I recently attended an event for women thinking of getting into the creative digital
sector. There were workshops on: writing content; monetizing blogs (through affiliate
programs); and a basic introduction to coding.
The coding workshops were really popular. I think the perception of Wikipedia by women is
often that it is time consuming and complicated. When I first clicked on an edit button
and saw a whole load of parameters and things I didn't understand, I thought:
"What do they mean by "anyone can edit
Wikipedia", none of it even makes any sense?"
My early edits are things like fixing dead links and creating wikilinks (with edit
summaries that read "square brackets added to ......", rather than "added
wikilink").
If the pitch to women were "learn code by editing Wikipedia" then I think there
would be a greater take up, as I think women use Pinterest because they find it contains
things that are useful to them, and not as a chore with no reward.
Also, if there are surveys being done then can I suggest we answer this question,
"How many edits by new male / female editors are reverted with the single-word edit
summary of "irrelevant" or "unimportant"?
Marie
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:36:23 -0700
From: sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org
To: kerry.raymond(a)gmail.com; gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Outcome of IdeaLab/Inspire campaign
What Kerry said, particularly about using the survey to share your feedback on the
experience.
In terms of outcomes, here is some more info as of the end of
March:https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/03/inspire-campaign-new-ideas/
Moving many ideas into action will require more time and community discussion, no doubt.
That said, by end of April we'll know which proposals will be given Inspire grant
funding in order to execute in the near term. Around then we'll also put out a report
on what we learned from the process of running an idea campaign (including your feedback
via survey). Longer term impact of new initiatives coming out of the campaign will need to
be assessed in the coming year.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raymond(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don’t think there has been any decision
on which projects are being supported.
The survey is about the process, and would
provide you with ample opportunity to mention giving up in the face of hatred.
Kerry
From:
gendergap-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:gendergap-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of LB
Sent: Tuesday, 14 April 2015 9:57
AM
To: Gender gap mailing list
Subject: [Gendergap] Outcome of
IdeaLab/Inspire campaign
My arm is in a cast/splint. Not in good spirits, not getting around
well. Got a request to participate in a survey re the Inspire campaign. Made me
wonder: What was the result? Which, if any, ideas are going to be supported.
I gave up on WikiProject Women because there was so much hatred thrown
at the idea and I had no idea how to proceed, even though a lot of people did
support it.
Finally: Could someone please tell me if this posts? I don't seem to
get things that I post to this list!
Lightbreather
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