Dear Mr. Davies
>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee#Members
I observe you are an "inactive" Member of this alleged committee. I
hence suspect that your email is bogus.
Accordingly I would appreciate receiving a signed email, or even a
scanned signed email clearly given on behalf of the Arbitration
Committee listing its physical address for service of legal process.
I am shocked by the casual and secretive approach adopted to such
concerns of child pornography, especially when it was previously made
on another website http://wikipediocracy.com, naming 2 of your users
"Sitush" and "Bishonen" using sexually colored language and referring
to child pornography on your website. This Sitush is a serial stalker
and harasser of female Wikipedia editors as your Arbcom knows well..
It is certainly strange that I was blocked as a sock puppet at the
instance of these same 2 users (1 of whom is your Admin) when I
brought that message to their attention. It seems Wikipedia actively
discourages reporting such sexual harassment to Admins and wipes out
all trace of it from public gaze, to the extent of terminating the
account of the person who reported me for being an alleged
sockpuppet..
It is even stranger that you will not disclose / specify the multiple
accounts and IPs I am accused of using as an alleged sock puppet or
why I am accused of being an India Against Corruption sockpuppet when
I have never edited any page concerned with that body. It is very
strange that Arbcom will not comply with its own policies for this. .
It is clear that the Arbcom is covering up the actions of its
anonymous users implicated in child pornography by another website.
I urge you to reconsider as I firmly intend to pursue this matter and
investigate all your own antecedents on your inactions..
On 11/19/14, Roger Davies <roger.davies.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Romana Busse:
>
> This is to acknowledge receipt of your emails of yesterday and today.
>
> The Arbitration Committee is unable to assist you further in this
> matter. Any further communications should be sent to:
>
> legal(a)wikimedia.org
>
> Roger Davies
> Arbitration Committee
>
>
>
> On 18/11/2014 15:41, Romana Busse wrote:
>> Dear Anthony (AGK)
>>
>> I'm very sorry to bother you, but could I have a timeline with respect
>> to deletion, or not, of those images ?
>>
>> With the welfare of the children in mind, I feel that the school, the
>> children's parents and the local child welfare committees, magistrates
>> and police should be properly sensitized to the incidents of that
>> day, and to ensure it cannot reoccur
>>
>> I'm sure the police and the Indian Govt Cyber Advisory Committee would
>> be interested in learning from you or NYBrad the finer points of law
>> whereby Citizendium encyclopedia decides to completely wipes out the
>> images within 12 hours but Wikipedia has not done anything till now on
>> identical complaint.
>>
>> I would also like to know by when you will publish across all
>> Wikipedia projects the complete list of accounts and IPs I have
>> allegedly used, and also if I am a sockpuppet of User:MehulWB as
>> alleged or not. This is required by your same policy WP:SOCK under
>> which was blocked.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On 11/18/14, Romana Busse <romana.busse(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This is about a potential threat to clearly identifiable Indian minor
>>> school children whose images are retained on WMF servers in USA and
>>> India despite legal notice to remove them.
>>> Taken within their school (where their parents expected the same
>>> degree of privacy as they enjoy at home) and uploaded without their
>>> permission, consent or knowledge, at a location where they allegedly
>>> viewed grossly obscene pornography accessed on a Wikimedia Foundation
>>> service which has now been disabled on complaint by a body called
>>> [[India Against Corruption]].
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BASC
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/arbcom-appeals-en
>>
>
There you go!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Netha Hussain <nethahussain(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 10:40 AM
Subject: [Adacamp Alumni] The WMF Board of Trustees is looking for a new
Board member
To: Adacamp-alumni(a)lists.adainitiative.org
Dear all,
Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and its
sister projects, is looking for a new board member. Half of the members of
this board are currently women [1]. Being a volunteer at Wikimedia
interested in involving more women in administrative areas of open tech,
I'd love to see yet another woman getting selected to the Board.
If you know someone who might find this job interesting, please nominate
them to the Board of Trustees. Or better, if you are interested in joining
the board, nominate yourself!
[1]https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees
Thanks
Regards
Netha
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Date: Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 4:39 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Your support is wanted: The WMF Board of
Trustees is looking for a new Board member
To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear all,
The Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees is currently looking for an
additional appointed trustee to fill the seat currently held by Bishakha
Datta, who has announced that she plans to step down at the end of her term
in December 2014. The Board Governance Committee is leading the search to
fill the position on behalf of the Board. Please spread the word to those
you would like to see on the Board!
