INTRODUCTION: Through collaborative efforts online, Wikipedia has always been at the forefront of providing information to the public on almost any topic, including a pandemic. Covid-19 has been one of the most relevant topics of 2020 and still remains so as of right now, therefore gathering as much information as possible is essential for the world to combat such a virus. We are going to investigate how these articles are created and edited, and how an online community can be used to monitor a pandemic. Online communities present real time, unique, comprehensive information and a new understanding of the covid pandemic by studying page views, edits and comparing information to reliable sources.