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Pete Forsyth

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Wiki Strategies

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Twitter: @PeteForsyth • @WikiStrategies

Some discussion points

 * What are the benefits, risks of open research, transparency?
 * What are the benefits, risks of an open production process for an encyclopedia?
 * What supports an "empowered consumer" in advancing his/her own interest?
 * Conflicts of interest in Wikipedia composition & editing
 * Demographics of Wikipedia and its impact (10:1::male:female, etc.)
 * How to engage with Wikipedia effectively, without diving deep?
 * Media literacy in 2012: do we need to understand wikis?
 * What is a free license? How does it relate to research, to advocacy, to publishing?

Easy ways to explore Wikipedia

 * WP:WikiProject Medicine
 * Health Article Review Project