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Re:Phillip Cross: A Mystery Wikipedia Editor Targeting Anti-... by chris_wot on Saturday October 09, 2021 @08:36AM (#28809323)
It's difficult, they removed James Heilman from medical articles because he was adding verified prices to medicines. And he's a ER doc.

Edit: note a followup article to the one you posted is here:

https://www.healthitoutcomes.com/doc/was-study-of-wikipedia-...

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Re:Phillip Cross: A Mystery Wikipedia Editor Targeting Anti-... by mandmandam on Saturday October 09, 2021 @11:42AM (#28810807)
Thanks for pointing that out; seems legit.

Apparently, a more reasonable 'accuracy rating' of factual medical statements on Wikipedia is about 55-100% - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jun/01/is-wiki...

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Re:Phillip Cross: A Mystery Wikipedia Editor Targeting Anti-... by dustintrex on Saturday October 09, 2021 @09:25AM (#28809655)
Last I checked Doc James remains very active on WP. There was some flap in the Board of Trustees around 2015, but he was reelected there as well in 2017.
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