Episode 02 - Meta-Research Citation needed? Wikipedia and the COVID-19 pandemic
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Join us as we learn why referencing Wikipedia might not be such a bad idea. We speak to Omer Benjakob @omerbenj, Jonathan Sobel @JonathanSobel1 & Rona Aviram @rona_av who have been investigating the scientific backbone of Wikipedia pages and how referencing on Wikipedia has changed over the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how Wikipedia manages to reliably keep up to date with a constantly evolving topic, could this be applied to a social media format to prevent disinformation and could Wikipedia be a great way to engage the general population in science? Read the full preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.01.433379v2 Other link: Wikipedia is not a newspaper Wikipedia bans The Daily MailĀ  This episode was produced by Emma Wilson and edited by John D Howard. If you enjoyed this show then hit that subscribe button and leave a review. For the latest podcast news and updates follow us on Twitter @MotionPod or visit our website; www.preprintsinmotion.com. Produced by JEmJ Productions (find us on Twitter: Jonny @JACoates91, Emma @EmmaWil72848527, John @JohnDHoward8) and generously supported by ASAPbio (https://asapbio.org | @asapbio_).
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