Wikipedia:WikiProject COVID-19/Main messages

Main messages
This page is used to collate main messages organisations are producing on COVID-19 related topics which they would like greater public awareness of. These can be included in Wikipedia either to inform topics covered in articles or used as quotes. These messages may be key facts on aspects of the pandemic, recommendations of actions to take (which can be added to Wikipedia as 'this organisation recommends....) or other topics, all messages should include references.

How to add information to this page
Using the template at the bottom of the page please add a list of messages, references and suggested articles by clicking the 'Edit with VisualEditor' button. Please remember to click 'Publish changes' to save your additions to the page.


 * Topic: The topic of the message e.g women in healthcare
 * Message: Messages should be at least 2 sentences long. Please write the message in your own words to avoid copyright issues.
 * References: Please add references for the messages, we cannot add the messages into Wikipedia unless references are added
 * Suggested articles: Which articles you suggest these messages are integrated into.
 * Notes: Any additional information that may be useful e.g who collected the messages.



Using the information on this page

 * 1) Look at the messages.
 * 2) Add them to Wikipedia articles with references. There are generally two main types of information:
 * 3) Facts that the organisation wants people to know about a topic, these can be added without adaptation.
 * 4) Recommendations that the organisation gives, please make clear who is giving the recommendation e.g NAME OF ORGANISATION recommends ....
 * 5) Add where this information has been added to the table by clicking 'Edit with VisualEditor'.

Sourcing messages
There are several ways of finding the main messages organisations are providing including:


 * 1) Looking on their websites or on social media
 * 2) Asking them directly either through email or social media

Please only add messaging from organisations who are reliable sources.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Note: Some FAO publications are available under an open license and have a license statement which should be added to articles the text is used in in a 'sources' section, see Help:Adding open license text to Wikipedia for more info

UN Women
Note: Messages collected from UN Women by John Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO

UNFPA
Note: Messages collected from UNFPA by John Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO and Wikimedia Sverige.

UNESCO
''Note: UNESCO publications are available under a CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO license. Messages collected from UN Women by John Cummings, Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO''