Gendergap August 2013

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Suggestions for female biographical articles
by Russavia 09 Sep '13

09 Sep '13

Hey all, Over recent months I have uploaded around 150,000 photos from high value Flickr streams, and as I go through the uploads cleaning them up I am coming across photos of many notable females (politics, social activists, diplomatic, etc) that should probably have articles on our projects, but which don't exist. I have written many an article based purely on the notion of us having freely licenced media available, and I was wondering if anyone would be interested if I wrote up a list of these missing articles that people might like to look at writing up. Cheers, Russavia

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Casual sexism on en.wp
by Katherine Casey 07 Sep '13

07 Sep '13

Another day, another example<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_not…>of casual sexism exhibited by en.wikipedia editors who mean absolutely no harm, but simply don't understand how they could cause harm while meaning none. I seem to have<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Anothe…>caused significant alarm and offense to a number of male editors be publicly pointing out that I found the comment inappropriate. Was there a better way to handle this? I can't help feeling that saying nothing or hatting the section would have been supporting the notion that it's either not a problem or not remarkable for male editors to make comments encouraging others to comment on female editors' bodies. -Fluff

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coverage of women philosophers on ENWP
by Kevin Gorman 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

Hi all - Lately, after noticing how few biographies of women philosophers ENWP has, I have started trying to address the gap in some small way. Until this week (when I wrote it) we didn't even have a bio on Alison Jaggar, the person who was largely responsible for the first women's studies department in the world, and the person who probably taught the first class in feminist philosophy *ever*. I would like to eventually create a new Wikiproject on the model of Keilana's Wikiproject Women Scientists, but for now I've started a coordination page in my userspace [1] aimed at trying to improve our coverage of notable women philosophers. I would invite any of you who have the time to help improve our coverage to do so, either by writing an article about a notable woman philosopher who currently doesn't have one, improving the article of one who does, adding another name to the list of redlinks currently on my page, or in any way you can think of. Thanks, Kevin Gorman [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kevin_Gorman/philosophers (WP:ACADEMIC and WP:AUTHOR are the generally relevant notability guidelines.)

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The Ada Initiative's Fundraising effort is down to its last few days
by Kevin Gorman 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

Hi all - Normally I would hesitate to spam the list with info about a non-Wikimedia related org's fundraising campaign, but the Ada Initiative does really amazing work - and work that is not only directly related to but has had a direct effect on closing the gender gap in open tech, Wikimedia projects included. They're the people behind the Wikimedia Foundation's friendly spaces policies - and also the people behind many other anti-harrassment policies implemented at prominent tech conferences in recent years. They've also hosted a series of events aimed at both empowering women in open tech, and at ensuring that open tech can be as inclusive an environment as possible. I've seen their work firsthand, and it is both impressive, efficacious, and frugal. If you are in a position where you can support their efforts, I would encourage you to do so (even if that just means signal boosting this post to other lists.) I honestly believe that the Ada Initiative is one of the most effective organizations operating in this sphere. Here are three blog posts from long-time Wikimedians - Brion Vibber, Sumana Harihareswara, and Briana Laugher - explaining why they've chosen to support the Ada Initiative. I hope that after reading their words and mine, you'll choose to do the same. https://brionv.com/log/2013/08/27/ada-initiative-help-support-women-and-eve… http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2013/08/21/0 http://brianna.laugher.id.au/blog/85/the-ada-initiative-supporting-those-wh… Thanks, Kevin Gorman

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WikiProject Feminism Open Tasks
by Adrianne Wadewitz 28 Aug '13

28 Aug '13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism/Open_tasks The Wikistorming group at FemTechNet<http://femtechnet.newschool.edu/wikistorming/>has created this open tasks list at WikiProject Feminism in part to try and centralize all of the lists of gender-related articles to develop. Please add your list here if you have developed one in the past or are developing one. Thanks! Adrianne -- Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz Mellon Digital Scholarship Fellow Center for Digital Learning + Research Occidental College http://www.oxy.edu/center-digital-learning-research/about https://sites.google.com/site/wadewitz/

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Get Free Mobile Recharge!
by Ketaki Pole 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Join the GAC! Deadline extended by one week
by Sarah Stierch 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

Forwarding this along...is a great opportunity to work with some great passionate people. It's always great to have more diversity :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:33 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Join the GAC! Deadline extended by one week To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi, folks. Due to some last-minute interest, I've extended the deadline to Aug 27th. So you are still welcome to join the Wikimedia Foundation's Grant Advisory Committee, and help review and advise on all grant proposals in the Project and Event Grants program[1]. Take a look and sign up! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates (please also relay to your local/language lists.) Cheers, Asaf [1] the new name of the artist formerly known as the Wikimedia Grants Program. -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- -- *Sarah Stierch* *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* *www.sarahstierch.com*

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Multiple sexual assault allegations a "public image problem"
by Carol Moore dc 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

I happened to notice last night that the Bill Clinton article had "Allegation for sexual assault" as a subsection of "Public image". Thinking it's a bit more than thanthat, I justmoved it up to a full section. Within a few hours an editor completely removed any sectioning, leaving it under public image. Andanother editor with a male user name started complaining about how some ref was evidence of a big smear against Bill Clinton. I'm not going to fight about it, but it's a reminder of the true status of womenand their concerns on Wikipedia... sigh... CM

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Wikimania 2013 Reminder: WikiWomen's Luncheon on Saturday
by Sarah Stierch 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

Hi everyone, Just a reminder that if you're attending Wikimania 2013 the annual WikiWomen's Luncheon is taking place at the conference center. Please learn more here: http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen's_Luncheon This event is for women, transwomen, and anyone who identifies primarily as a woman/female. Look forward to seeing you, and please forward as appropriate. Sarah -- -- *Sarah Stierch* *Museumist, open culture advocate, and Wikimedian* *www.sarahstierch.com*

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Fwd: Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members
by Siko Bouterse 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

It would be great to see some new ideas for projects focused on issues of interest to folks on this list! See below for more details. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Siko Bouterse <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:56 PM Subject: Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee members To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, The Wikimedia Foundation and the Individual Engagement Grants Committee invite you to submit proposals for grants of up to $30,000 to support 6-month projects that improve the Wikimedia community. These grants fund individuals or small teams to organize, build, create, research or facilitate something that enhances the work of Wikimedia’s volunteers. The deadline to submit a proposal for this round is 30 September 2013: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG We’re also seeking new committee members to help review and recommend proposals for funding. The round 2 committee will be finalized 31 August 2013: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Committee You can read more about what the previous round of grantees have been working on here: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/08/01/ieg-learnings-call-new-proposals/ Hope to have your participation! Best wishes, Siko -- Siko Bouterse Head of Individual Engagement Grants Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality!* -- Siko Bouterse Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. * *Donate <https://donate.wikimedia.org> or click the "edit" button today, and help us make it a reality!*

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