Forwarding this from another mailing list, thought it'd be interesting
to share here... - Sarah
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Jane Goodall is getting the wrong kind of attention for her new book.
She lifted a few passages nearly word-for-word from Wikipedia, but
failed to attribute them.
1. Mail Online (UK) - Conservationist Jane Goodall Admits "Borrowing"
Entire Passages From Wikipedia in Her New Book
<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296362/Chimpanzee-expert-Jane-Good…>
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 09:32 EST, 20 March 2013 | UPDATED: 09:43 EST, 20 March 2013
One of the world's leading chimpanzee experts has been accused of
plagiarism after entire passages from Wikipedia and other websites
appeared in her latest book without proper accreditation.
Dame Jane Goodall's new book 'Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder From the
World of Plants', was shown to contain a minimum of 12 passages borrowed
from a variety of websites.
However the respected British primatologist failed to include proper
attribution, or footnotes.
The similarities were spotted by a botany expert who had been invited by
The Washington Post to review the book and raised the alarm.
Among the suspicious passages is a discussion of sustainable tea farming
in which Goodall writes: 'According to Oxfam, a British nonprofit agency
working to put an end to poverty worldwide, the spraying of pesticides
on tea estates is often done by untrained casual daily-wage workers,
sometimes even by children and adolescents.'
However the website of Choice Organic Teas, a company which donates a
slice of its profits to the Jane Goodall Institute, carries exactly the
same paragraph word for word.
Another excerpt from the book reads: 'Bartrams Boxes, as they came to
be known, were regularly sent to Peter Collinson for distribution to a
wide list of European clients.'
Meanwhile a suspiciously similar entry on Wikipedia reading: 'Bartrams
Boxes as they then became known, were regularly sent to Peter Collinson
every fall for distribution in England to a wide list of clients.'
Seeds of hope, which was co-authored by Gail Hudson, who worked on two
of Goodall's previous books, is due out next month.
In an email to the Washington Post Goodall said she would she would
correct future editions and raise the issue for discussion on the Jane
Goodall Institute Web site blog.
She wrote: 'This was a long and well researched book and I am distressed
to discover that some of the excellent and valuable sources were not
properly cited, and I want to express my sincere apologies.
'I hope it is obvious that my only objective was to learn as much as I
could so that I could provide straightforward factual information
distilled from a wide range of reliable sources.'
Dame Jane spent 45 years studying the social interactions of great apes
in Tanzania, and founded her institute in 1997.
2. Washington Post - Jane Goodalls Seeds of Hope book contains
borrowed passages without attribution
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jane-goodall-book-seeds-o…>
By Steven Levingston, Published: March 19
Jane Goodall, the primatologist celebrated for her meticulous studies of
chimps in the wild, is releasing a book next month on the plant world
that contains at least a dozen passages borrowed without attribution, or
footnotes, from a variety of Web sites.
The borrowings in Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder From the World of
Plants range from phrases to an entire paragraph from Web sites such as
Wikipedia and others that focus on astrology, tobacco, beer, nature and
organic tea.
Goodall wrote Seeds of Hope with Gail Hudson, who has contributed to
two other books by the 78-year-old naturalist. Hudson is described on
literati.net <http://literati.net> as a newspaper and magazine editor,
freelance writer, former spirituality editor for Amazon.com and longtime
devotee of organic foods and holistic living.
This was a long and well researched book, Goodall said in an e-mail,
and I am distressed to discover that some of the excellent and valuable
sources were not properly cited, and I want to express my sincere
apologies. I hope it is obvious that my only objective was to learn as
much as I could so that I could provide straightforward factual
information distilled from a wide range of reliable sources.
Goodall said she will discuss the issue on her Jane Goodall Institute
Web site blog and will correct future editions.
The books publisher, Grand Central, said in an e-mail it was
surprised to hear of the assertions. It added: We have not formulated
a detailed plan beyond crediting the sources in subsequent releases.
Hudson said she had no comment.
Goodall joins a list of famous authors who have recently faced questions
about material they included in their work. Often, the cause is speed
and sloppiness in the research, sometimes performed by co-authors and
abetted by technology that allows a writer to swiftly transfer passages
from one place to another and just as swiftly to forget it was done.
