Gendergap August 2012

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Ada Lovelace Day
by Andrew Gray 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Hi all, Daria Cybulska (at WMUK) and I are working on organising an event for Ada Lovelace Day (16th October, though ours may fall on the 19th) - http://findingada.com/about/ - "...an international day celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths". We're modelling it on Sarah's "Women in Science" event at the Smithsonian from earlier this year - which, by happy coincidence, was on almost the same topic, so we get to crib shamelessly. ;-) http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Smithsonian_Institutio… Has anyone run an event around Lovelace Day in the past? Is anyone else thinking about doing so? We'd be interested to hear about it, if so... Thanks, - Andrew. -- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk

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classes working in gender gap-related topic areas
by Sage Ross 01 Sep '12

01 Sep '12

Hi gap minders! The Wikipedia Education Program has a wave of courses that are about start, and one in particular may be interesting to list members: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:USEP_Women_in_Religious_Traditions:_… That one needs an experienced editor to mentor the class as an "Online Ambassador". If anyone is interested in that, let me know. (There's a lightweight application process on-wiki to become an Online Ambassador.) There's another one that already has one Online Ambassador supporting it, but I'm sure additional help would be welcome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Cour… Cheers, Sage

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Gender Gap Revamp! [please read] (and [please forward]!)
by Sarah Stierch 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Hi everyone! I wanted to share a few recent changes to the Gender Gap mailing list webpage: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap There you will see a new "About Gendergap" description. It includes a shorter description of what the list goal is, a note about the new moderation policy, our civility policy, and a place to learn more if you're new to "minding the gap." We have also crafted a new welcome message for new list members stressing these points in a friendly manner. It also encourages new members to introduce themselves. I do hope you'll join me in inviting friends, Wikimedians, and colleagues of any gender who share our common goal: to increase the participation of women and transwomen in Wikimedia projects. Think about colleagues and friends who have a passion for wiki's, women's culture, open source, open stuff, GLAM, and so forth. Feel free to also forward this email off list to mailing lists. Thank you everyone for your ongoing passion, contributions and remember, WE CAN [EDIT]! [1] -Sarah [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:We_Can_Edit.jpg -- *Sarah Stierch* */Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/* >>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate today <https://donate.wikimedia.org/><<

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Another WikiWoman makes it in Forbes!! (Go Netha!!)
by Sarah Stierch 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

WikiWoman Netha Hussain [[User:Netha Hussain]] [1] has written a great call to action blog for Forbes! Netha and Sue in Forbes in one week? Very epic.. http://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2012/08/22/ladies-lets-contribute-to-wik… There is also a shout out to this mailing list ;) Great work Netha! -Sarah [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Netha_Hussain -- *Sarah Stierch* */Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/* >>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate today <https://donate.wikimedia.org/><<

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Apologies from the Parlympic Games Opening Ceremonies for making others uncomfortable
by Laura Hale 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

I apologize to those I have made uncomfortable with my tone. I never intended to silence those voices of women here trying to do outreach, which was why I helped organise WikiWomenCamp. I would like for the moderators to unsubscribe me as I feel unsafe in voicing my opinion and unsupported by the list by active outreach I do. I want to humbly thank the administrators for telling me this during the Paralympic Games Opening Ceremonies, which I am covering for Wikimedia, and working on to help improve disability related and women's outreach. I hope I can do better with my tone and outreach outside the framework of this list where I am less likely to make people uncomfortable. I am sorry. :( Truly so. Sent from my iPad

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My apologies
by Carol Moore DC 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

I hate to use physiological excuses, but...the reason I "lost control" was I had a bad head cold - plus doing strong coffee on top. So confused mental/emotional states on steroids dominated my writing... I value Wikipedia as a place where I HAVE to be diplomatic, since I do lose my temper like that a bit too much sometimes on various male dominated political lists where there's a lot of flaming, so I was unhappy about my own "slip." I did write Mr. Morton and (sort of) apologize for "starting" in such a provocative "joking" tone because of his "nice" comment, instead of just making a civil comment/question...and then for my escalating from there. Two days on my apologies to the him and the list are even more sincere!! :-) Glad to see Laura misunderstood and wasn't asked to leave. Politically I understand worldwide problems with American Imperialism; Wikimedia-wise I just haven't been sufficiently on top of the intricacies of Wikimedia politics to understand all the issues so at least there I've been able to maintain my diplomacy - so far!! CM

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Re: [Gendergap] Forbes top 100 in Catalan!
by Sarah Stierch 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

And that's User:Kippelboy :) Sorry about that! -Sarah (and thanks to the polite Wikipedian who corrected me offlist) On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> A recent tweet from the @WikimediaWomen Twitter sent out the list I made on >> my userpage for the 100 most powerful women in the world. A Catalan >> Wikipedia editor saw it and wrote the list up on Catalan WP: >> >> http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llista_Forbes_de_dones_poderoses >> >> When they posted the list there were only 24, within 24 hours they're now up >> to 30 women having articles in Catalan Wikipedia. >> >> Great work User:Kippleboy for spearheading this initiative! >> >> All 100 women in English Wikipedia now have articles: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch/100power >> >> What's it like in your language? >> >> -Sarah >> >> -- >> Sarah Stierch >> Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow >>>> Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate today<< >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> -- *Sarah Stierch* */Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/* >>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate today <https://donate.wikimedia.org/><<

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Forbes top 100 in Catalan!
by Sarah Stierch 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

A recent tweet from the @WikimediaWomen Twitter sent out the list I made on my userpage for the 100 most powerful women in the world. A Catalan Wikipedia editor saw it and wrote the list up on Catalan WP: http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llista_Forbes_de_dones_poderoses When they posted the list there were only 24, within 24 hours they're now up to 30 women having articles in Catalan Wikipedia. Great work User:Kippleboy for spearheading this initiative! All 100 women in English Wikipedia now have articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch/100power What's it like in your language? -Sarah -- *Sarah Stierch* */Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/* >>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate today <https://donate.wikimedia.org/><<

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Voter suppression target African American women as strategy to reduce gender gap
by Ruth Rosen 30 Aug '12

30 Aug '12

*http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/ruth-rosen/voter-suppression-schurick-doctrine-and-unravelling* www.opendemocracy.net -- Ruth Rosen Professor of History Emerita, U.C. Davis; Scholar in Residence Center for the Study of Right-Wing Movements, U.C. Berkeley; Email: rrosen(a)berkeley.edu web site: www.ruthrosen.org

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New gender gap mailing list in German
by Nicole Ebber 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Dear all, we have just launched a gender gap mailing list for the German speaking community. https://listen.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/gendergap Everyone who is interested in discussing topics regarding female participation or gender-specific discrimination in the German speaking projects is invited to join in. The mailing list should serve as a platform for connecting and exchange and we are looking forward to a respective and fruitful atmosphere. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Cheers, Nicole Ebber -- Nicole Ebber Projektmanagerin Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | NEU: Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49 30 219158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985.

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