Dear all,
Last weekend we had celebrated 10th anniversary of polish Wikipedia.
Definitly successful event gathered lot of Wikipedians, media attention as
well as general audience.
just to mention that among several very interesting subjects i got a chance
to present also the issue of women and Wikipedia.
the lecture was called "female face of Wikipedia" and was to sum up the
discussions that started after February 2011 interview that Sue Gardner has
given mentioning the gender gap problem.
In the presentation i had briefed on many initiatives undertaken as
immediate and later reaction to the interview (start of this mailing list,
many local projects and workshops to empower women to become Wikieditors),
underlined the question why it is important and what added values it brings
as well as the question on if there is any substantial difference in the
quality of article edited by woman or man (IMHO non what matters is the
quality of work not really what gender is the author).
the lecture - as all of that conference - has been shoutcasted online and
video recorded and later the videos would be available online on free
licences. The language of lecture was Polish. Not sure if the video would
have subtitles in english - most probably not.
for the upcoming 8th March we're planning again workshops for women (in
several cities in Poland) on wiki-editing and wiki-values.
shall you have any questions, comments about the lecture or would like to
share your experience (good practices, weak points, suggestions for
improvement) on workshops or other ideas especially for 8th March, you shall
not hesitate to write and are more then welcome to share your experience.
bests,
Lantuszka
Entertaining...bizarre...scary...odd? Real? fake?
Don't get me wrong. If Wikipedia was around when I was 14, I so would have
joined WP:Feminism. But, I was a 14 year old riot grrrl using BBSes. ;-)
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From: Kim Bruning <kim(a)bruning.xs4all.nl>
Date: Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Subject: [Foundation-l] Larry Sanger tweets about 13 yo in Wikiproject
Pornography
To: foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
"Dear Press: a self-described 13 YO joined Wikiproject Pornography.
Wikipedians support him. webcitation.org/61v0ykxJewebcitation.org/61v1FfW3K"
- http://twitter.com/#!/lsanger/status/117299089439334400
The on-wiki argument is that there are many areas in that project that don't
actually involve nudie pics, but rather cover
areas of law, etc. <scratches head>
sincerely,
Kim Bruning
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Hi everyone,
Just a reminder that we have a #wikimedia-gendergap IRC (internet relay
chat) channel! This is a hang out spot where those who are interested in the
gender gap talk shop - often subjects related to discussions on the list,
help each other out, and just get to know each other. We don't always talk
about gender gap - but, it's a great way to get to know like-minded
Wikimedians in a safe, laidback environment. Staff and volunteers from
around the world of all gender, identifies and ages hang out in it.
Come stop by if you desire!
It's as easy as clicking here:
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-gendergap
Pick a user name. Fill out the captcha. Then a bunch of mumbo jumbo appears
on the screen and a few seconds later you'll see a list of names on the
right and the chat room on the left.
Welcome and feel free to share with anyone interested in Wikimedia and the
gender gap,
-Sarah
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And you are correct Daniel. I was a minor contributor to Wikipedia until I
brought my GLAM work to the table. It's been a powerful tool not only as a
GLAM person (for my resume, for networking), but, as a researcher, I
generally bring my research work to Wikipedia after submitting it to the
appropriate curators. I get more satisfaction completing a quality article
about an artist I am passionate about than I do knowing all that hard work
will end up a small tiny label underneath that artists painting on a museum
wall. It's very empowering.
On another note, many of the most active Wikipedia community members in GLAM
WIKI are women. Now if only we had enough supply for the demand regarding
the amount GLAMs that want to work with us to fulfill needs - but, sadly
funding and time isn't allowing that. Museum studies programs are 95% female
in most programs, including mine, and I think we're missing tapping into a
resource of people who work to share information with the world (including
archivists/librarians).
I do think that GLAM outreach will be a critical tool in helping to bring
more female editors, and retain them in Wikimedia. It just takes investment
- time and money. (oh, and people). :)
-Sarah
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case <
dancase(a)frontiernet.net> wrote:
> **
> The GLAM industry is a female dominated industry, and this is the first
> conference of it's type to examine feminism, technology and museum culture.
> I encourage you all to follow the conference throughout the weekend...
