I thought it'd be refreshing to have a positive thread and something
less-...porny, if you will :)
*What have /you/ been working on? In any language, on any sister project
of Wikimedia? Online and offline? What are you doing to be proactive or
contributing as a volunteer, fellow, staff member, etc? Don't be shy,
share your work! Be bold and be proud*!
I've been working on the Teahouse, as part of my Fellowship, and of
course, you're welcome to stop by and say hi if you wish and make a
guest profile (or sign up to be a host!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse
Article wise I've been writing a lot about the Smithsonian, since I'm
finishing up my final month as Wikipedian-in-Residence there. Just
finished a rewrite of the National Museum of African Art which was the
first Smithsonian museum to hire a woman director:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_African_Art
When I have leisure-Wikipedia time (which seems like never these days)
I've been working on trudging through the 1,000+ backlog of WikiProject
Women's History unrated articles (i.e. importance/class).
We also have a second women's edit-a-thon coming up in San Francisco, if
you're in the area, sign up!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_WikiWomen%27s_E…
What about you? Online and offline activities, I'd love to hear about
how you've being proactive and what you're working on!
-Sarah
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Hello!
First congrats to all for the great progress on the gender gap!
I am looking for data or research on: If and how the adoption of inclusive language (or non-sexist language) tend to favor or not more woman participation/gender balance participation in wikis?
Sarah Stierch (thanks!) suggested me that someone in this list might have insights on this question.
In the romanic languages (Spanish, Italian, Catalan, etc), contrary to English, the language has much more "gender" references. So in this languages, it emerges more the debate if there should be adopted an inclusive language (Ej. not taking male as generic, but making both references to woman and men, etc such as “usuarios” (male) and “usuarias” (women)) as a way to favor woman participation. Does Wikipedia experience in some way this?
I am wikipedian (and also a researched on wiki and gender), but I am asking this in regard to another experience that would like to build upon Wikipedia experience - an encyclopedia of the 15M movement in Spain (http://wiki.15m.cc), that just started. I am looking to see ways in order to not reproduce the horrible data on gender balance of other wiki experiences.
I would appreciate any insight on this. Thank you and congrats again! Mayo/Lilaroja
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Hi.
I just thought I would inform people here about an online workshop we'll be
having. It is aimed at Australian Wikimedians but if you're interested in
the topic, you're more than welcome to attend. It would be great to see
more people writing about women's related topics, cultural sector related
topics or learning how to review articles on the project. :) Please sign
up on wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Australia#Wikinews_for_Austra…http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Wikinews:Meetup/Australia
This will be an IRC based meetup where participants are encouraged to set
up remote locations to get together with other Wikipedians. The purpose of
these meet-ups is support work being done by members of Wikimedia
Australia, Wikinews contributors and the HOPAU participants with writing
news articles for Wikinews. If you are a Wikipedian or a Commons user who
wants to learn how to use Wikinews and work towards becoming an accredited
reporter, this is your chance to learn. Please note: Non-Australians are
allowed to attend our online training sessions but time zone wise, it is
set up to support ongoing Australian activities.
Location
IRC: #wikimedia-au connect
Canberra: LauraHale's house in Gungahlin. Please e-mail LauraHale for
directions if you would like to attend in person.
Date and time
Dates: 17 June, and 24 June
Time: 6:00:00 PM EST (UTC+10 hours) in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne.
5:30:00 PM CST UTC+9:30 hours in Adelaide. 4:00:00 PM WST UTC+8 hours in
Perth. 8:00:00 PM NZST UTC+12 hours in Auckland. 9:00:00 AM BST (UTC+1
hour) in London. 4:00:00 AM EDT UTC-4 hours in New York City.
Preparation
Prior to the workshop, please read Writing an article on Wikinews and think
of a topic you may want to write about that is currently in the news. If
you want to try original research, please read original reporting. Ideas of
topics to write about include the AFL or NRL, Australian Olympic and
Paralympic preparations, Australian politics, Australian weather, or
Australian television news. If you are thinking about doing original
research, consider attending a sporting event on Friday, Saturday or Sunday
to report on. Consider interviewing some one about a topic you think is
important. If you want to create your own article, you need to have an idea
of what you want to write about. If you want to participate by supporting
others, you're also welcome to attend!
Sincerely,
Laura Hale
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twitter: purplepopple
blog: ozziesport.com
I want to thank this group for your encouraging responses to my students' first posts to Wikipedia. They've been wary of this process for weeks, but they were so excited to see their articles go live and to start getting feedback. Several received gifts of virtual baked goods (from members of this group), and I believe it was members of this group that helped to move articles through the review process at an accelerated pace. We had our last meeting of the academic term yesterday, and we reviewed some of the feedback -- they were all excited, not just for their own articles but for each other. The article on American women's firsts has received some very nice praise; the article on women's shelters has been moved out of 'stub' status; and the 'genderfuck' article was one of the top five active articles on the Wikiproject:Feminism list yesterday. Shortly after class, it became the first of the student pieces to be vandalized, which we're regarding as another badge of honor. ;-)
We've got two more new articles in the queue, as of yesterday: Metaformic theory and feminism in Thailand.
We spent some time talking about continuing to contribute to Wikipedia, and I think you'll see a few return, but a couple of them countered with, "It's a lot of work!" I'll certainly be back, though. I will do this project with the WGS capstone class next year. Later this summer -- after I clear a few other projects from my desk -- I think I'll see about working on some of the articles on menstruation and women's reproductive health. I've been part of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research for many years, and looking at some of the menstruation articles recently, I saw that some could use some development and better references.
Thanks again for all the support.
-EAK
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Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Women's and Gender Studies Program
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA 99004-2409
Hi,
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/female-athletes-deserve-better/story-fn6bn…
a story that has been making the rounds in Australia for a while now
about an elite sportwoman who plays top level soccer and cricket, but while
competing at the top, is unable to make a living because neither one pays
enough. Those in sporting institutions are demanding she give up one or
another.
Is there a way that Wikipedia can be used in a neutral way to address
systematic bias? Does drawing attention to women in fields by bringing them
to the front page of Wikipedia through ITN, DYK and FAC help address this
by meerly normalising the existence of women in these areas? Does getting
more pictures address it? Is this a topic better suited by sharing this
information on Wikinews through reporting on these issues independent of
the main stream media? or uploading documents to Wikisource to help provide
historical information? Does it get solved by providing more examples of
women to counter systematic bias of images of only men doing certain tasks?
Sincerely,
Laura Hale
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twitter: purplepopple
blog: ozziesport.com
Hi everyone,
As many of you know, Wikipedians often award each other
barnstars/awards/medals for a job well done. We have a few that we
developed over the year for contributions related to the gender gap and
women's subjects:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism/Resources#Awards
I often want to award women who edit other language Wikipedias similar
awards, but, due to my own language barrier I have a hard time finding
if those types of awards exist.
Does your home Wikipedia have similar awards?
-Sarah
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