<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">It seems to me very kind, but not related to the ethymology nor the use of the words (I have not information about Polish).</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">In English you have the male suffix -ian and the female suffix -ienne : <A title=comedienne href="http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/comedienne">comedienne</A>, <A title=equestrienne href="http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/equestrienne">equestrienne</A>, <A style="RIGHT: auto" title=tragedienne href="http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/tragedienne">tragedienne</A>.</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">At the same time you have the suffix -ist for both gender (coming from -ista (Latin) and -istes (old Greek)</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">In Spanish and other langues with differentiaded articles we have:</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">El artista y la artista</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">La wikipedista (female editor) and el wikipedista (male editor).</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">In Spanish and other languages it is sometimes used <A href="mailto:amig@s">amig@s</A> for having a gender sensitivity.</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">We could use wikipedist@ , explaining that.</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>best regards,</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Patricia</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Erik Moeller <erik@wikimedia.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, October 5, 2011 8:18 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Gendergap] Wikipedystka<BR></FONT><BR>"Wikipedystka", in Polish, describes a female Wikipedian (as opposed<BR>to the male "wikipedysta"). As of today, Polish female Wikipedians are<BR>no longer called "wikipedysta" if they choose to publicly identify<BR>their gender as female.<BR><BR>Here are a few
examples:<BR>http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:Tanja5<BR>http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:Joanna_Ko%C5%9Bmider<BR>http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:AldraW<BR><BR>This is also visible in other places, e.g. recent changes on Polish Wikipedia.<BR><BR>This change is a result of the roll-out of a new version of our<BR>software. Other languages, like German, which also have<BR>gender-specific terms to describe users, will be upgraded in the<BR>coming days.<BR><BR>It's a small thing, but hopefully it'll make gender diversity (and<BR>lack thereof) a bit more visible, at least in languages which are more<BR>expressive than English. ;-)<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Erik<BR><BR>-- <BR>Erik Möller<BR>VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation<BR><BR>Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Gendergap mailing list<BR><A
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