An expert in botany invited by The Washington Post to review Seeds of
Hope noticed some of the echoed passages, notified theeditors and
declined the assignment.
In Seeds of Hope, Goodall has crafted a passionate narrative about
plants, their effect on our lives and her desire to preserve the natural
environment. Her first-person reflections are full of her well-known
charm and humanitarianism. It is when the book moves away from Goodalls
own stories to deliver background information on plants and their
history that the instances of borrowing creep in. Goodall, whose
reputation was founded on observations of chimps in Tanzania,
acknowledges early in the book that her training in botany is limited.
I have spent a lifetime loving plants, she writes, even though I have
never studied them as a scientist.
In the book, Goodall extols the benefits of sustainable farming. She
expresses her shock at learning of dangerous conditions for workers who
harvest tea.
According to Oxfam, she writes, a British nonprofit agency working to
put an end to poverty worldwide, the spraying of pesticides on tea
estates is often done by untrained casual daily-wage workers, sometimes
even by children and adolescents.
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AdaCamp is a conference dedicated to increasing women's
participation in open technology and culture: open source software,
Wikipedia-related projects, open data, open geo, fan fiction, remix
culture, and more. AdaCamp brings women together to build community,
discuss issues women have in common across open technology and
culture fields, and find ways to address them.
AdaCamp San Francisco will be in San Francisco, California on
Saturday June 8 and Sunday June 9, 2013. Visit
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Attendance at AdaCamp is by invitation, with applications open to
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Hi everyone,
Wikimedia Sweden and Europeana are hosting a Fashion Edit-a-Thon on
March 22nd. The event will take place in Stockholm, and you can
participate online and in person at the event venue.
The goal is to improve coverage in any language about fashion - an area
notorious (like so many presumed women's subjects) to be in poor shape.
Sign up here:
http://www.europeanafashion.eu/2013/03/11/europeana-fashion-edit-a-thon-wik…
Spread the word!
-Sarah
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I hafta ask: what does everyone think of Today's Featured Article on
Wikipedia? I will go on the record by saying that I love it. It's witty
and one of the best-written things I've read on WP.
Christine
--
Christine W. Meyer
User: Figureskatingfan
christinewmeyer(a)gmail.com
https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen/2013/JuneSeptember/SpreadThe…
We'll be participating as a mentoring organization in the upcoming
round. The interns who are just finishing up their current round with
us: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_for_Women
Some key points:
* USD$5000 for 3 months of full-time work
* can work remotely from anywhere
* doesn't have to be coding; documentation, testing, systems
administration, marketing, and design are also possible
* newbies to open source are welcome
* applicants don't have to be students
* trans women and genderqueer/genderfluid folks are welcome
* applicants should START NOW since applications are collaborative!
If you know a motivated woman who has never worked in technology before,
who's a good communicator and a diligent worker, and whose career is
stagnating, this is the PERFECT opportunity for her to cross-train and
start on a new, more lucrative path! Please spread the word.
--
Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
Please see below
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From: "Snyder, Sara" <SnyderS(a)si.edu>
Date: Mar 11, 2013 8:11 AM
Subject: [wikimedia-dc] Women in the Arts Meetup & Wikipedia Edit-a-thon -
Friday 3/29
To: "Wikimedia DC Mailing List" <wikimedia-dc(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
*I hope that many of you will be able to join us for this event on Friday,
March 29 at the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. Space is limited
so sign up today!*
*-Sara*
* “Women in the Arts Meetup & Wikipedia Edit-a-thon” in honor of Women’s
History Month*
*WHAT: *“Women in the Arts Meetup &
Edit-a-thon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women_in_the_Arts2013>”
in honor of Women’s History Month. Activities will include new editor
orientation and training, and a behind-the-scenes presentation from the
Archives of American Art staff. Coffee and lunch generously provided
courtesy of Wikimedia DC.****
*WHO:* Up to 20 volunteers, plus staff members from the Smithsonian
Institution and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. No advanced
technical skills required!****
*WHEN: *Friday, March 29, 2013, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.* *
*WHERE: *Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th Street
NW, suite 2200, Washington, DC
*WHAT TO BRING: *Photo ID and a laptop computer
*RSVP REQUIRED*: RSVP with your name and email address to Sara Snyder,
snyders(a)si.edu, 202-633-7987, or sign up directly on the event
page<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Women_in_the_Arts2013>.
