An educator framework for organizing Wikipedia editathons for computational biology
Nelly Sélem-Mojica, Tiago Lubiana, Toni Hermoso Pulido, Aarón Gallego-Crespo, Tülay Karakulak, Megha Hegde, Nicolas C Näpflin, Audra Anjum, Pradeep Eranti, Dan DeBlasio, Jorge Noé García-Chávez, Cynthia Paola Rangel-Chávez, Divanery Rodriguez-Gomez, Varinia López-Ramírez
TL;DR
This paper introduces a framework for organizing Wikipedia editathons to improve non-English content in computational biology, increasing accessibility for non-English speakers.
Contribution
A new framework and web tool to organize editathons and identify missing multilingual Wikipedia content in computational biology.
Findings
An editathon at the 2024 ISCB Latin America conference created ten new Spanish Wikipedia articles.
The compbio-on-wiki tool helps identify English Wikipedia articles missing in other languages.
Editathons effectively expand accessibility and visibility of computational biology content globally.
Abstract
Wikipedia is a vital open educational resource in computational biology; however, a significant knowledge gap exists between English and non-English Wikipedias. Reducing this knowledge gap via intensive editing events, or “editathons,” would be beneficial in reducing language barriers that disadvantage learners whose native language is not English. Results: We present a framework to guide educators in organizing editathons for learners to improve and create relevant Wikipedia articles. As a case study, we present the results of an editathon held at the 2024 ISCB Latin America conference, in which ten new articles were created for the Spanish-language edition of Wikipedia. We also present a web tool, “compbio-on-wiki,” which identifies relevant English Wikipedia articles missing in other languages. We demonstrate the value of editathons to expand the accessibility and visibility of…
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TopicsGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research · Wikis in Education and Collaboration · vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches