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James Heilman
Born	1979 or 1980 (age 44–45)
Citizenship	Canadian
Medical career
Profession	Emergency room physician
Institutions	East Kootenay Regional Hospital, University of British Columbia

James Heilman is an emergency room physician known as an advocate for the improvement of Misplaced Pages's health-related content, and for encouraging other clinicians to contribute to the website. He formerly sat on the Wikimedia Canada board of directors, and is president of Wiki Project Med Foundation. Heilman is a clinical faculty member at the department of emergency medicine at the University of British Columbia, and an emergency physician at East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook, British Columbia, where he lives.

Misplaced Pages advocacy and controversy

In 2009, he was involved in a controversy when he added public domain images of the ink blots used in the Rorschach test to the Misplaced Pages article on the subject, which angered a number of psychologists who were concerned that it could invalidate the tests. In an interview with The New York Times Heilman explained that a discussion about the deletion of one of the images motivated him to upload them all: "I just wanted to raise the bar—whether one should keep a single image on Misplaced Pages seemed absurd to me, so I put all 10 up." Heilman stated that fear of harm from publishing the images was unfounded and that "restricting information for theoretical concerns is not what we are here to do." In August 2009, two Canadian psychologists filed complaints about Heilman to his local doctors' organization. One of the complainants, Andrea Kowaz, argued that if Heilman were a psychologist, his actions would be "viewed as serious misconduct." Heilman called the complaints "intimidation tactics." An extensive debate ensued on Misplaced Pages, and the images were kept.

In 2012, Heilman was one of two Wikimedia contributors sued by Internet Brands for shifting freely-licensed content and volunteer editors from the for-profit site Wikitravel to the non-profit site Wikivoyage. Internet Brands alleged trademark and intellectual property violations and unfair business practices. The Wikimedia Foundation defended Heilman's actions in the lawsuit, citing volunteer freedom of choice. The suit was dismissed by the United States District Court of California.

Heilman is part of an initiative through Wiki Project Med Foundation with Translators Without Borders, working to improve and translate the top importance English Misplaced Pages medical articles into minority languages.

Publications

• Misplaced Pages: A Key Tool for Global Public Health Promotion, Journal of Medical Internet Research (2011)

References

1. ^ Laidlaw, Katherine (September 2013). "Is Google Making Us Sick?". Reader's Digest. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
2. ^ Fleck, Fiona (1 January 2013). "Online encyclopedia provides free health info for all" (PDF). Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 91 (1). World Health Organization: 8–9. doi:10.2471/BLT.13.030113.. PMID 23397345. Retrieved 9 January 2014. {{cite journal}}: Check |doi= value (help)
3. Mcneil, Mark (04 October 2011). "Misplaced Pages makes a house call to Mac". The Spec. Retrieved 12 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
4. Berko, Lex (2013). "Medical Students Can Now Earn Credit for Editing Misplaced Pages". Vice. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
5. Trujillo, Maria (25 November 2011). "Misplaced Pages and Higher Education – The Infinite Possibilities". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
6. Bunim, Juliana. "UCSF First U.S. Medical School to Offer Credit For Misplaced Pages Articles". University of California, San Francisco. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
7. Mathew, Manu; et al. (22 October 2013). "Cochrane and Misplaced Pages: The Collaborative Potential for a Quantum Leap in the Dissemination and Uptake of Trusted Evidence". The Cochrane Library. Retrieved 12 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last= (help)
8. Laurance, Jeremy (01 August 2009). "What do you see here? (the answer could say a lot about you)". The Independent. Retrieved 12 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
9. Sample, Ian (29 July 2009). "Testing times for Misplaced Pages after doctor posts secrets of the Rorschach inkblots". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
10. White, Patrick (29 July 2009). "Rorschach and Misplaced Pages: The battle of the inkblots". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
11. "Sask. MD's Misplaced Pages posting of ink blots angers psychologists". CBC News. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
12. "A secret no longer". National Post. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
13. ^ Cohen, Noam (28 July 2009). "A Rorschach Cheat Sheet on Misplaced Pages?". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
14. Cohen, Noam. "Complaint Over Doctor Who Posted Inkblot Test". New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
15. "Internet Brands Inc versus Ryan Holliday et al" (PDF). United States District Court of California. Retrieved 16 December 2012 – via Wikimediafoundation.org.
16. Cohen, Noam (September 9, 2012). "Travel Site Built on Wiki Ethos Now Bedevils Its Owner". New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
17. Morris, Kevin (September 6, 2012). "Wikimedia announces travel site, launches countersuit against competitor". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
18. Teigen, Sarah (October–November 2012). "Medical translations for minority languages" (PDF). Multilingual. Retrieved 12 January 2014 – via TranslatorsWithoutBorders.org.
19. Cohen, Noam (29 September 2013). "Editing Misplaced Pages Pages for Med School Credit". New York Times. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
20. Heilman, James M.; Kemmann, Eckhard; Bonert, Michael; et al. (31 January 2011). "Misplaced Pages: A Key Tool for Global Public Health Promotion". Journal of Medical Internet Research. 13 (1): e14. doi:10.2196/jmir.1589.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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