This event is free of charge, but due to space and security badge
requirements,* participation is limited to 20 volunteers.*****
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Hey Guys,
So tonight I'm at an event, and begin to chat with two amazing
women.......at the end of the evening one of them mentions:
Did you hear that there is a feminist take over of wikipedia event on the
15th?
It made me smile and think; WOW these ladies are kicking ass :)
Sandy
*
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*After learning the basics needed to create a Wikipedia article, the
participants improved existing articles related to feminism, as part of a
celebration of International Women’s Day*
[image: Primeiro mutirão de edição da Wikipédia para e com
mulheres]<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Primeiro_WikiMulheres.jpg>
Primeiro mutirão de edição da Wikipédia para e com mulheres
Para aproximá-las do universo “wiki,” os voluntários dos projetos
Knowledge is power: no one should doubt that. Although the possibility of
contributing knowledge to the biggest encyclopedia of the world, Wikipedia,
is free and open for anyone, about 91 percent of its editors are men. What,
then, is the prospect for women in this story?
In order to engage women in the “wiki” universe, volunteers of the
Wikimedia projects in Brazil, with the support of the Wikimedia Foundation,
organized a workshop about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia
projects<http://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/chapter:Dia_Internacional_da_Mulher/2013>
and
proposed a joint effort for editing the encyclopedia in homage to International
Women’s Day <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day>. The
meeting took place on March 2nd at The Hub <http://saopaulo.the-hub.net/> and
gathered men and women interested in learning and practicing the editing of
Wikimedia projects.
About 15 people attended the event, where they discussed the criteria for
writing and publishing a Wikipedia article, the sources that may be
considered reliable and the collaborative dynamic of editing. At the end of
the workshop, the group dedicated themselves to improving articles related
to women and feminism: “Women’s Rights” and “Grace Hopper” (“Direitos da
mulher” <http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direitos_da_mulher> and “Grace
Hopper”<http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper> in
Portuguese) were two examples of such contributions.
“The steps for editing an article are simple, and from what I have observed
in the meetup, anyone can learn them quickly,” said Fernanda Campagnucci,
from Ação Educativa <http://www.acaoeducativa.org.br/>, who edited the
article about women’s rights, her first contribution to the project. “But
we live in a society where the sharing of knowledge is unequal and the
technology is still often considered part of the masculine universe. It is
this vision that we need to break.”
To discuss and overcome the lack of women collaborating on Wikipedia, the
Wikimedia movement maintains a page (Gender
Gap<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_Gap>)
to gather information, references and ideas on the subject, in addition to
promoting activities like this workshop. With the goal of increasing
women’s participation in the project, new women editors are encouraged to
join mailing lists <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap>
and online communities<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_Gap#Projects_within_Wikimedia_communi…>
.
The Wikimedia movement in Brazil expects that this initiative in Sao Paulo
will inspire volunteers from other regions of the country to help the event
become regular every March, extending the debate about women’s
participation in Wikipedia and lowering the gender gap. You can
contact the Wikimedia
volunteers in Brazil <http://br.wikimedia.org/> to obtain more information.
Everybody is welcome to participate and organize upcoming events!
*Fernanda Campagnucci (NGO Ação Educativa)*
*Translation by Tom and Cristiana Gonzalez*
- See more photos of the edithaton
here<http://br.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dia_Internacional_da_Mulher/2013#Fotos>
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/03/08/wikipedia-editing-workshop-in-brazil-h…
Happy women's day!
Tom
--
Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful
than a life spent doing nothing."
On March 8th, create 8 stubs related to women in any language
Wikipedia, on any subject. It can be a (translated) biographical
article, a common female health issue or condition, a women's fashion
item, historical event involving mostly women, work of art by a female
artist, or whatever you please, as long as you create it on March 8th!
If you can't think of an article to create, look for inspiration here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women's_History/Requested_articles
If you are unable to participate, check if your list of 8 article
suggestions is on that page, and please consider adding them there. If
you are unable to do that, send them as a reply to this mail.
If you do choose to participate, include your eight links next to your
name on this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women's_History/Participants
Can't wait to see if anyone is up for this challenge!
Jane