The Board functions as a governance body that is ultimately responsible for
the Wikimedia Foundation and its activities, supervises the disposition and
solicitation of donations, and oversees the management of the organization.
To find out more about the responsibilities and workings of the Board you
can have a look at the Board handbook.[1]
We are seeking a trustee who is a leader in their field and who is
committed to Wikimedia's values.[2] We are also particularly looking for
someone with technical experience, who can bring expertise with strategic
development and technical organizations to the Board. As always, the Board
values diversity in its members.
Appointments are for a two-year term and involve 3-4 in-person meetings
throughout the year, at least two in San Francisco, as well as online work
and participation in a Board committee.
If you would like to suggest a name or nominate someone, please contact
Ewen McAlpine at emcalpine(a)wikimedia.org, who is handling initial contact
for the committee.
Kind regards,
María
Chair, Board Governance Committee
[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Board_Handbook
[2] http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Values
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It is NOT SAFE FOR WORK.... (aka NSFW)
I received a notice of this and carefully clicked on it knowing I what I
would see. Some "clever" person (dude?) made a Twitter account that tweets
porn from Commons out... so far it's just some embarrassingly stupid photo
of a naked guy on a train and a private parts ridden barnstar.
https://twitter.com/commonsporn
Gives me flash backs to all the rage that pretty much made me the mortal
enemy of pro-porn Commonists.
My head is sort of exploding around all of the types of things this brings
up - from "uh oh now I'm on Twitter with my junk hanging out...." to great
advertising for the free porny stuff on Commons in general.
Perhaps this can lead to a whole new donate to Wikimedia for free porn
advertising campaign.
I kid. I kid (or do I?).
--
Sarah Stierch
-----
Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization.
www.sarahstierch.com
This week, Jami Mathewson, our Educational Partnerships Manager, will be
attending the National Women's Studies Association conference in Puerto
Rico, as part of our outreach efforts to fill content gaps on the English
Wikipedia left by the gender gap.
We have a blog post that outlines our approach and how it's been working so
far. I thought this may be of interest to this community!
http://wikiedu.org/blog/2014/11/13/wikipedia-gender-gap-education/
--
Eryk Salvaggio
Communications Associate
Wiki Education Foundation
eryk(a)wikiedu.org <jami(a)wikiedfoundation.org>
User:Eryk (Wiki Ed) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jami_(Wiki_Ed)>
@WikiEducation <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation>
wikiedu.org
*Our organization supports the Wikipedia Education Program in the United
States and Canada.*
If anyone is attending the Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) conference in Vancouver early next year, please join!
Also, please feel free to repost and share the CFP below.
Best,
Amanda / Mssemantics
---------------------------------------------
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:
CSCW 2015 workshop on
FEMINISM AND FEMINIST APPROACHES IN SOCIAL COMPUTING
Sunday, March 15, 2015 //
---------------------------------------------
Submission Deadline: November 21, 2015 @ 5PM EDT
Workshop website: http://www.stephaniesteinhardt.com/feministcscw/
---------------------------------------------
We invite participants interested in feminist perspectives in social computing and technology to join us for a pre-conference workshop at CSCW 2015. We will explore literature and empirical studies to build a set of creative dialogues around the topics of diversity, sexual orientation, cultural attitudes, sociopolitical affiliations, and other emergent themes. Conversations will be directed toward the challenges of using a feminist approach in CSCW scholarship, fueled in particular by the following generative questions:
* How do the concerns of feminism and queer studies align with the central concerns of CSCW?
* How can we pragmatically employ feminist reflexivity to understand current CSCW interests in mobile development, big data, and social media, or distributed practices?
* How might we better represent our technological innovations and mediated collaborations through feminist and queer studies approaches?
* What are the gaps that feminist perspectives can fill for CSCW scholarship?
* How can we employ feminist perspectives to consider the nature of both work and leisure life?
* How can feminist approaches be used to identify and legitimize different forms of work central to CSCW concern?
We hope to unpack the unifying threads connecting the many epistemological approaches across disciplines, field sites, theoretical contributions, and methodologies that employ the term "feminism" for studies of technology and collaboration.
Application Procedure
If you are interested in joining us, please submit a position paper (1000-word limit) that includes:
1. A vignette or anecdote from your work or from existing literature that illustrates your opinion on the purchase or challenge of a feminist approach.
