View source for Wikipedia and the COVID-19 pandemic

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[[File:WMF coronavirus pandemic message 2.png|thumb|300px|alt=Pop-up message at the top of a Wikipedia page|March 2020 message to the [[English Wikipedia]]'s readers about [[COVID-19]], written by [[Katherine Maher]], then-executive director of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]]]
The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] was covered in [[Wikipedia]] extensively, in real-time, and across multiple languages. This coverage extends to many detailed articles about various aspects of the topic itself, as well as many existing articles being amended to take account of the [[pandemic]]'s effect on them.<ref name="Rossette-Crake Buckwalter 2022 p. 45">{{cite book | last1=Rossette-Crake | first1=F. | last2=Buckwalter | first2=E. | title=COVID-19, Communication and Culture: Beyond the Global Workplace | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=The COVID-19 Pandemic Series | year=2022 | isbn=978-1-000-62310-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fGdxEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 | access-date=16 February 2023 | pages=45–46 | archive-date=25 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425231816/https://books.google.com/books?id=fGdxEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45 | url-status=live }}</ref> Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects' coverage of the pandemic – and how the [[Wikipedia community|volunteer editing community]] achieved that coverage – received widespread media attention for its comprehensiveness, reliability, and speed.<ref name="Rossette-Crake Buckwalter 2022 p. 45"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Sachdev |first=Shaan |date=26 February 2021 |title=Wikipedia's Sprawling, Awe-Inspiring Coverage of the Pandemic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/161486/wikipedia-coverage-pandemic-covid |magazine=The New Republic |issn=0028-6583 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209151706/https://newrepublic.com/article/161486/wikipedia-coverage-pandemic-covid |archive-date=9 February 2023 |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="haaretz" /><ref name="Prevents" /> Wikipedia experienced an increase in readership during the pandemic.<ref name=nyt1/>
==Wikipedia==
The [[Wikimedia Foundation]] reported that on all [[List of Wikipedias|Wikipedias]] from 1 December 2019 to 8 December 2020, 6,950 articles related to [[COVID-19]] had been created, and 983,395 edits had been made to COVID-19-related articles by 97,088 editors. Additionally, in the same one-year time frame, COVID-19 related articles across all Wikipedias received 579,190,316 pageviews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikipedia and COVID-19 - Explore the data |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/covid19/data/#section-1 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |date=13 April 2020 |archive-date=2 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402003600/https://wikimediafoundation.org/covid19/data/#section-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
One study found that Wikipedia's coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic from January to May 2020 referenced trusted media sources and high-quality academic research.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robertson|first=Sally|date=3 March 2021|title=Wikipedia maintained high-quality COVID-19 coverage during first pandemic wave|url=https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210303/Wikipedia-maintained-high-quality-COVID-19-coverage-during-first-pandemic-wave.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=13 April 2021|website=News-Medical.net|language=en|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413023921/https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210303/Wikipedia-maintained-high-quality-COVID-19-coverage-during-first-pandemic-wave.aspx}}</ref> Another study observed that Wikipedia's traffic tended to match the intensity of other COVID-19 discussion in the [[media ecosystem]], rather than the ongoing and steady severity of the pandemic.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gozzi |first1=N |last2=Tizzani |first2=M |last3=Starnini |first3=M |last4=Ciulla |first4=F |last5=Paolotti |first5=D |last6=Panisson |first6=A |last7=Perra |first7=N |title=Collective Response to Media Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Reddit and Wikipedia: Mixed-Methods Analysis. |journal=Journal of Medical Internet Research |date=12 October 2020 |volume=22 |issue=10 |pages=e21597 |doi=10.2196/21597 |pmid=32960775|pmc=7553788 |doi-access=free }}</ref> A December 2020 study showed that nearly two percent of COVID-19-related literature had been cited on Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Colavizza |first=Giovanni |date=1 December 2020 |title=COVID-19 research in Wikipedia |url=https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/1/4/1349/96124/COVID-19-research-in-Wikipedia |journal=Quantitative Science Studies |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=[[MIT Press]] |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=1349–1380 |doi=10.1162/qss_a_00080 |doi-access=free |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322202540/https://direct.mit.edu/qss/article/1/4/1349/96124/COVID-19-research-in-Wikipedia |url-status=live |hdl=11245.1/1558b583-13c1-4e18-9800-0234a0aeb329 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
In mid-March 2020, journalist [[Noam Cohen]] said that editors' work on articles related to the pandemic demonstrated "that Wikipedia has also developed a [[conscience]]."<ref name="Prevents">{{cite magazine |title=How Wikipedia Prevents the Spread of Coronavirus Misinformation |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=15 March 2020 |url=https://www.wired.com/story/how-wikipedia-prevents-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/ |access-date=24 April 2020 |first=Noam |last=Cohen |archive-date=1 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501004048/https://www.wired.com/story/how-wikipedia-prevents-spread-coronavirus-misinformation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Cohen described how Wikipedia's efforts to combat [[Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic|misinformation related to the pandemic]] differed from some other major websites and opined, "Unless [[Twitter]], [[Facebook]] and the others can learn to address misinformation more effectively, Wikipedia will remain the last best place on the Internet."<ref name="Prevents" />
