Gendergap February 2015

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Who are the nicest people on our projects ?
by Fæ 06 Feb '16

06 Feb '16

Hi, After reading an interesting related discussion on GenderGap, I have queried the top 10 users of the thanks feature last month, on both the English Wikipedia and Commons. Snapshot image attached and report link below. Perhaps someone might think of a suitable barnstar and award these folks for "being nice"? :-) Link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:F%C3%A6/sandbox&oldid=1… P.S. This is a long query to run, taking 20 to 30 minutes due to the nature of the logging tables. However if someone wanted to make a monthly summary on-wiki somewhere, part of an active "be nice" campaign, I would be happy to set up an automated monthly report (if someone discovers this is already reported somewhere, that's cool we can use that). Fae -- faewik(a)gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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Re: [Gendergap] Random musings about a bot
by Maia Weinstock 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions, everyone. Maia On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:00 AM, <gendergap-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Gendergap mailing list submissions to > gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > gendergap-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > gendergap-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gendergap digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Random musings about a bot (Travis Briggs) > 2. Re: Random musings about a bot (WereSpielChequers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:29:28 -0800 > From: Travis Briggs <audiodude(a)gmail.com> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Random musings about a bot > Message-ID: > <CAMPYpA4pd3mU-BRNDdWEpJ5dHhbaFCKu31y_eqkng= > 4ff7DHxA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I have contributed to py wikipedia bot, which could easily enable > functionality like this. > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot > > The user specifies an article or range of articles, the substitution to be > performed, and the bot prompts you with each instance in the text, > something like > > > "blah blah start an *unmanned* space mission to find out blah blah > blah... > > Replace this instance (y/n/cancel)? > > Anyways, I think anyone who would like to make such automated changes would > have to install and learn how to use PyWIkiBot (which I have done) and then > I think you need some bot authorization for a bot account on English > Wikipedia (which I have not done). > > Cheers, > -Travis > > On 24 February 2015 at 19:09, JJ Marr <jjmarr(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > You should ask down at the village pump, then if the response is > > favorable, start a BRFA. > > On Feb 24, 2015 10:04 PM, "Maia Weinstock" <maiapw(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> There have been numerous discussions among folks in the space > exploration > >> community that use of the word "manned" and "unmanned" in Wikipedia is > >> outdated and gender-biased. Unfortunately, going in and fixing all of > these > >> by hand would be rather labor-intensive... > >> > >> Someone recently created a browser plugin that replaces "manned" with > >> "crewed." (See https://twitter.com/mcnees/status/570409472818061312) It > >> would be such an awesome thing if a bot existed that updated these > >> instances for real on English Wikipedia. Anyone have ideas for making > this > >> happen, perhaps just limiting it to space exploration? I do see some > issues > >> with it being done wholesale for the whole site, as certain terms might > >> contain terminology that would create confusion if changed > automatically. > >> (For instance, "unmanned aerial vehicles," for better or for worse, is a > >> known term that I wouldn't advocate changing at this time.) > >> > >> Anyway, just thinking out loud... > >> > >> Maia (user:Girona7) > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gendergap mailing list > >> Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > >> visit: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > > visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > >

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Call for blog stories about women and the gender gap
by Fabrice Florin 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Greetings! In March 2015, the Wikimedia Blog will focus on women and the gender gap on Wikipedia and sister projects, to coincide with International Women's Day and related events such as WikiWomen's March. We aim to raise awareness about issues faced by women on our sites — and invite ideas for solving them together, as part of the new Inspire Grants program that launches next week. We are looking for a few more authors to write stories about practical solutions to this important challenge, such as: • reports on programs that seem to be addressing these issues successfully • overview of the best research studies on this topic • best practices for increasing diverse contributions Here are some of the questions we hope to answer through this coverage: • How are women contributing to our sites today? • What can we do to support them more effectively? • How can we get more articles written about women and women’s issues? We will publish up to a dozen stories on this topic throughout the month, including: • profiles of WikiWomen that are making exceptional contributions and changing our culture • reports about worldwide edit-a-thons on International Women’s Day • community picks of great articles and images about women on the wikis Here are some of the stories now on our calendar for the month of March: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Calendar#March_2015 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Calendar#March_2015> What are we missing? Would you like to submit a story on this topic? If so, please respond on this list, or contact me directly — or better yet, post your draft on the blog, after reviewing these guidelines: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Guidelines <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Guidelines> We will be reviewing new submissions for this campaign until March 10th, 2015. Learn more about this editorial campaign here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Topics/Women_and_the_gender_… We look forward to working with you to spread the word about this opportunity to grow and diversify our movement. Best regards, Fabrice _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Wikimedia Blog Editor Movement Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation fflorin(a)wikimedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) @fabriceflorin