2. Three (3) or more relevant references annotated to generate discussion on feminist approaches in CSCW.
3. Author biography including current research or potential goals of research.
All proposals must be submitted in English. Papers will be selected via blind review based both on quality as well as breadth of perspective in order to ensure a broad conversation on gender. Accepted position papers will be circulated within the participant group prior to the workshop and made available post hoc on the workshop website (with permission).
SUBMISSIONS and questions may be emailed to feministcscw-l(a)cornell.edu<mailto:femcscw-l@cornell.edu>
Important Dates
Submissions due: Nov 21 5pm EDT
Acceptances announced: Dec 15, 2014
Workshop date: March 15, 2015
Thank you!
Stephanie B. Steinhardt, Cornell University
Amanda Menking, University of Washington
Ingrid Erickson, Rutgers University
Andrea Marshall, Drexel University
Asta Zelenkauskaite, Drexel University
Jennifer Rode, Drexel University
Hello all,
I'm organizing a feminist edit-a-thon in Seattle at UW for February or
early March. This event will be a conversation about media literacy and
reading between the lines in light of the Wikipedia Gender Gap, an editing
tutorial, and a space for editing/writing on missing entries.
The event will be primarily geared for folks affiliated with the UW, but
also for the public.
As a feminist event, I'd like to provide childcare, particularly since it's
likely the event might be happening on a Saturday.
For those of you who have organized edit-a-thons before, how have you
accommodated for dependents? If you've arranged childcare at edit-a-thons,
would you be willing to share what you did and how it went?
Please feel free to email me directly. Also, if there are any
Wikimedians/pedians in Seattle who I haven't met, I'd love to be in touch.
Happy Halloween all -- and thanks, as always, for a fiery and inspiring
listserv and all the work many of you are doing. I've been a member on this
list for a long time, and the contents of this list really do bring me joy
-- and have also inspired action. Thanks. :)
All the best,
Monika
www.monikasengul.com
jones.monika(a)gmail.com
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> Re COI for academics: I've recently come across Melodee Beals, a senior
> lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. Her userpage
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mhbeals> strikes me as an exemplar of
> one way for academics to engage with Wikipedia. She has given thought and
> space to making a declaration of interests, spelling out how she intends to
> handle affiliations and her understanding of self-promotion.
>
> Declaration of interest: Dr Beals is the colleague of a friend of mine.
>
> Roberta
>
> ------------------------
> *Roberta Wedge*
> *Gender Gap Project, **Wikimedia UK*
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> On 30 October 2014 10:58, Toby Hudson <tobyyy(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/University_of_Sydney_…
> >
> > This is going to be big. There are 39 signed up (mostly female academics
> > and students), but we are expecting nearer 100.
> >
> > How Wikipedians can help:
> >
> > We will have a decent number of experienced editors on site, but we will
> > be stretched. Anyone who can provide online support 03:00-07:00 UTC
> > tomorrow (Friday) would be much appreciated. Please add your name to the
> > project page with a note so that we know who we can call on. Here's some
> > ways you can help:
> >
> > 1. Any sandbox started by a wikibomb participant should be added to
> *Category:University
> > of Sydney Wikibomb 2014
> > <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:University_of_Sydney_Wikibomb_2014>*
> so
> > that we can all find it.
> > 2. Monitor *These Related Changes
> > <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Wikipedia:Meetup/…>*
> to
> > look out for editors having trouble.
> > 3. Write (kind) sandbox_talk page comments if you see *promotional
> > language*. It seems that some participants are intending to write
> > articles about their friend/colleague/boss. The organizing team now
> all
> > understand how much COI <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COI>
> editing
> > is discouraged, but I'm afraid academics are harder to herd than
> cats. We
> > are at least trying to ensure that everyone declares their employer on
> > their userpage, and declares any COI they have on the article talk.
> > 4. Assess articles' *readiness to move into mainspace* (also post a
> > note on the talk page). Experienced Wikipedians will do these moves,
> but
> > for COI and general stress relief, it would be good to have third
> party
> > eyes over it.
> > 5. *Categorize, prettify, wikidatify, wikiprojectify* ({{WP Australia
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WP_Australia>}}{{WP Biography
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WP_Biography>}} etc) any
> > articles that do make it into mainspace. We will not have time to
> > concentrate on any of these things.
> > 6. *Ping me (99of9 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:99of9>)*
> or
> > another involved Wikipedian if you spot any problems.
> > 7. Publicise on *Twitter (#Wikibomb)* with a link to the project page
> >
> > Thanks for helping!
> >
> > Toby/99of9
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