Cochrane Collaboration-Wikipedia Initiative/Projects

Get Involved!

We welcome new and experienced Wikipedians: Get involved and improve the evidence-base of Wikipedia pages using Cochrane Reviews.
1. Improving the Evidence Base of Wikipedia Using Cochrane Reviews.

New Cochrane Evidence Project Page

About the project: Volunteers can go to our project page to access a list of all Cochrane Reviews not presently used in Wikipedia. You can search for a Review that interests you, paraphrase the conclusions, and find a place for the evidence in Wikipedia.

Project contact: JenOttawa

2. Keeping Cochrane evidence up to date on Wikipedia (Cochrane Bot Update Project).

Cochrane Updates needed on Wikipedia (updated monthly at the beginning of the month)

About the project: A bot created list of Cochrane Reviews for which a newer version is available to replace the older one that is currently used in an article.

Can I get involved? Yes! Replace the citation in the Wikipedia article and if the conclusions have changed in the Cochrane Review update the text

Project contact: JenOttawa

The Wikipedia Library: free access to the Cochrane Library

Link:[1]
About the project: The Cochrane library have 100 licenses available to Wikipedia Editors who would like to help improve the evidence base of Wikipedia.
Can I get involved? Please use above link to apply.

Cochrane Hypertension

Link: [2]
About the project: Cochrane Hypertension have been working on edits to Wikipedia pages with links to hypertension-related Cochrane Reviews.
Can I get involved? Yes! Please contact us (cochrane@ti.ubc.ca)
How long will it take? Approximately 15 minutes per page
Project contact: cochrane@ti.ubc.ca

Cochrane Russia and the Russian-language Wikipedia Project

Link: Russia Wikipedia Initiative- />
About the project: Cochrane Russia have been working on edits to Wikipedia health related pages with links to Cochrane Reviews.
Can I get involved? Yes! Please contact us (Cochrane Russia <cochrane.russia.kpfu@gmail.com> and lezign@gmail.com)
How long will it take? Approximately 15 minutes per page
Ссылка: http://russia.cochrane.org/news/cochrane-russia-and-russian-language-wikipedia
О проекте: Кокрейн Россия работает над редактированием страниц Википедии, посвященных вопросам здоровья и здравоохранения со ссылками на Кокрейновские Обзоры.
Могу ли я присоединиться? ДА! Пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами (Кокрейн Россия <cochrane.russia.kpfu@gmail.com> и lezign@gmail.com) Сколько времени мне потребуется? Примерно 15 минут на страницу
Контакты по проекту: lezign@gmail.com and potapov0770@gmail.com