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  1. Example (talk · contribs). I have been working on Wikipedia for 3 years with 12,000 edits mainly in the area of medicine and scientific research. I generally focus on Cancer research at both the laboratory and clinical levels. I started 6 articles about Chemotherapy medications and brought Cancer up from C-Class to Good Article status. I also update existing articles with recent systematic reviews as they come out. Access to Cochrane would be a big help in the work I plan to continue doing expanding our coverage of new Cancer treatments and classification of tumor types.
  2. Cyborg Ninja (talk · contribs). I've been working on Wikipedia articles since at least 2007, but some of my edits were done anonymously in the past depending on if I felt like signing in or not. I have a strong focus in neurology and pathology, but also work on other medical articles. Access to Cochrane will help me expand my knowledge, and especially provide material to link to for references in Wiki articles.
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  4. MD, and I've been contributing to Wikipedia since 2006, with 38,000 edits, mainly to medical articles ([1]). I have a particular interest in articles related to reproductive medicine; I'm a member of the Reproductive medicine task force, and regularly summarize the latest contents of Human Reproduction Update in Wikipedia. Actually, just a couple of hours before I was informed of this offer I updated Wikipedia content related to a Cochrane review ([2]). In that case I used the summary in Human Reproduction Update as a reference, and I've done the same for Cochrane reviews before. However, with direct access to Cochrane, I'll be able to study the data behind the conclusions in order to make more accurate entries for similar studies in the future. Mikael Häggström (talk
    ) 21:04, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
  5. Kmhkmh (talk · contribs) I'm active since 2007 with >8000 edits in en.wp and >31,000 edits in de.wp. However medical or biochemical articles are not my main area of activity, but I do edit and proofread some of them occasionally. So you can probably consider me a semi-active editor in that area. Nevertheless if we have more accounts than active editors in that area available, then I'd like to ask for one that I could use for my occasional editing and proofreading.--Kmhkmh (talk) 21:29, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
  6. WP:MEDICINE-scope content. In the past year I brought Circumcision to GA quality which required totally redoing the sourcing and rewriting the article almost entirely from scratch, and right now I'm in the middle of bringing Low back pain to GA status. I also do GA reviews, I did the GA reviews for Fecal incontinence and Burn and right now I'm in the middle of doing the GA review for Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. I sometimes work in the medical library of the nearby university to use their books but that does not get me access to journals or Cochrane. Getting this access would be of tremendous and immediate value. Zad68
    03:58, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  7. Emergency doc (talk · contribs). I am Emergency doc. I'm specialist in emergency medicine, orthopedic an trauma surgery. I am part of the Redaktion Medizin in the german Wikipedia. I am active since 2011 and my edit count is 7000+. I'd like to get access to the Cochrane Lib to improve existing an write new medical articles in the german Wikipedia.--Emergency doc (talk) 22:02, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
  8. Doc.mari (talk · contribs). I've been contributing to Wikipedia since 2009, with more than 9000 edits. I am a member of the Italian Wikiproject Medicine and author of several medical articles on it.wikipedia. My main interest is nephrology. Having a direct access to Cochrane would help me to improve quality and reliability of the articles I write or update. --Doc.mari (talk) 21:47, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
  9. higher doctorate and would appreciate an access to Cochrane. --Partynia (talk
    ) 21:51, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
  10. cpt_ricard (talk · contribs). I'm a long-term editor (since 2006) with an MD who essentially scours individual sites and cleans them up accordingly in terms of prose; part of Wikiproject Medicine; especially clarifying large-picture thinking, ensuring topics can be accessed in terms of comprehension as broadly as possible. Latest edits include homeopathy, cardiotocography. MD IRL, always use Cochrane to review relevant topics but always disappointed when I can't pass a paywall. In any event, many thanks to Cochrane inc. for the wonderful donation! Cpt ricard (talk) 22:23, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
  11. Lientje111 (talk · contribs) I'm an editor in the dutch wikipedia with a special interest in medical and scientific articles. Unfortunatly there is still a lot of work to do on this subjects in the dutch wiki. A recurrent problem is the misuse of poor quality research in proving pov opinions. Acces to the Cochrane database would be very helpfull in increasing the quality of certain medical or scientific articles. Lientje111 (talk) 22:30, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
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  13. midgley (talk · contribs). I'm a general medical practitioner in England. I've made a lot of edits, wrote the first version of an article that sits nicely in immunisation, and as well as the WP I am active in the http://ganfyd.org project.
