Thanks for highlighting it. Unfortunately there are a lot of pages to wade through with user questions, so things like being a woman or identifying as LGBT are handy things to mention in passing in the candidate statement. It certainly would influence my vote...
I agree, as this is a critical part of the election this year it would be interesting to see an aggregation of gender and LGBT stats, or a "diversity index", for candidates and the eventual Arbcom elected, and to see this compared to past years. Perhaps if someone is writing up a Signpost article they could include this small bit of research? ;-)
Fae
On 24 November 2015 at 04:42, LFaraone wikipedia@luke.wf wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 at 04:21 Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
This year sees a much more interesting selection of candidates, though a lack of any *openly* LGBT candidates as far as I could tell from the statements.
Several candidates (myself included) mentioned our queerness in our responses to the demographics questions asked by some editors. I don't know if there's been any on-wiki aggregation of that data, however.
-- Luke // LFaraone
Hi Fae,
Opabinia regalis and I both identified ourselves as bisexual women on our question pages. Hope that's useful.
-Emily
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for highlighting it. Unfortunately there are a lot of pages to wade through with user questions, so things like being a woman or identifying as LGBT are handy things to mention in passing in the candidate statement. It certainly would influence my vote...
I agree, as this is a critical part of the election this year it would be interesting to see an aggregation of gender and LGBT stats, or a "diversity index", for candidates and the eventual Arbcom elected, and to see this compared to past years. Perhaps if someone is writing up a Signpost article they could include this small bit of research? ;-)
Fae
On 24 November 2015 at 04:42, LFaraone wikipedia@luke.wf wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 at 04:21 Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
This year sees a much more interesting selection of candidates, though a lack of any *openly* LGBT candidates as far as I could tell from the statements.
Several candidates (myself included) mentioned our queerness in our responses to the demographics questions asked by some editors. I don't
know
if there's been any on-wiki aggregation of that data, however.
-- Luke // LFaraone
-- faewik@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
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:-) I am beginning to wonder if being a straight, cis, monogamous married woman puts me into a microscopic minority on Wikimedia projects. :-)
Risker
On 24 November 2015 at 13:16, Keilana keilanawiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Fae,
Opabinia regalis and I both identified ourselves as bisexual women on our question pages. Hope that's useful.
-Emily
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for highlighting it. Unfortunately there are a lot of pages to wade through with user questions, so things like being a woman or identifying as LGBT are handy things to mention in passing in the candidate statement. It certainly would influence my vote...
I agree, as this is a critical part of the election this year it would be interesting to see an aggregation of gender and LGBT stats, or a "diversity index", for candidates and the eventual Arbcom elected, and to see this compared to past years. Perhaps if someone is writing up a Signpost article they could include this small bit of research? ;-)
Fae
On 24 November 2015 at 04:42, LFaraone wikipedia@luke.wf wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 at 04:21 Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
This year sees a much more interesting selection of candidates, though a lack of any *openly* LGBT candidates as far as I could tell from the statements.
Several candidates (myself included) mentioned our queerness in our responses to the demographics questions asked by some editors. I don't
know
if there's been any on-wiki aggregation of that data, however.
-- Luke // LFaraone
-- faewik@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
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I'm in an even smaller minority, Risker. All that plus middle aged, Caucasian, and parent of children with disabilities.
Christine User:Figureskatingfan On Nov 24, 2015 10:46 AM, "Risker" risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
:-) I am beginning to wonder if being a straight, cis, monogamous married woman puts me into a microscopic minority on Wikimedia projects. :-)
Risker
On 24 November 2015 at 13:16, Keilana keilanawiki@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Fae,
Opabinia regalis and I both identified ourselves as bisexual women on our question pages. Hope that's useful.
-Emily
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:01 PM, Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for highlighting it. Unfortunately there are a lot of pages to wade through with user questions, so things like being a woman or identifying as LGBT are handy things to mention in passing in the candidate statement. It certainly would influence my vote...
I agree, as this is a critical part of the election this year it would be interesting to see an aggregation of gender and LGBT stats, or a "diversity index", for candidates and the eventual Arbcom elected, and to see this compared to past years. Perhaps if someone is writing up a Signpost article they could include this small bit of research? ;-)
Fae
On 24 November 2015 at 04:42, LFaraone wikipedia@luke.wf wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 at 04:21 Fæ faewik@gmail.com wrote:
This year sees a much more interesting selection of candidates, though a lack of any *openly* LGBT candidates as far as I could tell from the statements.
Several candidates (myself included) mentioned our queerness in our responses to the demographics questions asked by some editors. I don't
know
if there's been any on-wiki aggregation of that data, however.
-- Luke // LFaraone
-- faewik@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae
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