Sunday, September 14, 2025

One line in a Wikipedia article; a prize is name after her

The ESHG refers to Wikipedia articles for its award recipients. The award named after Leena Peltonen-Palotie currently has 6 recipients, three have a Wikipedia article and when I am done writing this blogpost, all will have a Wikidata item. 

This award currently has no Wikipedia article, it has a Wikidata item and consequently associated information can be shown in Reasonator or in a Scholia

I added the 2024 recipient because awards without recipients is not really informative. I came across the inaugural 2013 recipient because of another award she received. All six recipients had an Wikidata item and only one did not have publications associated with him. However, a merge of two items solved that issue.

It is wonderful to see prestigious organisations refer to Wikipedia articles. I do notice that we are still at a stage where Wikipedia information is not valued enough to mine it, curate it and finally share it with all our audience. We could share the knowledge that is available to us.

Thanks,

     GerardM

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