  14. Colonel Warden (talk · contribs) I am a generalist but, in my patrols, I often come across disputed medical articles for which Cochrane access would be useful such as speleotherapy. Warden (talk) 23:36, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
  15. Peter.C (talk · contribs) I have been editing medical articles for the past two years and have accumulated over 6000 edits. The biggest barrier to me being able to edit Wikipedia has been my lack of access to journal articles as I do not have any affiliation with any professinal organization that provides me with research databases. My main contributions have been to injury/trauma articles.Peter.C • talk • contribs 00:03, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  16. DoctorJoeE (talk · contribs). I have been active on Wikipedia since mid-2008, with over 5,000 edits. I am an MD (specializing in dermatology) and also a journalist, and I edit a wide variety of medicine and science articles, with a focus on improving accuracy and adding updated information as it becomes available. Like all editors I have a finite amount of editing time available to me, so access to Cochrane would be a big help and a real time-saver. DoctorJoeE review transgressions/talk to me! 02:22, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  17. Canada Hky (talk · contribs) Working mainly on genetics / metabolic articles, so it is a niche area - although these would be helpful for reviewing articles in areas I am less familiar with. Canada Hky (talk) 02:37, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  18. Singhalawap (talk · contribs). I am medical doctor from Sri Lanka with MBBS & MSc qualifications. I as employed in the government healthcare sector of Sri Lanka for more than 10years covering both preventive care & curative care. I am a wiki user for about 7 years & having done more than 15000 contributions to wikimedia projects of which 14000 are in si.wikipedia.org probably the rank 1 in the sinhala language wikipedia according to number of contributions. As Sinhala wiki users are mainly living in the tropical middle income country of Sri Lasnka I would like to add medical content that are more relevant to the users of that country. Singhalawap (talk) 02:49, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  19. Edgar181 (talk · contribs) I am a long time (since 2005) prolific editor (>100,000 edits) of articles related to pharmaceuticals and pharmacology. -- Ed (Edgar181) 02:42, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  20. Xabian40409 (talk · contribs) I joined Wikipedia in 2005 at age 18. I hold a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science and a Master's degree in Pharmacy. My knowledge of therapeutics is quite sound. I am also interested in physiology, particularly of the nervous and renal systems. I am presently studying Psychology and English. I mostly spot-edit for grammar these days, but I would certainly make use of access to Cochrane, which I consider one of the most reliable references. Xabian40409 (talk) 02:50, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  21. Andres (talk · contribs) I am a generalist. I have made about 12 000 edits here and about 294 000 on the Estonian Wikipedia since 2002. I do have written and edited some articles on anatomy, physiology and medicine. Andres (talk) 05:19, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
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  23. Prashanthns (talk · contribs) I have been an editor and contributor in various capacities primarily to the English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons since 2006 with over 25000 edits. I am a medical doctor and a public health researcher. I have also been a contributor at Medpedia and other medical/health collaborations. Cochrane access would help me improve article quality and evidence base of health related articles on Wikipedia. prashanthns (talk) 06:17, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  24. Frivadossi (talk · contribs). I am a medical doctor from Italy. I've been contributing to Wikipedia since 2005, with more than 17000 edits. I am a member of the Italian Wikiproject Medicine. I wrote some new articles on anatomy, medical signs, diseases and other. I'm the author of several medical articles, mainly on drugs on it.wikipedia. Cochrane direct access would help me to improve quality and reliability of the articles I write or update. ----Frivadossi (talk) 06:50, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. Colin (talk · contribs). Lay editor with interest in medical articles, especially epilepsy-related. I've created one medical Featured Article and several Featured Lists, as well as helping others on many of their medical Featured Articles and Good Articles (typically reviewing). I keep a number of controversial medical topics in my watchlist and help maintain an evidence-based approach to our articles. Lack of journal access is a significant problem. Access to high-quality sources would help me contribute more to a larger variety of medical topics. Colin°Talk 08:08, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. Hindustanilanguage (talk · contribs) I am a gold medalist of the Diploma in HIV and Family Education. I hold 35,000+ edits across all Wikis, and 5000+ edits on the Hindi Wikipedia and 2000+ on English Wikipedia. In this particular context, I would like to highlight that I have conceived and created a full category of articles related to AIDS Control Agencies in India, created a separate category of articles related to HIV information and also edited the articles on HIV and AIDS. Further access to medical articles and information will help me in my contributions in this area. Hindustanilanguage (talk) 08:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC).
