Gendergap May 2015

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WMF Board elections
by Carol Moore dc 18 May '15

18 May '15

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:SecurePoll/vote/339?setlang=en&usel… Are happening now. I see one candidate who needs a good kick in the pants opposition on the gender gap issue and a couple others who may be using code words in that regard. (But what do I know?) Lots of "global south" types running too, so at least diversity is represented on that front.

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Fwd: [Social-media] Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures
by Pine W 16 May '15

16 May '15

Forwarding an interesting blog post in which the author shares thoughts about the Wikimedia communities, including the editor engagement roles and attributes of offline meetups for Wikimedians. Some of this blog post might also be relevant for those who are involved in thinking about creating a project-wide "friendly space" policy. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Sherman <asherman(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, May 12, 2015 at 11:18 PM Subject: [Social-media] Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures To: lionel(a)scheepmans.be, Social media discussion list for Wikimedia projects <social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hello Everyone, We just published "Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/12/wikimania-online-and-offline/ Thanks to Lionel for writing and helping us edit this post. Below are some proposed social media messages. Tweak as needed. *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* • .@Wikimania, @Wikipedia and the differences between online and offline culture (link) • A French anthropologist observes the differences between online and offline participation at @Wikimania (link) *Facebook/Google+* • A French anthropologist observes the differences between online and offline participation in the Wikimedia movement, based on a visit to the Wikimania 2014 conference in London. (link) Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media

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Re: [Gendergap] Women's health articles
by keilanawiki 14 May '15

14 May '15

Let's do it - I'm happy to help set it up! :) Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari(a)wikimedia.org> Date:05/14/2015 1:23 PM (GMT-06:00) To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the participation of women within Wikimedia projects." <gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Women's health articles On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Netha Hussain <nethahussain(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi Ryan, Thank you for bringing this to my notice! Could I get the link to the article? It's a little hard to find (which is actually the subject of the discussion): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidal_vulvovaginitis Wikiproject: Women's Health has been my personal dream for a long time, but I couldn't yet get myself working on it because of commitments elsewhere. :-( I would be happy to officially propose such a project (and help set it up) if there is interest from people.

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Women's health articles
by Ryan Kaldari 14 May '15

14 May '15

Should I be surprised that only one of the six participants in the current discussion at the vaginal yeast infection article is a woman? Maybe it's time to create a 'Women's health' WikiProject! Kaldari

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Re: [Gendergap] Women's health articles
by keilanawiki 14 May '15

14 May '15

I would be very interested in such a project, women's health articles need a *lot* of attention! Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari(a)wikimedia.org> Date:05/14/2015 1:03 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects <gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Subject: [Gendergap] Women's health articles Should I be surprised that only one of the six participants in the current discussion at the vaginal yeast infection article is a woman? Maybe it's time to create a 'Women's health' WikiProject! Kaldari

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Re: [Gendergap] Announcing Inspire Campaign Grantees (Carol Moore dc)
by Ellie K 06 May '15

06 May '15

1. Thank you, Carol Moore dc, for writing an excellent response to what (I agree) was a very silly and irritating comment at the http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/01/meet-the-inspire-grantees/ post. 2. Regarding the edit-a-thons, you said: > Hmmm, looks like some guys even object to edit-a-thons, trashing their posters on campus... http://www.newsrecord.org/news/students-combat-gender-imbalance-online/arti… Actually, the male students didn't trash the wiki women posters, but made and posted separate "wiki dudes" posters of their own. The NewsRecord post said that doing so didn't constitute a Title IX violation, yet. I find it kind of disturbing that male students would feel the need to react that way, by making the wiki dudes posters. It is obvious that there is less coverage of women in Wikipedia than of men, and that most notable figures in American and European (in fact, global) arts, history and science have been men, who have received plenty of attention and biographical scholarship already! The fact that the anonymous male students went to the trouble of creating separate posters, rather than vandalizing the existing wiki women posters, indicates a level of forethought that is beyond mere impulse trolling. If I were to wear my politically correct hat, I would say that even members of the patriarchy realize and acknowledge that there is more scholarship devoted to notable men than notable women. The truly oppressive patriarchy would believe that that is appropriate, and go about their business. Do the wiki dudes guys truly believe that men are being overshadowed and under-represented on Wikipedia and elsewhere, I wonder? If so, that demonstrates a troubling lack of awareness of reality, especially on a college campus. I don't have any suggestions for remedying the situation, nor am I condemning anyone's actions e.g. for "making men feel marginalized"; I suspect that these men are deliberately choosing to marginalize themselves. It is just a remarkably peculiar reaction to wiki women edit-a-thon's, and I hope we don't see more of it. ~Ellie Kesselman a.k.a FeralOink

