On Tuesday, 28 May, and Thursday, 30 May, 2013, there were community Wikipedia meetings at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Attendees participated both in-person and via an online webinar.

Below is a list of participants.

See also our list of articles for editing.

All times are in U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC −4:00).

Webinar/Edit-a-Thon starts at 2:15pm in 4th floor training room, Lister Hill Center

Make sure you get to the campus half an hour ahead to allow time to get through security and bring a photo ID. Details about getting there and security here: visitor information

12.30–1.30pm: NLM introduction and tour, how to get literature onsite

1.30–2.00pm: Meeting with Stephen Greenberg, History of Medicine section

2.15–2.40pm: Wikipedia and Medicine – James Heilman (Doc James)

2.40–3.00pm: Finding & choosing info online from NLM – Hilda Bastian (Hildabast)

3.00–3.30pm: How to edit Wikipedia – Lane Rasberry (Blue Rasberry)

3.30–5.00pm: Hands-on help with editing & searching

5.00–6.30pm: Discussion

On this day there were presentations to NIH staff. Sorry, unlike on Tuesday and Thursday, the general public was not invited for these tutorials due to lack of ability to accommodate anyone more.

Webinar/Edit-a-Thon starts at 9:30AM in 4th floor training room, Lister Hill Center

Make sure you get to the campus half an hour ahead to allow time to get through security and bring a photo ID. Details about getting there and security here: visitor information

9.30–10.00am: Wikipedia Project Medicine – James Heilman (Doc James)

10.00–10.30am: Finding & choosing info online from NLM – Hilda Bastian (Hildabast)

10.30–11.00am: How to edit Wikipedia – Lane Rasberry, Wikipedia (Blue Rasberry)

11.00–12.00pm: Hands-on help with editing & searching

12.00–12.30pm: Discussion: Wikipedia and NLM & NIH

Discussion topics included:

• relationship with Wiki Project Med
• JMIR Wiki Medical Reviews
• cataloging of grey literature from Consumer Reports or any other organization doing layman-targeted health publication
• future relationship of National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)/NLM/NIH with Wikipedia community

Attending

• Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:40, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 20:37, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Hildabast (talk) 12:35, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Doc James (talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 22:15, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Smallbones_(smalltalk) 04:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC) (Thursday – sorry, looks like I won't make it)[reply]
• Siobhan Champ-Blackwell
• Daniel Mietchen – WiR/OS (talk) 17:58, 24 May 2013 (UTC) – will attend part of it (remotely), can help with illustrations and with coverage of Open Access Media Importer, WP:OPENACCESS, and PLOS Computational Biology Topic Pages[reply]
• Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 06:12, 25 May 2013 (UTC) by webinar[reply]
• Klortho (talk) 22:00, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 14:26, 15 May 2013 (UTC) Not an MD; retired volunteer medic.[reply]
• Friend of Smokey the Bear (Wikimedia DC MeetUp member, Thursday only)
• mijotoba (talk) 23:36, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• --Mzorn1 (talk) 14:32, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• GCTJ (talk) 16:48, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Djembayz (talk) 12:35, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Katiemariefunk (talk)

Maybe

• DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 14:26, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Duckduckgo (talk) 18:39, 23 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Regrets

• ~~Ebe123~~ → report 19:34, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• DocTree (ʞlɐʇ·cont) Join WER 21:11, 27 May 2013 (UTC) Called in to work overtime at last minute. Maybe make a later gettogether.[reply]
• Econterms (talk) 14:15, 28 May 2013 (UTC) – Really wish I could. Maybe next time.[reply]

• Awesome collaboration! Always thought of this possibility whenever I referred NCBI. Very Best wishes to everyone!! --Nicke.me (talk) 18:41, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Not really my thing, but sounds like a great event. Enjoy and have fun!! SarahStierch (talk) 13:56, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Simple to moderate edits needed: from PubMed Health
• Health communication

Photos of event uploaded Category:2013 National Library of Medicine editathon 156.40.123.10 (talk) 18:54, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Donald A.B. Lindberg
• Frank E. X. Dance

• Allergy
• Binge drinking
• Carol Friedman
• Dysmenorrhea
• Fibromyalgia
• John Shaw Billings
• Menstruation
• Milnacipran
• Postpartum depression
• Port-wine stain
• Probiotics
• Pacifiers
• Urinary tract infection