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  3. Queeste (talk · contribs). Mostly active on the Dutch Wikipedia, but also on the English. I regularly work on medical topics, especially psychiatry (and psychology). I already referred to the Cochrane reviews several times. Active since 2009. --Queeste (talk) 09:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. Jfdwolff (talk · contribs). Oh yes, been pushing for this quietly for some time. JFW | T@lk 09:56, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. nutritionist mostly active in editing subjects related to nutritional medicine and clinical nutrition. Most of my edits are done as user Itsme (active since 2005), which currently has 6.959 edits on the dutch wikipedia, since 2009 (almost) all my edits are related to nutritional medicine since from that moment on I use a diferent user account (它是我, since september 2009, 2.219 edits at the moment) for all edits which are not related to my profession. I do not have free access to Cochrane at this moment. At this moment, on the english wikipedia "Itsme" is not my username, it will be in August 2013, when all user accounts will be globalized (since I am owner of the global user account 'Itsme'). From that moment, my current username "'Aldert'" (86 edits on english wikipedia, active since 2007) on the english Wikipedia will not be used anymore. I will then configure the preferences of User:Itsme to receive email. Until that moment, I will receive mail via my current account. P.S. For some strange reason on talk-pages my account signs with "itsme" (without capital I), but if you click on it, it redirects to "Aldert". itsme (talk
    ) 11:20, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  2. bluerasberry (talk · contribs) I edit health topics in collaboration with WikiProject Medicine. I am sure that I have made more than 1000 edits on health articles and I frequently do Wikipedia outreach to health organizations. I am interested in improving the Wikipedia articles on HIV and malaria. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:40, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  3. Wikitanvir (talk · contribs) I have edited a significant number of health related articles in Bangla Wikipedia and I am very interested in the translation task force from where I would like to get more articles translated to Bangla Wikipedia to spread health information in Bangla. I also have the plan to start editing health articles in English Wikipedia within my capacity. — T. 16:02, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  4. OppidumNissenae (talk · contribs) I'm an Italian user expert in biology and medicine, my credentials on WP are: 17,700 edits from April 9, 2010 [3]; 311 new entries especially of medicine / biology [4]. I own the Credo Reference's and Questia Trusted online research [5]. Having a direct access to Cochrane would help me to improve quality and reliability of the articles I write or update; I already referred to the Cochrane reviews several times. --OppidumNissenae (talk) 16:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  5. Deviator13 (talk · contribs) Medical student from Slovenia with primary interest in toxicology. I am active on Slovene Wikipedia since 2007 (sometimes also on English Wikipedia) and have almost 11,000 edits there. I`m also a member of Slovene WikiProject Medicine and my work is mostly concentrated on medical articles and related sciences. Further access would greatly aid me in improving medical articles, which are more "exotic" in nature.--Deviator13 16:57, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  6. MBq (talk · contribs) I'm contributing since 2004, focusing on radiology, radiotherapy, oncology, and related topics. I'm a member of de:Wikipedia:Redaktion Medizin, our home wikipedia's medical wikiproject. Many thanks for this generous offer! --MBq (talk) 17:10, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. Tryptofish (talk · contribs) I've been an editor since 2008, with slightly under 30,000 edits. I'm very active in health-related subject matter, particularly neuroscience and pharmacology. I no longer have access to medical journals in the way that I used to in my former job in academia, and it would be very helpful to me to have this ability. However, please note that I do not have e-mail activated, due to privacy concerns. But if you contact me on my talk page, I can reply by e-mail with my e-mail address. --Tryptofish (talk) 17:35, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. Taketa (talk · contribs) - I am a medical intern from the Netherlands, and teach resuscitation at my university for a living. I will graduate this year and loose my access to Cochrane and Pubmed. I have been an editor since 2008, with over 35,000 edits. My work in the field of medicine mostly focuses on writing articles, mainly on anatomy and pathology and improving existing articles. I help at the local medical helpdesk, which I co-founded. Having direct access to Cochrane from my home, instead of only from the university library, will help me improve the articles I work on. Also I will soon loose access after graduating and wish to keep using Cochrane. Cochrane is a valuable source to me on the current state of a topic and specific background information on specialized topics.