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Women reluctant to comment online - any relation to the WP gender gap?
by Kerry Raymond 03 May '15

03 May '15

Could this provide any insights into women contributing to Wikipedia? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/23/women-are-silenced-onli ne-just-as-in-real-life-it-will-take-more-than-twitter-to-change-that Kerry

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Announcing Inspire Campaign Grantees
by Alex Wang 03 May '15

03 May '15

Hi All, Today we're pleased to announce a new group of grantees working to increase gender diversity in Wikimedia projects. In early March, we announced the Inspire campaign <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire>, an initiative led by WMF’s Community Resources team to generate new ideas to address Wikimedia's gender gap. From 266 ideas came 42 grant proposals eligible for consideration. After careful review by a committee of volunteer Wikimedians and gender-focused experts, 16 projects have been recommended and approved for funding. The projects are experimenting with a variety of strategies: organizing events and leveraging professional communities, institutions and partnerships to create quality content, researching gaps in both content and contributors, and testing approaches for training and mentorship to better support gender diversity on-wiki. Overall, we’re particularly pleased to see projects looking at gender in multiple ways as they work to improve Wikipedia’s gender diversity across various contexts, and to be supporting some returning grantees as well as many new project leaders who identify as women or allies for increasing gender diversity. You can also read more about the campaign and each funded project on the Wikimedia Foundation blog <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/01/meet-the-inspire-grantees/>. The funded projects are: - Wikipedian in Residence for Gender Equity <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedian_in_Residence_for_…> - Gender gap admin training <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender-gap_admin_training> - Survey women who don't contribute <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Survey_women_who_don%27t_con…> - Wikipedia Gender Index <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/WIGI:_Wikipedia_Gender_Index> - Wikipedia Buddy Group <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_Buddy_Group> - Wiki Edit-a-thon Work Parties <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wiki_Edit-a-thon_Work_Parties> - More Female Architects on Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/More_Female_Architects_on_Wikipe…> - Linguistics Editathon series: Improving female linguists' participation and representation on Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Linguistics_Editathon_series…> - Wikipedia edit-a-thon for the Aphra Behn Society <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikipedia_edit-a-thon_for_th…> - Wikineedsgirls <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wikineedsgirls> - Gender in East Asia Wikipedia Editing <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Gender_in_East_Asia_Wikipedi…> - Full Circle Gap Protocol: Addressing the Unknown Unknowns <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Full_Circle_Gap_Protocol:_Ad…> - Wellington Wikipedia Meet Up - With Childcare <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Wellington_Wikipedia_Meet_Up…!> - Just for the record <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Just_for_the_record> - Let's fill the gender gap Workshops <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Let%27s_fill_the_gender_gap_…> - Empowering Afrodescendant women in Wikipedia <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Empowering_Afrodescendant_wo…> What’s next: We hope you'll continue to engage with these projects as they begin work in coming months and offer your experience and ideas! Meanwhile, our regularly scheduled grant programs continue :) A number of ideas and grant proposals from the campaign are still in development. Over the coming year, we'll continue to encourage people to make changes based on feedback and our Project and Event Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG> and Individual Engagement Grants <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> programs will be happy to continue to receive new or adjusted proposals aimed at increasing gender diversity during regular funding cycles along with all other topics. A full analysis of the Inspire campaign is in progress, and in coming weeks we'll be sharing findings from a traffic analysis and a participant survey. Stay tuned for another update in mid-May on what we learned from the Inspire experiment, what worked, what didn't, and recommended steps for the future. Many thanks to all of you that contributed to this campaign with proposals, ideas, feedback and suggestions! Cheers, The Inspire Team -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

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Overview of existing data about the gender ratio among Wikimedia contributors
by Tilman Bayer 01 May '15

01 May '15

Hi all, this new blog post might be of interest to this list: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/30/how-many-women-edit-wikipedia/ On the occasion of the recently concluded Inspire campaign, it gives an overview over existing data that informs what we know about the size of the gender gap, including gender-related results from the 2012 WMF editor survey that some people on this list have been asking about. Most is about Wikipedia editors, but there is also a bit about Commons and Wikibooks. The post also lists some important caveats that should be kept in mind when discussing these percentages. (Many thanks to Aaron Shaw, Skud, and Siko Bouterse for their help with this post.) While I was at it, I also created a new documentation page for the 2008 UNU-MERIT survey which put the gender gap on the map, and still received quite a bit of attention recently: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:UNU-MERIT_Wikipedia_survey -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

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