Comments on: Wikipedia and Medicine http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/ A doctor's journey in genetics PhD and medicine through web 2.0 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bertalan Meskó http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-27416 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:26:23 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-27416 Incorrect information: A lot of editors (including me) screen the recent changes in Wikipedia to find and eliminate inappropriate edits. It’s a huge work, but we struggle to defend the rules and guidelines of Wikipedia. (I use VandalProof.)

Nofollow: To be honest, that’s the first time I’ve ever heard about that. After I googled it, I found some interesting material on the subject:

* http://www.searchenginejournal.com/all-wikipedia-links-are-now-nofollow/4288/
* http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-01-22-n21.html

What do you think about it?

]]> By: family portrait artist http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-27385 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:20:26 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-27385 Great read. But I want to know about your opinion regarding two issues involving Wikipedia. One, is that alleged easy access or passes for anyone who may contribute incorrect information to Wikipedia. The second is that move to use the no follow attribute.

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]]> By: Medicine in Wikipedia and Citizendum « ScienceRoll http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-3773 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:27:24 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-3773 [...] Web 2.0. trackback I’ve recently got permission to be an author in Citizendum. I’ve already described how the medical part of Wikipedia works. Now, I’d like to present some of the processes of the health issues in Citizendum. First, [...]

]]> By: Medical wikis: the future of medicine? « ScienceRoll http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-2587 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:16:09 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-2587 [...] in Wikipedia: my post on the medical activities in [...]

]]> By: Ask Dr Wiki vs medicine in Wikipedia « ScienceRoll http://scienceroll.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-2378 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:22:07 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/wikipedia-and-medicine/#comment-2378 [...] I don’t think so. Yes, of course, it’d be more reliable, but it’s not the point. Wikipedia’s medical entries are created and maintained by about a hundred editors (just some of them are physicians, [...]

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