  1. Alison (talk · contribs) - I've been an editor on Wikipedia since around 2003, and have over 50,000 edits. Though with no formal medical qualifications, I've worked in the medical electronics industry in the area of diagnostic hematology. I edit articles on reproductive science, endocrinology and pharmacology and having access to Cochrane sources would be absolutely invaluable - Alison ❤ 19:12, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. Andrux (talk · contribs) Hello! I am contributing to Wikipedia since 2012, mainly in topics related to different aspects of thyroid gland. Majority of my edits were performed in Ukr-Wiki (112 articles, ca 4000 edits), however I have created 4 articles in En-Wiki as well. This is a big susses of Wikipedia to get the right to provide accesses to Cochrane library to medical users here, since this is the excellent source of medical information, which definitely would help in writing of new articles and updated the old one in Wikipedia. I would like to apply for such asses and would be really grateful for positive decision. Regards, --Andrux (talk) 08:18, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
  2. Hic et nunc (talk · contribs) I'm active in the German WP since 2006, member of de:Wikipedia:Redaktion Medizin and interested espacially in gynnaecology, obstetrics, reproductive medicine and related topics. Thanks to Cochrane Collaboration for this great offer! --Hic et nunc (talk) 13:43, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
  3. dentristry, obstetrics, psychiatry, autism, and the psychiatric survivors movement). The health outlines in particular are in serious need of citation support, and Chochrane would be invaluable in their improvement and in the creation of new outlines. The Transhumanist
    23:29, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
  4. Stern88888 (talk · contribs) - I have a medical doctorate and have experience with articles in international journals, I would like to write articles for Azerbaijani Wikipedia, where I am active since 2013. In contrast to English internet sources, in the Azerbaijani internet there is lack of sources. I would be very happy if you give me access to Cochrane too. --Stern88888 (talk) 04:40, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
  5. Kpjas (talk · contribs) Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz, MD I've been active in various Wikimedia project since 2001 with ~60,000 edits. I am a member of Medical sciences Wikiproject on the Polish Wikipedia. I have no institutional access to medial databases and there's a standing need to verify and/or cite sources in thousands of medical articles in Polish language. I could also help Polish fellow Wikipedians with verifying dubious edits. Kpjas (talk) 11:00, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
  6. yoavd (talk · contribs) I am editing in the Hebrew Wikipedia for the last 6 years, with approx. 40000 edits. --Yoavd (talk) 15:35, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
  7. Achaemenes (talk · contribs) I have MD degree and have been in wikipedia since ~2008 with +8000 edits, also I am founder and active member of Wikiproject medicine in Persian wikipedia (fa.wikipedia.org). I don't have access to this library (or any other medical library alike). I want to have this access in order to use it in development and improvement of medical articles in Persian wikipedia which currently are in terrible need of reliable medical sources.Achaemenes (talk) 18:13, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
  8. THWZ (talk · contribs) Since 2007-11 I contribute to the de.Wikipedia with meanwhile roundabout 23.000 edits, being an active member of the Redaktion Medizin since I started my activities on wikipedia. I participate in our quality management and have written some articles, too. I'm allways in need of really reliable sources not only in writing articles but also in improving existing articles. I'm a general surgeon and traumatologist, the access to Cochrane would help me in my activities as editor. --THWZ (talk) 21:35, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
  9. drsrisenthil (talk · contribs) I am a medical doctor (MD degree). I find this is a great opportunity for those who intend to write or edit medical articles on Wikipedia. I have been active on Wikipedia projects since 2010 with more than 3000 edits. My contributions are mostly in Tamil Wikipedia where I started around 100 medical and science related articles, and edited and corrected several medical articles. Moreover, I am the founder of the Wikiproject medicine in Tamil Wikipedia. Due to the lack of access to various research articles, there is always problem to cite or verify the medical articles. Using various textbooks is also sometime an issue without having proper sources. With the access to various resources and research articles, the medical articles written or to be written in various Wikipedia language projects will be stronger than before. Providing access to the Cochrane Library will give a positive and beneficial impact on various Wikipedia medical projects. I thank you for the key people who proposed this excellent idea. I would appreciate if you give me access to the Cochrane Library.--Senthi (talk) 21:48, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
  10. Sundar (talk · contribs) I've been editing English and Tamil Wikipedias since 2004 with nearly 20,000 edits altogether. Biology and health are among the key areas where I contribute. -- Sundar \talk \contribs 02:55, 20 June 2013 (UTC) P.S. Thanks Senthi for the information.
