Contributors to WikiProject COVID-19 help maintain the platform by adding new sources and articles, as well as editing, updating, and removing misinformation. The project also involves a translation task force dedicated to translating short versions of essential English Wikipedia articles related to COVID-19.

WikiProject COVID-19 Contributor Activities

WikiProject COVID-19 is a collaborative editor-led initiative on Wikipedia established to coordinate, improve, and keep up-to-date the massive influx of articles and information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wikipedia is widely used as a public source of health information. As a collaborative encyclopedia, it accumulated an abundance of articles, updates, and research citations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, reflecting rapid information sharing during the health crisis.

Information about COVID-19 on Wikipedia

As a collaboratively edited encyclopedia, Wikipedia faced challenges in monitoring and mitigating COVID-19 misinformation within its articles during the pandemic, prompting academic research into its vulnerability and response to inaccurate content.

COVID-19 Misinformation on Wikipedia

- "COVID-19 research in Wikipedia"
- "Sudden Attention Shifts on Wikipedia During the COVID-19 Crisis"

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