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
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
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.)
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/2013/08/21/0http://brianna.laugher.id.au/blog/85/the-ada-initiative-supporting-those-wh…
Thanks,
Kevin Gorman
Forwarding this along...is a great opportunity to work with some great
passionate people. It's always great to have more diversity :)
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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
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
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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.
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Date: Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:56 PM
Subject: Open call for Individual Engagement Grant proposals and committee
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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:
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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:
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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,
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