Re: Health Challenge 2026 extended to 16 July 2026!

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Hi.

Reminder, that the Wikipedia article writing challenge / competition *Healt=
h
Challenge 2026*
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026>
still runs but *ends in just a few hours at the end on the 16th July 2026
(UTC)*!

So if you, or your community, is interested to participate, *the time is
now!*


Dear James, thanks for your feedback! This is not the right place for going
deep into such details, so just a general answer: This challenge runs on
*all* Wikipedias, and different Wikipedias have a different appetite for
different topics. The perspective of the English Wikipedia community is
valuable - but not absolute. This challenge respects this.  Also, the focus
topics was *specifically* designed to accept topics that are not in full
swing yet but promise huge potential benefits if realized (like
eradication of a disease, blood substitute, repair of damage caused by
aging). Finally, WM Medicine was welcomed to comment on the focus topics
already before the start of the challenge. And for the end, participants
are welcomed to write about health in a wide sense, not only to focus on
the focus topics ;-)

Looking forward to see more help for spreading health
Michal Mat=C3=BA=C5=A1ov / User:KuboF Hromoslav
Esperanto and Free Knowledge (WUG ELiSo) <https://esperanto.wiki/>
Chair


ut 30. 6. 2026 o 21:44 Michal Mat=C3=BA=C5=A1ov <[email protected]>
nap=C3=ADsal(a):

