Wikipedia:Fordham/March 2016

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• Thursday, 1:15-2:45pm on March 10, 2016
• organized by [http://takooshian.socialpsychology.org/ Harold Takooshian] of Fordham University
• Presentation by Lane Rasberry, user:bluerasberry, Wikipedian-in-Residence at Consumer Reports
• Fordham students, professors, and faculty welcome

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:1:15-1:45 - Welcome, and presentation on Wikipedia

:1:45-2:15 - Discussion and demos

:2:15 - ~2:45 - presentation over, but anyone may stay to schedule other Wikipedia support for faculty and students at Fordham

The event will start with a presentation which gives the Wikipedia community perspective on the following:

1. To what extent does Wikipedia matter in health communication?
2. How does one edit Wikipedia?
3. What is Wikipedia's quality control system?

• All participants will gain the ability to describe the nature of Wikipedia as a communication channel
• Participants will know how to access support in New York City for contributing to Wikipedia, if they choose to request it

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The event is hosted by Fordham University with support from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and [http://mpapsych.org/ Manhattan Psychological Association].

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The presentation is provided by Consumer Reports. Other organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach in New York include the following:

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Fordham University text only logo.png|Fordham University

File:Choosing Wisely logo.png|Choosing Wisely

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File:Wiki Project Med Foundation logo.svg|Wiki Project Med

File:New York Academy of Sciences wordmark.png|New York Academy of Sciences

File:Wikimedia New York City logo.svg|Wikimedia New York City

File:Wiki Education Foundation logo.svg|Wiki Education Foundation

File:DocGraph wordmark.png|[https://batea.docgraph.com/study/ Docgraph]

All of these organizations endorse this classroom outreach. Your facilitator, user:bluerasberry, does not represent any of them except Consumer Reports. The nature of the support is as follows -

• Consumer Reports sponsors the outreach and presentation.
• Fordham University faculty are the participants and the event is hosted there
• Choosing Wisely is the outreach health campaign on which this Wikipedia outreach program is based.
• Cochrane remains available to provide access to Cochrane publications or talk with Wikipedia contributors about using good sources
• New York Academy of Sciences encourages universities in New York to contribute to Wikipedia
• Wikimedia New York City is the local volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community
• Wiki Project Med is the international volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community supporting the development of Wikipedia's medical coverage
• Wiki Education Foundation provides software to report impact of Wikipedia editing by groups of students
• DocGraph is providing [https://batea.docgraph.com/study/ analysis of Wikipedia use] by medical students. [https://batea.docgraph.com/study/ Please consider opting in to participate].

• Wikimedia New York City, the local Wikimedia chapter, hosts regular meetings as described at WP:Meetup/NYC
• The Wikipedia Adventure, an online training program
• The Wikipedia:Education program provides Wikipedia:Training/For educators

For local Wikipedia support contact user:bluerasberry, {{nospam|lrasberry|consumer.org}}.

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