Gendergap June 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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Help us fill the Ally Skills Workshop at Wikimania!
by Valerie Aurora 14 Jul '15

14 Jul '15

Hi long-suffering Gender Gap list members, I have good news! Thanks to the hard work of many of the people on this list, the WMF funded a grant to run a pilot Ally Skills Workshop at Wikimania in July: https://adainitiative.org/2015/06/apply-now-for-the-ally-skills-workshop-at… The Ally Skills Workshop teaches men simple, everyday ways to support women in their communities. This workshop will be laser-focused on techniques that work specifically in Wikipedia and related projects, including how to use existing policies and suggestions for advocating for new policies. It will also teach people about the mindset of trolls and what strategies work best for foiling them. If it goes well, we'll apply for another WMF grant to run a train-the-trainers, with the end goal of teaching the workshop to many of the Wikipedia admins around the world. The goal is to get them educated and wised up to the sexist tactics often used against women editors, women's bios, and women's causes on Wikipedia. If you are going, or if you know someone who would be a good person to attend this workshop, please sign up or encourage them to sign up! You can also retweet the announcement here: https://twitter.com/adainitiative/status/613803456692793344 Thanks, -VAL -- Valerie Aurora Interim Executive Director You can help increase the participation of women in open technology and culture! Donate today at http://adainitiative.org/donate/

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Harassment management proposals in the 2015 Inspire Campaign - pinging Siko and Luis
by Neotarf 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

The Inspire Campaign brought out a huge amount of interest in resolving the problem of sexual harassment. There were some 14 proposals made by 26 users. Someone brought all these proposals together on one page for discussion, but as far as I know, none of them was ever funded. The reason for this is uncertain; perhaps anti-harassment measures are better placed in the general budget than funded as one-time projects. I have pinged Siko (WMF) and Luis Villa (WMF) on the discussion page, and asked for more feedback about how to move forward with implementation on these issues. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Community_discussion_on_hara…

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Silencing women
by Neotarf 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

Got a RS for this now: "In this environment, revenge pornography and other abusive behaviour, like trolling, constitute a kind of gendered hate speech – designed to silence women and other gender, sexual and racial minorities...Trolling tells women (and others) that the digital space, a communal space, is not for their voices. Gendered hate speech online actively restricts the free speech of women." http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/22/revenge-porn-women-free-s…

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NY Times: Can Wikipedia Survive?
by Carol Moore dc 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/can-wikipedia-survive.html?_r=0 Gender gap is one of many issues mentioned. Thought not the most divisive one. Luckily I don't feel like going through my list of various solutions, much of which have to do with giving up with tyranny of structurelessness which has allowed the nastiest good old boys to drive off so many women and other decent editors over the years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyranny_of_Structurelessness CM

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Slate on Wikipedia and the gendergap
by Lennart Guldbrandsson 23 Jun '15

23 Jun '15

Hello, Slate recently published a, at least to my eyes, fairly well-balanced article about Wikipedia: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_… The Gender Gap Task Force gets more than a shout-out: "Last week, Wikipedia’s highest court, the Arbitration Committee, composed of 12 elected volunteers who serve one- or two-year terms, handed down a decision in a controversial case having to do with the site’s self-formed Gender Gap Task Force, the goal of which is to increase female participation on Wikipedia from its current 10 percent to 25 percent by the end of next year. The dispute, which involved ongoing hostility from a handful of prickly longtime editors, had simmered for at least 18 months. In the end, the only woman in the argument, pro-GGTF libertarian feminist Carol Moore, was indefinitely banned from all of Wikipedia over her uncivil comments toward a group of male editors, whom she at one point dubbed “the Manchester Gangbangers and their cronies/minions.” Two of her chief antagonists in that group got comparative slaps on the wrist. One was the productive but notoriously hostile Eric “Fuck Wikipedia” Corbett, who has a milelong track record of incivility, had declared the task force a feminist “crusade ... to alienate every male editor,” and called Moore “nothing but a pain in the arse,” among less printable comments; he was handed a seemingly redundant “prohibition” on abusive language. The other editor was Sitush, who repeatedly criticized Moore for being “obsessed with an anti-male agenda” and then decided to research and write a Wikipedia biography of her; he walked away with a mere “warning.” With the Arbitration Committee opting only to ban the one woman in the dispute despite her behavior being no worse than that of the men, it’s hard not to see this as a setback to Wikipedia’s efforts to rectify its massive gender gap. (After the decision, several editors announced their intentions to resign in protest.) Moreover, it’s reflective of the challenges Wikipedia faces as it attempts to retain and improve its content quality and editing force." Also mentioned, the Chelsea Manning name controversy and the overall fall in editors. What I miss here and in almost every article in English I've seen on these types of topics is that English Wikipedia is the only one mentioned. I grant that many readers only know English, but I for one, don't recognize the same bad language and anti-women behavior in my daily work on Swedish Wikipedia. We would simply not allow people to speak that way. This leads me to wonder how those types of behaviors affect editors. We have a golden opportunity to A/B test this, because of all our language versions. So, my question, stated another way, is: if the bad language and anti-women behavior on English Wikipedia deter editors, and maybe especially female editors, and we have other Wikipedias with less bad language and anti-women behavior (perhaps), do these language versions have a higher female-to-male ratio? And stated a third way: how much do the bad language and anti-women behavior really influence the gendergap? Best wishes, Lennart Guldbrandsson 070 - 207 80 05 http://www.elementx.se Skriv som ett proffs - min senaste bok Få regelbundna skrivtips direkt till din inkorg @aliasHannibal - på Twitter "Tänk dig en värld där varje människa på den här planeten får fri tillgång till världens samlade kunskap. Det är vårt mål." Jimmy Wales

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Re Nice piece by Andrew Lih in NYT mentions gendergap
by Ellie K 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

I just read the article too! I was going to tell y'all about it, then noticed that Jane Darnell already had. Next, I rushed over to Wikipedia and stuck an initial reference to it, right up top, as an additional source for the 2011 (under-)estimate of female editors, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia&type=re… ~Ellie (FeralOink)

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Nice piece by Andrew Lih in NYT mentions gendergap
by Jane Darnell 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

Another "reliable source" for use in the Gendergap Wikipedia article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/can-wikipedia-survive.html

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Calling for women in tech. New BBC3 Series - Final Call for Applicants!
by WereSpielChequers 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

Greetings, Anyone on this list interested in taking part in a BBC program on women in tech? Regards Jonathan Begin forwarded message: > From: "Robert Beck" <robert.beck(a)nutshelltv.co.uk> > Subject: New BBC3 Series - Final Call for Applicants! > > Hi, > > My name is Rob and I am a Researcher on a new BBC3 programme. Our programme is offering women the chance to learn exciting new creative skills from some of the UK's leading digital companies and pioneers. > > I have emailed you before and just wanted to let you know we are having a final call for applications, so if you know anyone who would like to apply then tell them to email casting(a)nutshelltv.co.uk ASAP! They will be sent a few questions to answer. If anyone gets in touch for more information, there is no obligation to take part in any filming at this stage. > > We are currently looking for women over 18 to take part, and I wondered if you could help us circulate details to any groups in your area who might work with young people in your area? Or anyone you know personally - or anyone at all! > > It would also be great if you could mention our show across social media platforms such as Twitter or Facebook. I have attached our flyer to this email. > > If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me on 07941338778. > > With best wishes, > > Rob Beck > Researcher - Nutshell TV

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Some women get respect at Wikipedia....
by Carol Moore dc 11 Jun '15

11 Jun '15

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/06/01/wikipedia-editors-honor-cait…

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