> Hi.
>
> With pleasure I inform you that the Wikipedia article writing challenge H=
ealth
> Challenge 2026
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026=
>
> was extended to 16 July 2026! So you can write / translate / extend more
> articles about health and win valuable prizes.
>
> This is not a usual Wikipedia article writing competition / challenge. Th=
e
> extent of its impact is touching every single human being on Earth (and
> beyond) and even many animals! Health is a universal need of all of us, b=
ut
> usually it is fully appreciated only when it is lost. This article
> challenge reminds us and many Wikipedia readers about the progress that
> medicine as a field have already made and provides vision for what is
> possible for the next couple of years to a few decades. The trustworthy
> information provided by this competition can literally save the lives of
> very, very many people, potentially including those close to you and even
> your own! Just for an example, imagine how much easier it would be to cur=
e
> someone's cancer if it would be detected several years earlier! That can =
be
> a difference between full remission and many years of struggle.
>
> I especially invite you to concentrate your writing effort on the focus
> articles =E2=80=9CHorizon of Health=E2=80=9D
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026=
/Focus_articles>.
> Those are hand-picked topics considered to have exceptionally high impact=
,
> not yet fully deployed or even developed but no more a pure sci-fi (so,
> available in next ~20 years). They range from early, minimally invasive
> cancer detection, to full eradication of diseases to reversing aging. Mor=
e
> societal awareness about these topics can move the needle about their
> development and save around 110 000 lives for every single day that the
> proper treatments are developed.
>
> I also invite you to invite your wiki-friends, so we can educate the worl=
d
> about the pressing issue of global health more massively.
>
> Best regards
> Michal Mat=C3=BA=C5=A1ov / User:KuboF Hromoslav
> Esperanto and Free Knowledge (WUG ELiSo) <https://esperanto.wiki/>
> Chair
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi.</div><div><br></div><div>Reminder,=C2=A0that the =
Wikipedia article writing challenge / competition=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://m=
eta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026"><b>Health =
Challenge 2026</b></a> still runs but <b>ends in just a few hours at the en=
d on the 16th July 2026 (UTC)</b>!</div><div><br></div><div>So if you, or y=
our community, is interested to participate, <b>the time is now!</b></div><=
div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear=C2=A0James, thanks for your feedback=
! This is not the right place for going deep into such details, so just a g=
eneral answer: This challenge runs on <i>all</i>=C2=A0Wikipedias, and diffe=
rent Wikipedias have a different appetite=C2=A0for different topics. The pe=
rspective of the English Wikipedia community is valuable - but not absolute=
. This challenge respects this.=C2=A0=C2=A0Also, the focus topics was=C2=A0=
<i>specifically</i>=C2=A0designed to accept topics that are not in full swi=
ng yet but promise huge potential benefits if realized (like eradication=C2=
=A0of a disease, blood substitute, repair of damage caused by aging). Final=
ly, WM Medicine was welcomed to comment on the focus=C2=A0topics already be=
fore the start of the challenge. And for the end, participants are welcomed=
 to write about health in a wide sense, not only to focus on the focus topi=
cs ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to see more help for spread=
ing health</div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartm=
ail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Michal Mat=C3=BA=C5=A1ov / User:Ku=
boF Hromoslav<div><a href=3D"https://esperanto.wiki/" target=3D"_blank">Esp=
eranto and Free Knowledge (WUG ELiSo)</a></div><div>Chair</div></div></div>=
</div><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">ut 30. 6. 2026 o=C2=A021:44 Michal Mat=C3=
=BA=C5=A1ov &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">kubof.hromosla=
[email protected]</a>&gt; nap=C3=ADsal(a):<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,20=
4);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><span id=3D"m_207726866683842482=
9gmail-docs-internal-guid-5ded0e7d-7fff-8054-725d-6c55e19fb920"><p dir=3D"l=
tr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=
=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background=
-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:=
pre-wrap">Hi.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin=
-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial=
,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:norm=
al;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With pleasure I inform you=
 that the Wikipedia article writing challenge </span><a href=3D"https://met=
a.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026" style=3D"tex=
t-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-fam=
ily:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-vari=
ant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr=
e-wrap">Health Challenge 2026</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-=
family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-=
variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> was extended =
to </span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:=
rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal=
;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">16 July 2026</span><span sty=
le=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgrou=
nd-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-spac=
e:pre-wrap">! So you can write / translate / extend more articles about hea=
lth and win valuable prizes.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-hei=
ght:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;fo=
nt-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fo=
nt-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is not=
 a usual Wikipedia article writing competition / challenge. The extent of <=
/span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(=
0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;ver=
tical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">its impact is touching every sin=
gle human being</span><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-=
serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;ver=
tical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on Earth (and beyond) and even =
many animals! Health is a universal need of all of us, but usually it is fu=
lly appreciated only when it is lost. This article challenge reminds us and=
 many Wikipedia readers about the progress that medicine as a field have al=
ready made and provides vision for what is possible for the next couple of =
years to a few decades. The trustworthy information provided by this compet=
ition can literally save the lives of very, very many people, potentially i=
ncluding those close to you and even your own! Just for an example, imagine=
 how much easier it would be to cure someone&#39;s cancer if it would be de=
tected several years earlier! That can be a difference between full remissi=
on and many years of struggle.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-h=
eight:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;=
font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;=
font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I especia=
lly invite you to concentrate your writing effort on the </span><a href=3D"=
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Health_Challenge_2026/Fo=
cus_articles" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=
=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparen=
t;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-al=
ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">focus articles =E2=80=9CHorizon of Healt=
h=E2=80=9D</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-s=
erif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vert=
ical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Those are hand-picked topics co=
nsidered to have exceptionally high impact, not yet fully deployed or even =
developed but no more a pure sci-fi (so, available in next ~20 years). They=
 range from early, minimally invasive cancer detection, to full eradication=
 of diseases to reversing aging. More societal awareness about these topics=
 can move the needle about their development and </span><span style=3D"font=
-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:t=
ransparent;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;whit=
e-space:pre-wrap">save around 110 000 lives for every single day</span><spa=
n style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);bac=
kground-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white=
-space:pre-wrap"> that the proper treatments are developed.</span></p><br><=
p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><=
span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);=
background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;wh=
ite-space:pre-wrap">I also invite you to invite your wiki-friends, so we ca=
n educate the world about the pressing issue of global health more massivel=
y.</span></p><br><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;ma=
rgin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif=
;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant:normal;vertical=
-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards</span></p></span></div><=
div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Michal Mat=
=C3=BA=C5=A1ov / User:KuboF Hromoslav<div><a href=3D"https://esperanto.wiki=
/" target=3D"_blank">Esperanto and Free Knowledge (WUG ELiSo)</a></div><div=
>Chair</div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div>

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