Mental Health Wikipedia Project

Involuntary Commitment

info@mhselfhelp.org (clearinghouse) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:43:00 +0000

The Treatment Advocacy Center listing, which focuses on the merits of involuntary commitment, has been tagged because its neutrality is disputed. This is a call for people to help create a more balanced listing. You can find a lot of great information on the topic at:

The David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

The Clearinghouse also has a fact sheet from 2000 on the topic.

Links from the workshop

info@mhselfhelp.org (clearinghouse) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:51:00 +0000

As promised, these are links to articles featured in my PowerPoint presentation at Alternatives.

Wikipedia, YouTube Make Big Gains
How Wikis Work
Wikpedia Survives Research Test
The Britannica vs. Wikipedia Accuracy Debate
Questions Continue About Wikipedia’s Accuracy
Toward a Better Wikipedia
Is There Life After Wikipedia?
Wikipedia Co-Founder to Launch Competing Project
The Citizendium Project

History Resources

info@mhselfhelp.org (clearinghouse) — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:04:00 +0000

This article from NARPA might be something to use in an advocacy or history article:

http://www.narpa.org/webdoc6.htm

And this one is the history of NMHA:

http://www.nmha.org/about/history.cfm

Pages Within Wikipedia

info@mhselfhelp.org (clearinghouse) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:07:00 +0000

Here are the pages I've been using the most to guide me in using Wikipedia properly. Browsing through these you should be able to find all the answers to questions about changing pages or adding content. Don't forget you can also use the discussion tabs to ask questions of other users.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents -- This the most important page, the help menu. Many of the pages here are all linked together, so you might run into the same one over and over again. Use the menu to narrow down your search.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributing_to_Wikipedia -- This is just the general page on all of the different ways to work on Wikipedia.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup_examples -- The page on how to make your article look and work right.

more to come soon...

Using Our Resources

info@mhselfhelp.org (clearinghouse) — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:37:00 +0000

We're starting with our own Technical Assistance Guides.

The Clearinghouse is solely responsible for the content of its publications. Reproduction and distribution is encouraged, with no prior permission required. Citation and attribution are appreciated.

Join Us At Alternatives

info@mhselfhelp.org (clearinghouse) — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:38:00 +0000

This is a resource to use for posting issues and information that can be used to contribute to Wikipedia on behalf of the consumer/survivor movement.

We'll post resources you can use to help edit pages and ideas for new pages that need to be added.

If you can, please join us for the kick-off event at the Alternatives Conference next week in Portland, OR. Workshop on Friday, October 27th from 2:00-3:15pm and caucus 7:00-9:00pm.

See you there!