  11. autism, Asperger syndrome, schizophrenia, tuberculosis, and many others. I keep an eye on medical articles that appear at FAC or DYK, but rarely follow GA. Due to a recent relocation and life change (which has kept me quite busy IRL for the last year), I have no access to a medical or a university library, which makes it very difficult now for me to add or review content to the extent I did in the past. I recently got access via Wikipedia to JSTOR, and have found it unhelpful for medical editing. Having access to Cochrane would be the bees knees and would enable me to continue editing at the pace I did for my first seven years on Wikipedia. SandyGeorgia (Talk
    ) 03:20, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
  12. Ossip Groth (talk · contribs) I am in nephrology and its basic and translational biology like epithelial-mesenchymal transition and therapeutic use of mesenchymal stem cells. I am no bulk editor and I am running wikitechnology supported external medical resources. My best submit for those in evidence-based medicine is my sitesearch.php which lets the user funnel the search terms to a multitude of publishers and other medical sites in pubmed-style boolean as well as down to simple phrase terms as parsable of the less-powered sites to look for. Im in wiki since 2005 (slightly different user name) and I inaugurated the topics tlr-2, hmgb1 and a few nk cell receptors as well as the metatextbook-of-medicine page in the german wikipedia since 2005. I retired from wikipedia after a bulk-sla of 10 topics in germany 2010 and decided to enhance the basic wiki idea in external wiki-based or wiki-inspired applications, requiring deep program code changes not implementable at the original or other-provider's sites in ../wiki/include/output.php for textstring replacements by html code in addHTML function to enable shortest in-line citations with boxes to mark which to select to show abstracts from by the magic code §cx(12345678,12345679) to cite PMID=12345678 and PMID=12345679, and other funny things. --Ossip Groth (talk) 08:11, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
  13. Karthi.dr (talk · contribs) I am active in Tamil Wikipedia since 2010 with nearly 6,761 edits. I am a medical biochemist by profession. I have started more than 100 medical stubs in Tamil wiki. Giving reference to medical articles is really a big problem. It would be really helpful to get access to the Cochrane Library. Thanks for this innovative step.--Karthi.dr (talk) 08:37, 20 June 2013 (UTC)P.S. Thanks Senthi for the information.
  14. Andreas Werle (talk) I am active in Wikipedia since May 2005, my Homewiki is WP:de, I am member of Redaktion Medizin since the beginning. I made about 17.000 edits mainly in medical topics but also in biology. I am physician and my interest is Neurology, Psychiatry and Genetics. I would greatly appreciate the opportunity to get access to a Chorane account. Many Thanks. -- Andreas Werle (talk) 05:51, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

My application

  1. Rod57 (talk · contribs). I've been an editor since late 2006, with about 11,000 edits, mainly in the area of science/medicine and largely in oncology (diagnosis, therapy, targeted therapy, clinical trials etc). I've started many articles, eg on new drugs in late stage clinical trials. Access to Cochrane would be a huge help in finding good sources to keep articles balanced and up to date.
  1. Example (talk · contribs). I have been working on Wikipedia for 3 years with 12,000 edits mainly in the area of medicine and scientific research. I generally focus on Cancer research at both the laboratory and clinical levels. I started 6 articles about Chemotherapy medications and brought Cancer up from C-Class to Good Article status. I also update existing articles with recent systematic reviews as they come out. Access to Cochrane would be a big help in the work I plan to continue doing expanding our coverage of new Cancer treatments and classification of tumor types.
  1. Colin (talk · contribs). Lay editor with interest in medical articles, especially epilepsy-related. I've created one medical Featured Article and several Featured Lists, as well as helping others on many of their medical Featured Articles and Good Articles (typically reviewing). I keep a number of controversial medical topics in my watchlist and help maintain an evidence-based approach to our articles. Lack of journal access is a significant problem. Access to high-quality sources would help me contribute more to a larger variety of medical topics. Colin°Talk 08:08, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. Alison (talk · contribs) - I've been an editor on Wikipedia since around 2003, and have over 50,000 edits. Though with no formal medical qualifications, I've worked in the medical electronics industry in the area of diagnostic hematology. I edit articles on reproductive science, endocrinology and pharmacology and having access to Cochrane sources would be absolutely invaluable - Alison ❤ 19:12, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
  1. Tryptofish (talk · contribs) I've been an editor since 2008, with slightly under 30,000 edits. I'm very active in health-related subject matter, particularly neuroscience and pharmacology. I no longer have access to medical journals in the way that I used to in my former job in academia, and it would be very helpful to me to have this ability. However, please note that I do not have e-mail activated, due to privacy concerns. But if you contact me on my talk page, I can reply by e-mail with my e-mail address. --Tryptofish (talk) 17:35, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
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