>
> -Sarah
>
> As an aside, I've noticed how a lot of active female editors are
> themselves GLAM-sector people in their "day jobs" as it were, or have
> editing interests that correspond to it.
>
> I strongly suspect that our GLAM outreach projects may be one of
> the best things we have done, and continue to do, to increase female
> participation.
>
> Daniel Case
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Hi everyone - the next two days I'll be attending the below conference
- *Connecting
the Dots: Virtuality, Technoloy & Feminism in the Museum*.
The GLAM industry is a female dominated industry, and this is the first
conference of it's type to examine feminism, technology and museum culture.
I encourage you all to follow the conference throughout the weekend...
-Sarah
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From: Proctor, Nancy <ProctorN(a)si.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:37 PM
Subject: The Feminist Movement in Museum Technology starts today at the
Smithsonian!
To: "Proctor, Nancy" <ProctorN(a)si.edu>, SI Webmasters <
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A final reminder and open invitation to join:
Connecting the Dots: Virtuality, Technology & Feminism in the Museum
http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/Smithsonian
Three days of lively conversation and provocative insights kick off tonight
with an interview with Griselda Pollock by Juliette Bellow.
http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/reserve.aspx?performanceNum…
Huge kudos to Faye Browning, Liz Paige and Alison Romain from TSA for
organizing this, and infinite thanks for supporting the Symposium!
On Friday and Saturday, we have an amazing array of International and local
luminaries who'll start and facilitate our ongoing dialogue:
http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/Smithsonian
I'd like to thank them all for giving so generously of their time and
expertise to further this important research.
Friday and Saturday's free Symposium will be Live Blogged between 10-5:30pm
EST http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/w/page/45814557/Live%20Blog
Thanks to volunteer Neal Stimler for coming down from the Met to manage this
and more!
Friday's plenary sessions will be videoed and added later to the wiki, along
with a CART full text transcript of the day's conversation. I'd like to
thank Marc Bretzfelder from OCIO and Beth Ziebarth from the Accessibility
Program for helping us increase access to the Symposium exponentially by
providing this critical technology support.
Join the wiki at any time and continue the conversation in the Forum:
http://feminismandcurating.pbworks.com/w/page/45211170/Forum
And if you can join us in person, say hi to volunteers Sonja Lopez, Laurie
Stepp, Ginny Hogan and Stacie Kirby, without whom this event could not have
happened!
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Dear all,
You may know about WikiSym -- the international symposium on wikis and
open collaboration -- which is an annual research conference about
wikis. It is being held week after next in Mountain View, CA this
year. There is always a good deal of Wikipedia research presented at
WikiSym. This year I am very pleased that the best paper award (for
both short and long papers) went to two papers about gender and
Wikipedia:
http://www.wikisym.org/2011/09/21/best-paper-winners-for-wikisym-2011/
The conference proceedings & full papers are not yet available, but
when they are I will be sure to send them along. it's so exciting to
see great research in this area! congratulations to the authors.
-- phoebe
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I don't know whether this is worth bothering about, but it's the kind
of thing that concerns me. Anyone not wanting to look at genitalia
should not click on the links.
I came across [[Labiaplasty]], while looking for material on female
genital mutilation. There's an image on the page of what is supposed
to be before and after a labiaplasty.
The previous caption implied that it was the same woman, though it
doesn't look like it -- for one thing, larger versions of the images
on the Commons show one has a mole on her abdomen and the other
doesn't.
What really bothers me is the "before" image shows a woman within a
normal range, yet we are presenting this as something in need of
surgery. I'm concerned that young women could stumble on this and
start to doubt themselves.
The image and upload history are here --
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hypertrophy_of_Labia_Minora_before_a…
There's no indication that these are "medical" images; no indication
of model release; no reliable sources indicating that the "oversized"
one really is regarded as such; and the images were uploaded by
occasionally used accounts.
I've twice removed the image from the article,
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Labiaplasty&action=historysubmit&…
and I've left a note on talk,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Labiaplasty#Image but it is being
restored. If anyone wants to jump in, please do. If not, no worries.
I'll completely understand if you would all prefer not to comment.
Sarah
