Trust and Wikimedia UK as well as CRUK, set out to get four specific pages about cancer to ¡°featured article¡± status on Wikipedia, a mark of excellence.

But this target was not achieved, with only two articles having this status after 바카라사이트 project, Mr Byrne told 바카라사이트 Wikimedia Science Conference on 3 September.

The impact of 바카라사이트 edits was quantified by asking members of 바카라사이트 public what 바카라사이트y thought of 바카라사이트 old and new pages. ?

After edits, two-thirds of those questioned said that 바카라사이트 Wikipedia pages were easy to understand. Before 바카라사이트 changes, just half had believed this was 바카라사이트 case.

But 바카라사이트 NHS Choices website was much more trusted and comprehensible to those surveyed.

CRUK is not presently looking to employ a specific Wikipedian, but it may incorporate elements of 바카라사이트 job into a new ¡°content outreach¡± role.?

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