This is really momentous.
What Roger has done to Wikipedia is unique; cutting-edge stuff working quietly in the
background like yeast in bread. I'm really proud to have worked with him, and the
Women in Red group. A real inspiration for me and hundreds of others.
Thanks Roger.
On 29/09/2023 09:20 BST Roger Bamkin
<roger(a)bamkin.org.uk> wrote:
Eight years of women in red, based talks?
280 online editathons. 70 training sessions in the UK. A budget of zero. Not a WMF
affiliate. Sessions at BBC, UN, Several unis, 24 hour, different countries... Sister
Projects in more than 30 languages. Every woman (ish) who was in the ODNB when WiR started
and was a WiR now has an article. Was 15% now approaching 20%. Will we ever achieve 50? We
did last year. Does this need five mins? ... I think most already know this.
Maybe more interesting to talk about just the Eight years of doing every ODNB women in
red ... which women were most intriguing? History of the UK in 100 women?
I was most stunned that it was first found this year that there is a way of looking at
Wikipedia that indicates that 50% women is emerging on the English Wikipedia?
I will be at the monthly Women in Red editathon at 1 pm today. Maybe we could discuss it
then.... not heard of the monthly WiR editathons???
Search for wir Eventbrite university of Edinburgh Wikipedia and the amazing Ewan McAndrew
etc. and book a place
could also start a debate
athttp://Www.womeninred.org ?
Roger 01835 864317
On Thu, 28 Sep 2023, 5:26 pm Sara Thomas, <sara.thomas(a)wikimedia.org.uk
mailto:sara.thomas@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Afternoon all,
On Sunday 26th November this year we’ll be holding an online Wikimedia UK 2023 Community
Meeting. We’ll be presenting the Wikimedian of the Year awards, celebrating the work of
the community, and showcasing ways in which volunteers can get involved through an
opportunities fair.
For the lightning talks section, we’d like to showcase activity that community members
have been doing over the last while, and we'd really like to hear about work which we,
or other community members might not have heard about. It’s often the case that there’s a
huge amount of work done by Wikimedians that others just don’t see. So this is an
invitation to tell us about what you’ve been editing, in a short lightning talk - strictly
5 minutes or less.
Have you done interesting things with a dataset on Wikidata? Maybe you’ve finally
managed to track down a source to fix that article you’ve had your eye on for the last two
months? Did your work on a Wikipedia article lead you to discover a really interesting
story? Did you manage to get an openly licensed image that’s transformed an article?
… and crucially, would you like to share your story? If you’d like to present a lighting
talk - 5 minutes maximum - please email sara.thomas(a)wikimedia.org.uk
mailto:sara.thomas@wikimedia.org.uk off-list and we can chat.
If you’re uncomfortable with public speaking, please do still get in touch and we can
talk about options! Maybe we can do a slideshow, or record an interview, or put a short
video together. (Ideally we’d rather that it was community members who speak in this
section of the day and not WMUK staff members.)
All the best,
Sara
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