Wikipedia experienced an increase in readership during the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name=nyt1>{{Cite news|last1=Koeze|first1=Ella|last2=Popper|first2=Nathaniel|date=7 April 2020|title=The Virus Changed the Way We Internet|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/07/technology/coronavirus-internet-use.html|url-status=live|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422053932/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/07/technology/coronavirus-internet-use.html|archive-date=22 April 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In April 2020, according to the newspaper ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'', when reports of cases in [[Wuhan]] emerged in December 2019 at the start of the pandemic, Wikipedia editors averaged 163 edits per hour to COVID-related pages.<ref name="Dawn">{{cite news|last1=Jahangir|first1=Ramsha|date=23 April 2020|title=Wikipedia breaks five-year record with high traffic in pandemic|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1551521|url-status=live|access-date=23 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423205758/https://www.dawn.com/news/1551521|archive-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> Across 188 Wikipedia languages, there were nearly 7,000 articles related to the pandemic as of November 2021.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last1=Keton|first1=Amanda|last2=Humborg|first2=Christian|date=29 November 2021|title=Digital regulation must empower people to make the internet better|url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/28/digital-regulation-must-empower-people-to-make-the-internet-better/|url-status=live|access-date=19 December 2021|website=[[TechCrunch]]|language=en-US|archive-date=30 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530140630/https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/28/digital-regulation-must-empower-people-to-make-the-internet-better/}}</ref>[[File:FACT- 5G mobile networks DO NOT spread COVID-19.svg|thumb|300px|right|alt=Infographic showing no correlation between 5G mobile networks and COVID-19|One of several [[infographic]]s provided by the [[World Health Organization]] to Wikipedia; this one pertains to [[Misinformation related to 5G technology|conspiracy theories about 5G]], specifically [[COVID-19 misinformation#5G|those about COVID-19]].]]In his article "Why Wikipedia Is Immune to Coronavirus", Omer Benjakob of ''[[Haaretz]]'' wrote, "Wikipedia has stepped in to provide relief. So much so that it has become the go-to source for COVID-19 information."<ref name="haaretz">{{Cite news|last=Benjakob|first=Omer|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-why-wikipedia-is-immune-to-coronavirus-1.8751147|title=Why Wikipedia Is Immune to Coronavirus|date=8 April 2020|work=[[Haaretz]]|access-date=22 April 2020|language=en|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417125622/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-why-wikipedia-is-immune-to-coronavirus-1.8751147|url-status=live}}</ref> Editors have worked diligently to remove [[Misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic|misinformation]].<ref name="Wired3">{{Cite magazine|last=Benjakob|first=Omer|date=9 February 2020|title=On Wikipedia, a fight is raging over coronavirus disinformation|magazine=[[Wired UK]]|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-coronavirus|url-status=live|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416214738/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-coronavirus|archive-date=16 April 2020|issn=1357-0978}}</ref><ref name="Dodds3">{{Cite news|last=Dodds|first=Laurence|date=3 April 2020|title=Why Wikipedia is winning against the coronavirus 'infodemic'|language=en-GB|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/04/03/wikipedia-winning-against-coronavirus-infodemic/|url-status=live|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411200231/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/04/03/wikipedia-winning-against-coronavirus-infodemic/|archive-date=11 April 2020|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> The [[World Health Organization]] announced it was working with the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] to help [[free content|freely license]] its infographics and other material on COVID-19 to help in the work's effort to fight misinformation related to COVID-19, with plans to do similar in the future for other [[Infectious disease (medical specialty)|infectious diseases]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=McNeil |first=Donald G. Jr. |date=22 October 2020 |title=Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join to Combat Covid-19 Misinformation |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227064916/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/health/wikipedia-who-coronavirus-health.html |archive-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>
Jevin West, a professor at the [[University of Washington Information School]], said in August 2020 that Wikipedia has handled COVID-19 "overall, exceptionally well."<ref>{{Cite news |last=M. Andrews |first=Travis |date=7 August 2020 |title=Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia's biggest challenges ever. Here's how the site is handling it. |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/07/wikipedia-covid-coronavirus/ |url-status=live |access-date=9 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809103835/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/07/wikipedia-covid-coronavirus/ |archive-date=9 August 2020 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> In January 2021, the [[BBC]] remarked that in 2020, hundreds of Wikipedia editors had covered just about every aspect of the pandemic.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Cellan-Jones |first1=Rory |title=Wikipedia at 20: The encyclopedia in five articles |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55667711 |website=BBC News |date=15 January 2021 |access-date=19 January 2021 |archive-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118140330/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55667711 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In June 2021, Jackson Ryan of [[CNET]] reported on Wikipedia's "endless war" over the [[COVID-19 lab leak theory|COVID-19 lab leak hypothesis]]. Some editors were reported to have been caught setting up "[[Sock puppet account|sock puppet]]" accounts to reinforce their own point of view and push dubious sources. Other editors were reported to have expressed concerns about possible Chinese state actors suppressing discussion of the hypothesis, without providing definitive evidence.