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Ebola was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
August 7, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
August 4, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
News items involving this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on May 30, 2010, and August 5, 2012.
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on June 27, 2020, and June 27, 2022.
Current status: Former good article nominee

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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Noam Cohen (26 October 2014). "Wikipedia Is Emerging as Trusted Internet Source for Information on Ebola". The New York Times. But amid the fear mongering are several influential sites that are sticking to the facts about Ebola. Millions have come to rely on these sites, including those run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and Wikipedia.
Jessi Turnure (3 October 2014). "Study: Most Wikipedia articles about medical conditions contain errors". KAIT. I Google Ebola and the second one is Wikipedia," he said. "That's the first one people click on because they think, 'Well, it's the easiest and maybe it's the best.'" But Dr. Speights said that's wrong. He noticed errors early on in the Wikipedia article on Ebola. [...] "They [c]ited the New York Times Magazine. We don't do that.
Dewey, Caitlin (November 5, 2015). "The most fascinating Wikipedia articles you haven't read". Washington Post. Earlier this year when the Ebola epidemic was on the rise, a group of volunteers, a few of them medical professionals, came together with the goal of making Wikipedia a trustworthy resource about Ebola.

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The TRIP database provides clinical publications about evidence-based medicine.
Other potential sources include: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and CDC

On 30 May 2010, Ebola was linked from Slashdot, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

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Wiki Education assignment: Plagues and People

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 August 2023 and 11 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Bridgettemora (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Shy.Mancha13, BrightBuds.

— Assignment last updated by Maxwellmcgowan (talk) 20:37, 26 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2024

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This edit suggestion is simply to change some of the wording in the "Cause" paragraph. It seems that when the paragraph was updated to include the sixth identified strain of Ebolavirus (Bombali virus, or BOMV) some of the wording was not updated. The final sentence of the paragraph is:

All five^{[clarification needed]} viruses are closely related to marburgviruses.^[1]

It should be updated to:

All six viruses are closely related to marburgviruses.^[1] FATCullen (talk) 21:18, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Done PianoDan (talk) 21:35, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

'early admission significantly increased survival rates"

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

should this be early detection? ~2026-12147-71 (talk) 13:43, 19 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: TCU SOM Wikipedia Elective Class of 2027 Block 4A

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 6 July 2026 and 17 July 2026. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): ZugZwang62 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by ZugZwang62 (talk) 04:47, 9 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Updated Management Page

Latest comment: 23 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Hey, y'all. I'm enrolled in a medical school class called Wikipedia medicine and added updated info to the management section of the article. Please let me know if there are any questions or concerns. Thanks! ZugZwang62 (talk) 01:29, 13 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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