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Random musings about a bot
by Maia Weinstock 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Hi all, There have been numerous discussions among folks in the space exploration community that use of the word "manned" and "unmanned" in Wikipedia is outdated and gender-biased. Unfortunately, going in and fixing all of these by hand would be rather labor-intensive... Someone recently created a browser plugin that replaces "manned" with "crewed." (See https://twitter.com/mcnees/status/570409472818061312) It would be such an awesome thing if a bot existed that updated these instances for real on English Wikipedia. Anyone have ideas for making this happen, perhaps just limiting it to space exploration? I do see some issues with it being done wholesale for the whole site, as certain terms might contain terminology that would create confusion if changed automatically. (For instance, "unmanned aerial vehicles," for better or for worse, is a known term that I wouldn't advocate changing at this time.) Anyway, just thinking out loud... Maia (user:Girona7)

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"Feminism, Technology, and Labor" - Video of Judy Wajcman interviewed by Anne Balsamo
by Amanda Menking 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

This video may be of interest to some: https://vimeo.com/75183012. Most relevant to Wikipedia, perhaps, are the comments re: cultural shifts. FemTechNet presents a video dialogue on the history of the engagement of feminism, technology, and labor. Judy Wajcman interviewed by Anne Balsamo August 13, 2013 | The New School For transcript of this video dialog, visit: ats-streaming.cites.illinois.edu/digitalmedia/download/femtechnet/LaborTran…

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Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia Education Program is now on Facebook!
by Samir Elsharbaty 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Hello everyone, We are happy to announce a new channel of discussion and collaborative work. Wikipedia Education Program Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikipediaEducationProgram/>. Please join us in the group and add your facebook friends who are involved/interested in Wikipedia in Education. Here's part of the education newsletter post announcing it: Since the beginning of the program, volunteers around the world were in contact with each other and with the education team <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About/Staff> at the Wikimedia Foundation using several ways including the Wikimedia Education mailing list <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education>, regular meetings in which program leaders worked together such as Wikipedia Education Collaborative <https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/Wikipedia_Education_Collabora…> meetings, and social media website accounts for local and regional programs like Arab World Education Program <https://www.facebook.com/arwep>, Czech Republic Education <https://www.facebook.com/studenti.pisi.wikipedii?fref=ts> program accounts on different social media websites, Armenian WikiCamps <https://www.facebook.com/groups/wiki.camp>, Wiki Education Foundation <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation> and other similar examples, While the global education program stayed away from social media websites for a while. There was a growing need for an easier method for program leaders, professors, students, staff and everyone to discuss their ideas, chat, brainstorm and work virtually on their new projects. Social media websites are believed to be quicker, easier way, and reachable from mobile and tablet devices than other talkpages and mailing lists. The new Facebook group will not replace the existing mailing list and other contact options. It will work alongside with them trying to reach out to everyone who is involved or interested in Wikipedia in Education. Join us in the new Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikipediaEducationProgram/> and meet the people who brought success to Wikipedia in Education around the world. Discuss, work together and seek help from elder users and the WMF education team. Meet you there! -- Samir Elsharbaty, Communications Intern, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +2.011.200.696.77 selsharbaty(a)wikimedia.org education.wikimedia.org

