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    "Ars Technica",
    "Heart\nprotection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study\nfinds",
    "Ziyad Al-Aly",
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    "co-authors",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nArs Technica featured an article \"Heart\nprotection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study\nfinds\". The article refers to multiple studies and mentions Ziyad Al-Aly, one of the authors of several of the studies.\n\nWhen you consider Dr Al-Aly as a Wikimedia _consumer_ , then his Scholia produces the most entries into the Wikimedia rabbit hole like \npublications, co-authors and topics. Drilling down, a\n\nWikipedia article informs about his education and awards.\n\n\n\n\nAs a Wikimedia _contributor_ , there is so much that can be done: \nattributing articles, adding missing articles thanks to the ORCiD-scraper, \nadding co-authors to papers.. And then there is the deep dive, adding for instance the awards known to the Wikipedia for instance.\n\n\n\n\nNow for the Wikimedia perspective; it is losing its audience. Without an audience what motivates people to contribute? Without contributors, who maintains our content? Its main perspective for the future should be: how will we reach a public for the sum of all the knowledge we have on offer.\n\n\n\n\nThe essence of all that knowledge is in known references. The Ars Technica article could obviously serve as a reference for Wikimedia content. When the Wikimedia Foundation were to offer references and sources in a search engine, traditional Wikimedia content is available for a deep dive. When these sources are associated with topics that have a Wikipedia article, it also serves as a tool to update these articles.\n\n\n\n\nA WMF search engine based on sources and references is not commercial, would provide a distinct service and will entice renewed interest in its projects.\n\nThanks,\n\nGerardM\n\n\n\n\n\n",
  "title": "Ziyad Al-Aly, clinical epidemiologist from a Wikimedia perspective"
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