Grants/Wikipedia - Cochrane Symposium Hyderabad 2014


 * Grant contact name: Abhijith Jayanthi
 * Grant contact username or email: abhijith@wikimedia.in
 * Grant contact title (position): Hyderabad SIG Chair
 * Project lead name: Abhijith Jayanthi
 * Project lead username or email: abhijith@wikimedia.in
 * Project lead title (position), if any: Hyderabad SIG Chair
 * Full project name: Wikipedia - Cochrane Symposium Hyderabad 2014
 * Amount requested (in INR):
 * Provisional target start date: 20th September 2014
 * Provisional completion date: 26th September 2014

Budget & Details
The grant is sought for arranging T-Shirts to participants for the Symposium. The details are provided below: Fabric: Cotton Type: Collar T-Shirts (NOT Round Neck) Sizes: S Size:  5 L Size: 11 XL Size: 24 Total:   40 Cost per T-Shirt: 325 Rs. + VAT per T-Shirt: 15 Rs. Total Cost = 40 x 340 = 13600 Rs.

Project scope
Wikipedia has been accepted worldwide as a source of health information by both lay people, medical students and healthcare professionals. With about 155,000 medical articles getting about 400 million page-views each month, there is an urgent need for ensuring that information available on Wikipedia is accurate, current, reliable, and free from bias.

Cochrane contributors work with a stated mission: gatekeepers for "trusted evidence, informed decisions, and better health", so collaborating to ensure the quality and reliability of Wikipedia medical articles is a logical extension of Cochrane's mission to produce, disseminate, and advocate for the best available evidence.

The pre-symposium and the 2 workshops which are planned is to take this collaboration to the next level.

Project goal
This effort is for new or novice editors in Wikipedia who wish to learn more about Wikipedia and to actively contribute to the improvement of medical articles. We aim to introduce the participants to: 1. Wikipedia, its contributor community, and the values it holds important. 2. How to edit articles in Wikipedia, specifically how to register as a user, creating userpages, general editing, citing and referencing, and following some good practices.

Participants wishing to make specific edits are encouraged to prepare and bring edited text, references, and other resources in advance of the workshops to maximize efficient use of limited time. This series of events at the Colloquium geared towards strengthening the partnership between Cochrane and Wikipedia.

Non-financial requirements
(1) Adequate communication is provided through various mailing lists, we will need continued support till the end of the event.

(2) We seek to do a press release post the event, and will need support from Communication team and EC

(3) Wikipedia Pin-ups if provided will be useful souvenirs to distribute amongst participants

Fit to strategy
This project shall support the key organizational objectives of:
 * increasing reach (more people being able to access or contribute to Wikipedia or our other projects),
 * participation (more people actually contributing),
 * quality (more useful content or higher quality existing content),
 * credibility (more trust in our projects),
 * maturity and effectiveness of the Hyderabad SIG, India Chapter as a whole; with more citation based editing and research based evidence provided for.

Other benefits
We believe we can get some positive media attention for this project, which may also persuade medical students to use and contribute to Wikipedia in the longer run. Possibly, at a later date, we will be able to work with medical practitioners, experts, colleges to free up their material for sharing on wikipedia.

Event Schedule/Itinerary
Pre-Symposium Colloqium

Date: Saturday 20 September 2014

Wikipedia & Cochrane Symposium

Date: Sunday 21 September 2014 - 09:00 to 17:00

Location: Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH)

Cochrane and Wikipedia: Disseminating Evidence Session

Workshop session 1

Workshop category: Knowledge translation and communicating evidence

Date: Tuesday 23 September 2014 - 13:30 to 15:00

Location: Meeting Room 07 First Floor HICC

Adding evidence to Wikipedia: edit-a-thon

Workshop session 2

Workshop category: Knowledge translation and communicating evidence

Date: Wednesday 24 September 2014 - 07:30 to 08:45

Location: Meeting Room 01- Computer Lab Second Floor HICC

Measures of success
(1) Adequate Participation during the Pre-Symposium Event and the Two Workshops

(2) Enhanced Collaboration between Cochrane and Wikipedia

(3) Adding more editors and evidence to medical pages on Wikipedia

Team members

 * 1) Abhijith Jayanthi
 * 2) Nikita Belavate
 * 3) Dr. Rajasekhar Angajala
 * 4) James Heilman
 * 5) Nancy Owens
 * 6) Sydney Poore
 * 7) Dr. Manu Mathew

Participation
Various measures have been taken to ensure participation. The complete list of participants will be provided after the Symposium Events.