Gendergap June 2014

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Gender Diveristy in Workforces
by Derric Atzrott 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Not entirely on topic for the list, but I thought people here might be interested in this. http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/06/18/1224256/yahoos-diversity-record-is-… t-as-bad-as-googles About 17% of Google's workforce is female and about 35% of Yahoo's workforce is female. Overall about 15% of folks who work in technology related fields are female. Does anyone have statistics on how the Wikimedia Foundation is doing when it comes to hiring women? Thank you, Derric Atzrott Computer Specialist Alizee Pathology

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Sex Ratios in Wikidata Part III
by Maximilian Klein 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Hi Everyone, I just conducted some new research I though you might be intrigued by. - It compares the "sex or gender" labels in use by Wikidata today - 13 in total. - The percentage of articles about "female"s by language. - The best are Serbian Wikipedia, or Urdu Wikipedia, depending on the size you count. - The Wiki's that have become most sexist in 2014 - English Wikpedia. - And the Data Richness per sex value. - 6.2 Wikidata Statement per male, 6.0 per female. See the full blog here, and please ask me questions and suggestions - http://notconfusing.com/sex-ratios-in-wikidata-part-iii/ Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/

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Follow-on from the model FP image discussion
by Russavia 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Hi all, I read with interest recent discussions on the "issue" of having a photograph of a glamour model on the front page of English Wikipedia. I don't agree with most of the reasoning against having such photos on the front page, but respect those opinions. I came across an image on Commons of Patricia de Leon which I have to say is AMAZING.[1] I have nominated it for FP on Commons, and it is in use on en.wp[2] and similarly could be nommed on that project for FP too.[3] I'd be interested hear from gendergappers what opinions on images such as this appearing on the front page of Wikipedia would be. Cheers Russavia [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patricia_De_Le%C3%B3n.jpg [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_de_Leon_(actress) [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates

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Date for the next Diversity Dialogue(s)
by Merle Wittich 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Dear Diversity Enthusiasts, As announced before, the Diversity Dialogue goes to the next round *:The next dialogue (chosen via Doodle) <http://doodle.com/w22qgyz45umiywvb7sag4ert/admin#table> will take place on 17th of June, 6pm GMT +1.* You will find the Hangout via this link <https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYfThXe8Kx85HPeQPMCEOo91mTT…> and here the Hangout Page <https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c539g0f7b4oe53mge8oekqcai24> itself. Please prepare yourself for the Hangout; we are looking forward to hear about your and your chapters efforts about diversity. And you are also invited take a look at the Meta Page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Diversity/Dialogue> and the Discussion Page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Diversity/Dialogue>. Netha for example proposed a meeting at the Wikimania in London! Please note: With this doodle we not only decided on a date for the next dialogue, but determined a recurring date: this would be the 3rd Tuesday of the month. Therefore the 3rd Dialogue will take place on the 15th of July. As there was only one person interested in a second Dialogue date at a completely different time, we are not pursuing this option at the moment. Julia Kloppenburg and I are looking forward to see you next Tuesday! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind Regards, Merle von Wittich student trainee ------------------------------ Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 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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Preprint on cross-cultural historical figures in Wikipedia, includes gender breakdowns
by Marielle Volz 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

"Interactions of cultures and top people of Wikipedia from ranking of 24 language editions" http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.7183

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Karen DeCrow has died
by Kathleen McCook 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Karen DeCrow has died. I was sad to see how minimal her Wikipedia entry was given how much she has done. I have added an info box. I am having trouble adding a picture. Can anyone help? There does not seem to be one in WikiCommons. If any entry shows what a gender gap there is...Karen DeCrow shows it. Kmccook

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New York Magazine article summaries the gender gap issue in one conversation
by Katherine Casey 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/06/love-and-drama-at-the-wikipedi… One quote, of many possible ones: > “We're really the typical demographic, actually,” says Alex Stinson, back > on the leather couches. > > “White, male techies with college degrees,” agrees Kevin Rutherford. “Not > you, though,” he says, squinting at a young woman who has silently joined > the group, pale with dyed black hair and a skeptical, Daria-like > <http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/06/redir.aspx?C=siqEisgg1EiT2llJk…> > expression. “Are you a contributor?” > > “Yes,” she says, her eyes narrowing. > > “Do you have a college degree?” Kevin asks. > > “Yes,” she says, a bit harder. > > “So you're like, completely out there,” he says, flustered. “In that > you're not like us, but you have a college degree,” he adds hastily. “I > mean, you are like us, but you’re not.” He sputters on for a few minutes. > I don't suppose anyone knows who the "daria-like" female editor was? I think we collectively owe her an apology. -Fluffernutter

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interviews for Women & Wikipedia IEG
by Kathleen McCook 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

I teach librarianship and have a course," Knowledge Management and Wikipedia." Most of my students are women. We discuss the Gendergap and some students have made this a focus. However, in reviewing the class results I found that men in the class were more active than women. Several of the men did 3x the work requested and were quite vocal about their enthusiasm--far more than the women tho the students did the same assignments...and I certainly made every effort to treat them equitably. The only difference I could find was that the treatment by editors was received with more angst by women than men. The women expressed discouragement. The men expressed belligerence. I do think that a lot of the drop off of women is hasty deletion. One especially disturbing event was a student editing the entry on the national library of Pakistan. Someone claimed she was violating copyright and deleted her work. it was even deleted from the history logs somehow. I went to the library and added a number of citations to strengthen the entry. These, too, were deleted claiming copyright. Someone just DID NOT want that entry edited. This kind of experience discourages people and in my teaching it seems to discourage women more than men. --Kathleen On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Amanda Menking <amenking(a)uw.edu> wrote: > Hi All, > > I recently received a Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grant (IEG) to > continue research re: the gender gap. As a part of the IEG, I’ll be > attending Wikimania in London this August, and I’d love to start scheduling > interviews to take place during Wikimania. > > You can review my IEG proposal here, and you can take a look at my project > plan for the work I’ve been doing since January (16 interviews completed > thus far; thanks to all who have helped) here. > > My primary goal is to interview en.wikipedia editors who self-identify as > women, but I’d also love to talk to editors who edit other languages and who > do not self-identify as women. Please note: I want to collect a diverse > range of stories and voices, so please consider! > > You can reach me via amending(a)uw.edu or via Mssemantics on en.wikipedia and > meta. I haven’t booked my travel arrangements yet, so my schedule for > interviews is pretty flexible. > > Best, > Amanda/Mssemantics > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >

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Wikimania London 2014 - Request for interviews for Women & Wikipedia IEG
by Amanda Menking 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Hi All, I recently received a Wikimedia Individual Engagement Grant (IEG) to continue research re: the gender gap. As a part of the IEG, I'll be attending Wikimania in London this August, and I'd love to start scheduling interviews to take place during Wikimania. You can review my IEG proposal here<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_and_Wikipedia>, and you can take a look at my project plan for the work I've been doing since January (16 interviews completed thus far; thanks to all who have helped) here<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Women_and_Wikipedia>. My primary goal is to interview en.wikipedia editors who self-identify as women, but I'd also love to talk to editors who edit other languages and who do not self-identify as women. Please note: I want to collect a diverse range of stories and voices, so please consider! You can reach me via amending(a)uw.edu or via Mssemantics on en.wikipedia and meta. I haven't booked my travel arrangements yet, so my schedule for interviews is pretty flexible. Best, Amanda/Mssemantics

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