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Awesome Gender Gap Panel Streaming Live from WVU March 4th
by Jake Orlowitz 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Hi all, March is an amazing month for raising awareness, excitement, and initiative around broadening the presence women in our community and our content. In that spirit, West Virginia University is hosting a stellar panel through its Talking Publicly symposium series at WVU Libraries and the Reed College of Media. *Where Are All the Women? Wikipedia’s Gender Gap* *March 4th 7:30pm EST * Watch it Live: http://tlcommons.wvu.edu/Webcasts/ #WikiGenderGap <https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=WikiGenderGap&src=typd> The panel includes: *Adeline Koh -- Co-founder of The Rewriting Wikipedia Project which supports and advocates for efforts to add entries and posts to Wikipedia that focus on postcolonial studies as well as ethnic/minority and marginalized peoples. Koh is currently an associate professor of literature and the director of the Stockton College Center for the Digital Humanities. She also is a core contributor to the Profhacker Column at the Chronicle of Higher Education. Koh uses Wikipedia research writing assignments in her classes and teaches others how to start activist instructional initiatives of their own. *Jami Mathewson -- Educational Partnerships Manager at the Wiki Education Foundation where she develops partnerships with educational institutions and academic associations to systematically bring more student editors and high quality content to Wikipedia. Over the last three years, Mathewson has focused her volunteer editing on improving content about women’s issues. Mathewson identifies ways to support partners who are looking to promote the use of Wikipedia as a teaching tool on a large scale. *Sydney Poore -- Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration an international not-for-profit research organization that provides accessible, credible information to support informed decision-making health care. Poore is a member of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) Fund Dissemination Committee and was a member of the Wikipedia English Arbitration Committee and the WMF Ombudsmen Commission. *Frank Schulenburg -- Executive Director of the Wiki Education Foundation and former member of the executive management team of the Wikimedia Foundation. His work primarily has focused on broadening participation and developing the public understanding of Wikipedia, especially among subject matter experts. Schulenburg has been involved with Wikipedia since 2005, both as an author and as a photographer. The following day WVU will host a 3-hour workshop to address strategies on campuses underway for correcting the gender gap and introduce the protocols of writing for Wikipedia at WVU with ideas for proven course assignments and strategies for adoption in their courses. This is only the kick-off in a year-long focus at WVU on Women and Wikipedia. WVU Dean of Libraries Jon Cawthorne was touched and inspired after he heard the story of Adrianne Wadewitz and is dedicating this year of discussion, experimentation, and action to her. For full information about both events: http://reedcollegeofmedia.wvu.edu/about/featured-events/wiki-panel *Again, March 4th at 7:30pm EST* *Watch it Live: http://tlcommons.wvu.edu/Webcasts/ <http://tlcommons.wvu.edu/Webcasts/>* Cheers, - Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)

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What do we need for the future
by Romaine Wiki 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Hi all, I organise often edit-a-thons, including ones with female topics. I also have spoken with many female contributors at conferences. This bot gives me the impression that women need a social environment to be comfortable. See also this blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/11/wikimedia-at-fosdem-2015/ An activity report: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/B… And today I have added a description for this in the community consultation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:2015_Strategy/Community_consultation#R… Romaine

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Upcoming "Women's History Month" edit-a-thons in San Francisco
by Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight 22 Feb '15

22 Feb '15

In celebration of WikiWomen's History Month, the San Francisco Bay Area Wikipedia community has two events in early March -- please consider attending! Remote participants are welcome. First, we have an ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon, which will take place at the Kadist Art Foundation from 12 noon to 6pm on Saturday, March 7. This will be one of many sites worldwide participating in an ArtAndFeminism edit-a-thon on March 7th. So join us as we help improve Wikipedia's coverage of women artists and their works! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/ArtandFeminism… Second, we will be celebrating International Women's Day (March 8th) with the International Women's Day edit-a-thon on Sunday, March 8 from 1pm to 5pm at the Wikimedia Foundation. Our editing focus will be on women, of course! Light snacks will be provided, as well as fun and great camaraderie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco/International_… Hope to see you there! Rosie Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rosiestep @rosiestepgood

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Gender data by project
by Pine W 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Hi all, Does anyone know if data about gender of contributors on projects other than English Wikipedia is available? In addition to other language Wikipedias, it would be interesring if we have data about Commons, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, etc. Also, anecodotally I obeserve a relatively high percentage of female participation in education and GLAM activities. Do we have data about the gender of participants in education and GLAM, particularly in leadership roles? Thanks, Pine

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