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ryan|first=Jackson|date=24 June 2021|title=Inside Wikipedia's endless war over the coronavirus lab leak theory|url=https://www.cnet.com/features/inside-wikipedias-endless-war-over-the-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory/|url-status=live|access-date=27 June 2021|website=[[CNET]]|language=en|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627021622/https://www.cnet.com/features/inside-wikipedias-endless-war-over-the-coronavirus-lab-leak-theory/}}</ref> In July 2021, British science writer [[Matt Ridley]] criticized Wikipedia for "long bann[ing] any mention of the possibility that the virus leaked from a Wuhan laboratory."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Varadarajan |first=Tunku |date=23 July 2021 |title=How Science Lost the Public's Trust |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-china-media-lab-leak-climate-ridley-biden-censorship-coronavirus-11627049477 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028031116/https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-china-media-lab-leak-climate-ridley-biden-censorship-coronavirus-11627049477 |archive-date=28 October 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Ridley himself is a proponent of the lab leak hypothesis.<ref>{{cite news |last=Poole |first=Steven |date=9 November 2021 |title=Viral by Alina Chan and Matt Ridley review: pushes the lab-leak theory behind Covid too hard |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/viral-alina-chan-matt-ridley-review-pushes-lab-leak-theory-behind/ |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location= |access-date=16 November 2021 |archive-date=24 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124161708/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/viral-alina-chan-matt-ridley-review-pushes-lab-leak-theory-behind/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In a July 2021 ''[[The Atlantic]]'' article, writer [[Renée DiResta]] wrote about how the [[United States government]]'s efforts to combat misinformation needed a "better system for communicating with the public." DiResta refers to Wikipedia as a good model for how this should be done, stating that "The crowdsourced reference site is the simplest, most succinct summary of the current state of knowledge on almost any subject you can imagine," and that this approach would allow "far more complete and up-to-date [information] than individual press releases."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=DiResta |first=Renée |author-link=Renée DiResta |date=21 July 2021 |title=Institutional Authority Has Vanished. Wikipedia Points to the Answer. |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/cdc-should-be-more-like-wikipedia/619469/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |issn=2151-9463 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128090123/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/cdc-should-be-more-like-wikipedia/619469/ |archive-date=28 November 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
In August 2021, Wikipedia co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]] wrote in ''[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]'' that "When the COVID-19 pandemic changed life as we know it, volunteer editors on Wikipedia acted in real-time to combat disinformation and ensure the world had access to science-based health resources, across 188 languages and every continent. Through an open, decentralised model, Wikipedians created unparalleled amounts of accurate, life-saving content."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wales|first=Jimmy|date=26 August 2021|title=Learning to trust the internet again|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/8/26/learning-to-trust-the-internet-again|url-status=live|access-date=26 August 2021|website=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|language=en|archive-date=27 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827002411/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/8/26/learning-to-trust-the-internet-again}}</ref>
Wikipedia editors follow a set of "[[Wikipedia:Contentious topics|contentious topics]]" standards to prevent misinformation and [[Vandalism on Wikipedia|vandalism]]. These topics encompass all "specially-designated topics that have attracted more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikipedia:Contentious topics |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129194318/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics |archive-date=29 January 2023 |access-date=5 February 2023 |website=Wikipedia|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]}}</ref> The contentious topic rules state that administrators have the ability to restrict editors causing disruption or to restrict entire pages if there's constant disruption.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |date=16 June 2021 |title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case - Motion: Discretionary sanctions |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1028936864#Motion:_Discretionary_sanctions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626164501/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1028936864 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |access-date=5 February 2023 |website=Wikipedia|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]}}</ref>
===English Wikipedia===
[[File:Screenshot of the Template for the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the English Wikipedia as of 2021-04-03.png|thumb|alt=A very large Wikipedia template showing articles related to COVID-19|Screenshot of a template on the [[English Wikipedia]] displaying a collection of articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic, {{As of|2021|April|3|lc=y|post=}}]]
A year after its first creation, the main [[COVID-19 pandemic]] Wikipedia article in English had become the 34th most viewed article on the website of all time, with almost 32,000 inbound links from other articles, according to ''[[The New Republic]]''.<ref name=":0" /> {{As of|2023|2|post=,}} Wikipedia's Top 100 most-viewed pages chart lists the article for the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] as the 65th most-viewed article ever and the article for [[Coronavirus]] as the 5th most-viewed [[life]]-related article ever.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wikipedia:Popular pages |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Popular_pages |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223121000/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Popular_pages |url-status=live }}</ref>
