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Fall 2022 #citeNLM Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Details

Date: Friday, November 18, 2022

Who? Everybody!

When? 2:00pm CST

Why?

1. Improve the quality of medical related articles on Wikipedia using the most authoritative health resources
2. Raise visibility of NLM resources
3. Promote Wikipedia as an outreach tool for engagement and open data

What? The central focus of this edit-a-thon is articles requiring reliable medical sources as identified by WikiProject Medicine.

How? See section below!

How to Participate

1. Create a free account on Wikipedia.
2. Register on our dashboard and help us track the success of this project (optional):
   https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/NNLM/CiteNLM_Fall_2022_Virtual_Edit-a-thon_(November_18,_2022)
3. Select an article to edit (see the "Editing" tab for more information on this step)
4. Help us measure our impact! In the "Edit summary," use the hashtag #citeNLM in at least one edit for every new article you work on.
5. Include the hashtag #citeNLM in your tweets about the event and follow the hashtag to interact with fellow Wikipedians