Final report on period as Wikipedian in Residence at Cancer Research UK, May 2014 to February 2015
- Adapted from the end-of-grant report submitted to the main funder, the Wellcome Trust, using their set format
The grant was given to fund a part-time Wikipedian in Residence based at CRUK’s London headquarters. Aims included: to foster collaboration across the charity, the Wikimedia community and the UK cancer research community, with the aim of improving Wikipedia’s cancer-related content for the benefit of all, establishing a robust case study for other organisations, and producing research on how the general public uses cancer information on the internet. John Byrne worked in the Press and Science Information team in CRUK, four days a week, managed by Henry Scowcroft. The Wikipedia account User:Wiki CRUK John was set up for the project, with Wikipedia:WikiProject CRUK as the project page, where much more information can be accessed. The project was extended with additional funding to last 9.5 months, from May 2014 to February 2015.