The "2019–2020 China pneumonia outbreak" Wikipedia article, which evolved into the [[English Wikipedia]]'s main article about the pandemic, was created on 5 January 2020 by a user from [[China]]. Wikipedia entries were subsequently created for "[[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]]" and "[[Coronavirus disease 2019]]".<ref name="Wired3"/><ref name=":1" /> By 9 February, the main article had been edited more than 6,500 times by approximately 1,200 editors, and six of the primary Wikipedia articles about the pandemic were viewed more than 18 million times. Other early entries included [[COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory|an overview of the pandemic by country and territory]], a [[Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic|timeline]], and another focused on [[Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic|xenophobia and racism]]. The Wikipedia pages about [[Bat as food|bats as food]], the [[Corona (beer)|Corona beer brand]], [[severe acute respiratory syndrome]] (SARS), and [[Wuhan]] also saw increased editing.<ref name="Wired3"/>
As the pandemic spread, editors worked to keep up with the barrage of new information and misinformation being added to the site. Information on Wikipedia was used to create data visualizations and shared on [[Reddit]], [[Twitter]], and other social media platforms.<ref name="Wired3"/> More than 2,100 editors had contributed to the main article about the pandemic by 19 March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/coronavirus-wikipedia-policies.html|title=The Coronavirus Is Stress-Testing Wikipedia's Systems&nbsp;– and Editors|last=Harrison|first=Stephen|date=19 March 2020|website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|language=en|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=18 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418195356/https://slate.com/technology/2020/03/coronavirus-wikipedia-policies.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Wikiproject viewership march 2020.png|thumb|left|alt=Line graph showing a spike in viewership for WikiProject COVID-19 articles|Viewership of WikiProject COVID-19, [[WikiProject Medicine]], and WikiProject Viruses during March 2020]]
Editor affinity groups known as [[WikiProject]]s helped to supervise the English Wikipedia's pandemic coverage,<ref name="Prevents" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> monitoring articles for changes, offering feedback, enforcing rigorous source quality standards, and translating articles into [[List of Wikipedias|Wikipedias of other languages]].{{r|Wired3|Heise}} A new WikiProject dedicated to the disease and pandemic had 90 members by late March 2020.<ref name="Heise">{{cite news |last=Kleinz |first=Torsten |date=24 March 2020 |title=Hochzeiten für Wikipedia: Dauerhafte Coronavirus-Updates |language=de |trans-title=Golden era for Wikipedia: substantial coronavirus updates |work=Heise Online |publisher=[[Heinz Heise]] |url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Hochzeiten-fuer-Wikipedia-Dauerhafte-Coronavirus-Updates-4689416.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330095657/https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Hochzeiten-fuer-Wikipedia-Dauerhafte-Coronavirus-Updates-4689416.html |archive-date=30 March 2020}}</ref> Prominent Wikipedia editors involved in these projects included [[James Heilman]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The rise of Wikipedia as a source of medical information |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-rise-of-wikipedia-as-a-source-of-medical-information/ |date=24 May 2020 |work=[[CBS Sunday Morning]] |access-date=26 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=27 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227064917/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-rise-of-wikipedia-as-a-source-of-medical-information/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Jason Moore (Wikipedia editor)|Jason Moore]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=M. Andrews|first=Travis|date=7 August 2020|title=Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia's biggest challenges ever. Here's how the site is handling it.|language=en-US|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/07/wikipedia-covid-coronavirus/|access-date=9 October 2021|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809103835/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/07/wikipedia-covid-coronavirus/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Wikipedia editors [[Deletion of articles on Wikipedia|deleted and later restored]] an entry called "[[2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi]]", which project co-founder Jimmy Wales said "was incredibly poorly written and had zero sources".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/on-wikipedia-quora-twitter-battle-rages-against-communalisation-of-covid-19-jamaat-event/articleshow/75287309.cms|title=On Wikipedia, Quora & Twitter, battle rages against communalisation of Covid-19, Jamaat event|last=Chitra|first=Rachel|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 April 2020 |language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423205800/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/on-wikipedia-quora-twitter-battle-rages-against-communalisation-of-covid-19-jamaat-event/articleshow/75287309.cms|archive-date=23 April 2020|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jena |first1=Smrutisnat |title=Wikipedia Founder Responds To Angry Indians Who Ask Him If He Knows How Wikipedia Works |url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/news/wikipedia-founder-responds-to-indians-asking-him-if-he-read-wikipedia/ |access-date=22 April 2020 |work=[[ScoopWhoop]] |date=19 April 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423205801/https://www.scoopwhoop.com/news/wikipedia-founder-responds-to-indians-asking-him-if-he-read-wikipedia/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1250813724203638785|user=jimmy_wales|title=...the article was incredibly poorly written and has zero sources.|author=Jimmy Wales|author-link=Jimmy Wales|date=16 April 2020|access-date=18 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116081929/https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1250813724203638785|archive-date=16 November 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''{{'s}} Omer Benjakob reports that prior to deletion, the article contained [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]] claims that the local Muslim community was the cause of the spread of the disease in India, along with claims that Muslims at a local medical center were seen "[[Sexual abuse|molesting]] nurses and spitting on hospital staff&nbsp;... [and even] reportedly found [[Defecation|defecating]] in the hospital corridor".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Benjakob |first=Omer |date=11 May 2020 |title=A vicious culture war is tearing through Wikipedia |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-culture-war |url-status=live |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220013912/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-culture-war |archive-date=20 December 2022 |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> Wales later responded to accusations on Twitter, stating that Wikipedia did not accept payment for the article's deletion.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaur |first1=Viraj |title=Twitter Users Accuse Wikipedia of Taking Bribes, Founder Responds |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/wikipedia-founder-responds-to-allegations-of-taking-money-to-delete-article-on-tablighi-jamaat |access-date=22 April 2020 |work=[[The Quint]] |date=18 April 2020 |archive-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422044635/https://www.thequint.com/news/india/wikipedia-founder-responds-to-allegations-of-taking-money-to-delete-article-on-tablighi-jamaat |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nuzat |first=Safoora |date=19 April 2020 |title=Wikipedia's befitting reply to 'bribe to delete Tablighi' page |url=https://www.siasat.com/wikipedias-befitting-reply-bribe-delete-tablighi-page-1876290/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419090621/https://www.siasat.com/wikipedias-befitting-reply-bribe-delete-tablighi-page-1876290/ |archive-date=19 April 2020 |access-date=22 April 2020 |website=[[The Siasat Daily]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1250810800991764482|user=jimmy_wales|title=We don't accept payment to include things, nor to delete them.|author=Jimmy Wales|author-link=Jimmy Wales|date=16 April 2020|access-date=18 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015032732/https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1250810800991764482|archive-date=15 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Wikipedia editor graph}}Readership spikes have reflected significant developments in the disease's spread. "[[COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan]]" saw a traffic spike in late March, with daily page views ranging from 80,000 to 100,000; the article ranked number 72 for the month's most read pages.<ref name="Dawn" /> In early April, Wikimedia projects received 673 million page views in a 24-hour period, the highest in five years.<ref name="Dawn" /> The English Wikipedia had 283 COVID-19 articles by then, with the main entry receiving more than 17,000 edits and 20 million views.<ref name="Dodds3" /> Entries about the pandemic received 240 million views by 23 April 2020, with the page about misinformation related to the pandemic receiving an average of 14,000 views per day.<ref name="Dawn" /> A November 2021 study found that contributions to the English Wikipedia had increased by 20 percent due to COVID-19 restrictions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ruprechter |first1=Thorsten |last2=Horta Ribeiro |first2=Manoel |last3=Santos |first3=Tiago |last4=Lemmerich |first4=Florian |last5=Strohmaier |first5=Markus |last6=West |first6=Robert |last7=Helic |first7=Denis |date=2 November 2021 |title=Volunteer contributions to Wikipedia increased during COVID-19 mobility restrictions |journal=[[Scientific Reports]] |language=en |volume=11 |issue=1 |page=21505 |arxiv=2102.10090 |bibcode=2021NatSR..1121505R |doi=10.1038/s41598-021-00789-3 |issn=2045-2322 |pmc=8563865 |pmid=34728670 }}</ref>
===German Wikipedia===
There are hundreds of Wikipedia articles about the COVID-19 pandemic at [[German Wikipedia]]. Editors began writing about the pandemic in January 2020, when the outbreak was advancing in China. The main article about the pandemic and the entry for the disease's spread in Germany were being accessed approximately 150,000 and 100,000 times per day, respectively, as of March 2020.<ref name=Heise/>
===Indian languages===
[[File:WikiProject COVID-19 Urdu Logo.svg|thumb|alt=Caduceus surrounded by the colors of the Wikimedia Foundation logo, Urdu text along the top|Logo for WikiProject COVID-19 at [[Urdu Wikipedia]]]]
Wikipedia had COVID-19 information in several Indian languages by 27 March 2020, including [[Bengali language|Bangla]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Kannada]], [[Malayalam]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], and [[Urdu language|Urdu]].<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Das |first=Praveen |date=15 August 2023 |title=Odia Wikipedia Touches Record Heights; How It Helped People During COVID-19 |work=Odisha Bytes |url=https://odishabytes.com/odia-wikipedia-touches-record-heights-how-it-helped-people-during-covid-19/ |access-date=25 August 2023 |archive-date=25 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825142114/https://odishabytes.com/odia-wikipedia-touches-record-heights-how-it-helped-people-during-covid-19/ |url-status=live }}</ref> SWASTHA (acronym for Special Wikipedia Awareness Scheme for the Healthcare Affiliates),<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Jagmeet |date=3 April 2020 |title=Wikipedia Has a Special Project to Fight Coronavirus Fake News in India |url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/coronavirus-india-wikipedia-project-swastha-information-fake-news-help-2205428 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415034015/https://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/features/coronavirus-india-wikipedia-project-swastha-information-fake-news-help-2205428 |archive-date=15 April 2020 |access-date=22 April 2020 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |language=en}}</ref> a division of [[WikiProject Medicine]], is working with [[Johns Hopkins University]], India's [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]] and [[National Health Authority]], and the [[World Health Organization]] to improve coverage.<ref name="SWASTHA">{{Cite news |date=3 April 2020 |title=Wikipedia's SWASTHA project to help fight Covid-19 fake news in India: Report |language=en |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/wikipedia-s-swastha-project-to-help-fight-covid-19-fake-news-in-india-report/story-A7061qpuHk7uNHIjMBWIrK.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411160609/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/wikipedia-s-swastha-project-to-help-fight-covid-19-fake-news-in-india-report/story-A7061qpuHk7uNHIjMBWIrK.html |archive-date=11 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/wikipedia-has-covid-19-information-in-bangla-hindi-tamil-and-6-other-indian-languages/story-W6MgaCaqfxTjmku4bNcDeL.html|title=Wikipedia has COVID-19 information in Bangla, Hindi, Tamil and 6 other Indian languages|date=27 March 2020|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=12 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412185332/https://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/wikipedia-has-covid-19-information-in-bangla-hindi-tamil-and-6-other-indian-languages/story-W6MgaCaqfxTjmku4bNcDeL.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Urdu Wikipedia]]'s entry for COVID-19 was viewed more than 12,000 times by 23 April 2020.<ref name=Dawn/> The [[Odia Wikipedia]]'s average monthly readership rose from about 800,000 before 2021 to two million afterwards. A representative from the Wikimedia Odia division said that the over 1,900 medical articles made the Odia Wikipedia "the most comprehensive source of medical content in Odia on the internet".<ref name=":9" /> Development of Wikipedia's coverage on COVID-19 led to public consideration among Indian people of Wikipedia's coverage of other topics.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Benjakob |first1=Omer |title=A vicious culture war is tearing through Wikipedia |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-culture-war |magazine=Wired UK |date=5 November 2020 |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303093543/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-culture-war |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Italian Wikipedia===
A study found that during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] users in Italy had increased readership on topics related to [[dieting]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nucci |first1=Daniele |last2=Santangelo |first2=Omar Enzo |last3=Nardi |first3=Mariateresa |last4=Provenzano |first4=Sandro |last5=Gianfredi |first5=Vincenza |date=November 2021 |title=Wikipedia, Google Trends and Diet: Assessment of Temporal Trends in the Internet Users' Searches in Italy before and during COVID-19 Pandemic |journal=[[Nutrients (journal)|Nutrients]] |volume=13 |issue=11 |pages=3683 |doi=10.3390/nu13113683 |pmc=8620684 |pmid=34835939 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
===Japanese Wikipedia===
There are over one hundred Wikipedia articles about the pandemic at the [[Japanese Wikipedia]]. The Wikipedia article "Abenomask" ([[:ja:アベノマスク|アベノマスク]]) drew attention due to its deletion request. The word refers to a government plan involving [[Cloth face mask|reusable clothmasks]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goto |first=Ryota |date=27 October 2021 |title=Millions of 'Abenomasks,' worth 11 billion yen, went unused |work=[[The Asahi Shimbun]] |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14469339 |url-status=live |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110075220/https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14469339 |archive-date=10 November 2021}}</ref> Some said that the name was an insult against [[Shinzo Abe]], while others said that it was not an insult and showed usage in ''[[Sankei Shimbun]]'', a [[Conservatism|conservative]] newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|title=【襲来！コロナウイルス】「アベノマスク」って差別語だったの？ 「ウィキペディア」の項目の削除要求をめぐるトンデモ大論争|url=https://www.j-cast.com/kaisha/2020/04/24384883.html|date=24 April 2020|website=J-CAST 会社ウォッチ|language=ja|access-date=15 May 2020|archive-date=27 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227064938/https://www.j-cast.com/kaisha/2020/04/24384883.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The community decided that it should not be deleted.<ref>{{Citation |title=Wikipedia:削除依頼/アベノマスク |date=26 April 2020 |url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:%E5%89%8A%E9%99%A4%E4%BE%9D%E9%A0%BC/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%99%E3%83%8E%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF&oldid=77244331 |encyclopedia=Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227064921/https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3A%E5%89%8A%E9%99%A4%E4%BE%9D%E9%A0%BC%2F%E3%82%A2%E3%83%99%E3%83%8E%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF&oldid=77244331 |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |language=ja |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Reidy |first=Gearoid |date=2 April 2020 |title=From Abenomics to Abenomask: Japan Mask Plan Meets With Derision |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/from-abenomics-to-abenomask-japan-mask-plan-meets-with-derision |url-status=live |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423222005/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-02/from-abenomics-to-abenomask-japan-mask-plan-meets-with-derision |archive-date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=柳井政和|date=4 June 2020|title=静かに繰り広げられる、「アベノマスク」 Wikipediaの攻防|url=https://hbol.jp/220318|access-date=16 June 2020|website=ハーバー・ビジネス・オンライン|language=ja|archive-date=27 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227064926/https://hbol.jp/220318|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Spanish Wikipedia===
The main article about the pandemic at [[Spanish Wikipedia]] was created by an editor from Costa Rica on 19 January 2020. By mid April, the article had been edited more than 5,000 times, included 350 references, and received more than 5 million views. The entry was being monitored by approximately 175 editors at the time, receiving an average of 80,000 views per day.<ref name="Hoy">{{cite news |last1=Veiga |first1=Yolanda |date=15 April 2020 |title=El coronavirus pone a prueba Wikipedia |language=es |trans-title=The coronavirus puts Wikipedia to the test |work=[[Hoy (Extremadura)|Hoy]] |url=https://www.hoy.es/vivir/tecnologia/coronavirus-wikipedia-20200415124847-ntrc.html |url-status=live |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227065005/https://www.hoy.es/vivir/tecnologia/coronavirus-wikipedia-20200415124847-ntrc.html |archive-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>
==Wikidata==
[[Wikidata]], a [[Knowledge base|knowledge database]] and sibling project of Wikipedia, has been used for COVID-19 research and databasing. BridgeDb, a project that connects bioinformatic identifiers, is creating COVID-19 gene and protein mapping databases from information supplied by [[Wikidata]] as part of a collaboration with Wikidata's WikiProject COVID-19.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sterling |first1=Bruce |date=21 April 2020 |title=A Covid19 data portal |url=https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2020/04/covid19-data-portal/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |issn=1078-3148 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423205805/https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2020/04/covid19-data-portal/ |archive-date=23 April 2020 |access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Willighagen |first1=Egon |last2=Kutmon |first2=Martina |last3=Martens |first3=Marvin |last4=Slenter |first4=Denise |date=3 July 2022 |title=BridgeDb and Wikidata: a powerful combination generating interoperable open research (BridgeDb) |url=https://riojournal.com/article/83031/ |journal=Research Ideas and Outcomes |language=en |volume=8 |pages=e83031 |doi=10.3897/rio.8.e83031 |s2cid=247288943 |issn=2367-7163 |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204161626/https://riojournal.com/article/83031/ |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}</ref> [[Peer review|Peer-review]] journal ''[[Semantic Web (journal)|Semantic Web]]'' wrote about using Wikidata as a [[Semantic Web|semantic resource]] for COVID-19, writing, "The rich knowledge graph created for COVID-19 in Wikidata can be visualized, explored, and analyzed for purposes like decision support as well as educational and scholarly research."<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Turki |first1=Houcemeddine |last2=Hadj Taieb |first2=Mohamed Ali |last3=Shafee |first3=Thomas |last4=Lubiana |first4=Tiago |last5=Jemielniak |first5=Dariusz |last6=Aouicha |first6=Mohamed Ben |last7=Labra Gayo |first7=Jose Emilio |last8=Youngstrom |first8=Eric A. |last9=Banat |first9=Mus’ab |last10=Das |first10=Diptanshu |last11=Mietchen |first11=Daniel |date=3 February 2022 |editor-last=Haller |editor-first=Armin |title=Representing COVID-19 information in collaborative knowledge graphs: The case of Wikidata |journal=[[Semantic Web (journal)|Semantic Web]] |publisher=[[IOS Press]] |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=233–264 |doi=10.3233/SW-210444 |s2cid=235342949 |doi-access=free }}</ref> WikiProject India set up a task force on Wikidata and created a central database depicting the national and state-level trajectories of the spread.<ref name="Telangana Today">{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Victor |title=Coronavirus: Plagued by conspiracy theories and misinformation |work=[[Telangana Today]] |url=https://telanganatoday.com/coronavirus-plagued-by-conspiracy-theories-and-misinformation |url-status=dead |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227065021/https://telanganatoday.com/coronavirus-plagued-by-conspiracy-theories-and-misinformation |archive-date=27 December 2020}}</ref>
==Wikimedia Foundation==
The Wikimedia Foundation, the [[nonprofit]] organization that supports [[Wikimedia movement]] projects, including Wikipedia, had employees work remotely during [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdowns]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=3 April 2020 |title=Responding to COVID-19 |url=https://wikimediafoundation.org/covid19/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217072318/https://wikimediafoundation.org/covid19/ |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The foundation published multiple free resources for [[Distance education|at-home learning]] to assist with [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education|school closures]].<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Education/COVID-19 response/Resources - Outreach Wiki |url=https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/COVID-19_response/Resources |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217072320/https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/COVID-19_response/Resources |archive-date=17 December 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=Wikimedia Outreach |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |language=en}}</ref> The foundation's then-executive director, [[Katherine Maher]], has encouraged editors and readers to work together to improve Wikipedia's coverage of COVID-19.<ref name=Heise/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Katherine |date=15 March 2020 |title=People First: Wikimedia's Response to COVID-19 |url=https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/wikimedia-coronavirus-response-people-first-8bd99ea6214b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224171334/https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/wikimedia-coronavirus-response-people-first-8bd99ea6214b |archive-date=24 December 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] |language=en}}</ref>
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The Wikimedia Foundation's annual [[Wikimedian of the Year]] award winners in 2020 and 2021 were attributed for their contribution to COVID-19-related content. The 2020 winner, [[Sandister Tei]] under the username Sandiooses, received the award for helping "pioneer the development of our volunteer communities in [[sub-Saharan Africa]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wales |first=Jimmy |date=15 October 2020 |title=Celebrating the people who go above and beyond to build free knowledge: Meet our 2020 Wikimedian of the Year |url=https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/meet-the-2020-wikimedian-of-the-year-a761e0a7febe |url-status=live |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]] |language=en |archive-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216174143/https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/meet-the-2020-wikimedian-of-the-year-a761e0a7febe }}</ref> The press release from the foundation details Tei's efforts to keep her User Group connected and contributing to articles about the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana|pandemic's impact in Ghana]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=15 October 2020 |title=Meet the 2020 Wikimedian of the Year: Sandister Tei |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/10/15/meet-the-2020-wikimedian-of-the-year-sandister-tei/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228212701/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/10/15/meet-the-2020-wikimedian-of-the-year-sandister-tei/ |archive-date=28 December 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=Diff |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Quist |first=Ebenezer |date=16 October 2020 |title=Ghanaian lady awarded by Wikipedia as its worldwide best worker for 2020 |url=https://yen.com.gh/173249-ghanaian-lady-awarded-by-wikipedia-worldwide-worker-year-2020.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109131038/https://yen.com.gh/173249-ghanaian-lady-awarded-by-wikipedia-worldwide-worker-year-2020.html |archive-date=9 November 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=[[Yen.com.gh]] |language=en}}</ref> The 2021 winner, [[Alaa Najjar]] under the username علاء, received the award for "[his] significant contributions to [[Arabic Wikipedia]] represent a care and a commitment to neutrality and accuracy that have encouraged a high standard of quality information on Wikipedia".<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=15 August 2021 |title=Meet Alaa Najjar: Wikimedian of the Year 2021 winner |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-alaa-najjar-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-winner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126120235/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-alaa-najjar-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-winner/ |archive-date=26 November 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=Diff |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The foundation's press release highlights his leadership on the creation of COVID-19-related articles on the Arabic Wikipedia, contributing majorly to WikiProject Medicine and "providing critical access to life-saving information in his community and around the world."<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bedirian |first=Razmig |date=16 August 2021 |title=Arab medical professional Alaa Najjar honoured by Wikipedia for Covid-19 coverage |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2021/08/16/arab-medical-professional-alaa-najjar-honoured-by-wikipedia-for-covid-19-coverage/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209013414/https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2021/08/16/arab-medical-professional-alaa-najjar-honoured-by-wikipedia-for-covid-19-coverage/ |archive-date=9 December 2022 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |language=en}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Health information on Wikipedia]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
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* {{Cite news |last=Andrews |first=Travis M. |date=7 August 2020 |title=Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia's biggest challenges ever. Here's how the site is handling it. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/07/wikipedia-covid-coronavirus/ |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809103835/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/08/07/wikipedia-covid-coronavirus/ |url-status=live }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Benjakob |first1=Omer |last2=Aviram |first2=Rona |last3=Aryeh Sobel |first3=Jonathan |date=12 January 2022 |title=Citati<nowiki/>on n<nowiki/>eeded? Wikipedia bibliometrics during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic |journal=[[GigaScience]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |volume=11 |issue=1 |doi=10.1093/gigascience/giab095|pmid=35022700 |pmc=8756189 |biorxiv=10.1101/2021.03.01.433379 |doi-access=free}}
* {{cite web |title=Wikipedia on COVID-19: what we publish and why it matters |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-03-29/Special_report |website=[[The Signpost]] |publisher=[[English Wikipedia]] |date=29 March 2020 |last1=Bri |last2=Rasberry |first2=Lane |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223050114/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-03-29/Special_report |url-status=live }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Gozzi |first1=N. |last2=Tizanni |first2=M. |last3=Starnini |first3=M. |last4=Ciulla |first4=F |last5=Paolotti |first5=D. |last6=Panisson |first6=A. |last7=Perra |first7=N. |date=October 2020 |title=Collective Response to Media Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Reddit and Wikipedia: Mixed-Methods Analysis |journal=[[Journal of Medical Internet Research|J Med Internet Res]] |volume=22 |issue=10 |pages=e21597 |doi=10.2196/21597 |pmid=32960775 |pmc=7553788 |doi-access=free}}
* {{cite web|title=Open data and COVID-19: Wikipedia as an informational resource during the pandemic|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/By_the_numbers|website=The Signpost|publisher=English Wikipedia|date=26 April 2020|last1=Jung|first1=Changwook|last2=Geng|first2=Sun|last3=Cha|first3=Meeyoung|last4=Hong|first4=Inho|last5=Sáez-Trumper|first5=Diego|access-date=29 April 2020|archive-date=27 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427121026/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2020-04-26/By_the_numbers|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/women-reliable-covid19-information-wikipedia-f1f9255c3672|title=Meet some of the women sharing reliable COVID-19 information with the world on Wikipedia|date=3 April 2020|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]|website=Medium|access-date=22 April 2020|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308180757/https://medium.com/freely-sharing-the-sum-of-all-knowledge/women-reliable-covid19-information-wikipedia-f1f9255c3672|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web |last1=Thalen |first1=Mikael |title=Meet the Wikipedia editors fighting to keep coronavirus pages accurate |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-coronavirus-page/ |website=[[The Daily Dot]] |date=25 March 2020 |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308123220/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-coronavirus-page/ |url-status=live }}
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