Hi Everyone -
TechCocktail just ran a post about "Changing the Ratio" of female editors in Wikipedia: http://techcocktail.com/changing-the-ratio-wikipedia-2011-10
And it mentions the Facebook campaign I've started to change your profile pic on Ada Lovelace Day (this Friday, Oct 7) and to edit or contribute to the Wikpedia page of a woman in STEM. I hope you'll join me: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154261054664442
Best, Amy
This is a great idea, and I've accepted the invitation to join this on Facebook. Although I'm going to be rebellious and instead of working on the article about a woman in STEM, I'm going to continue to work on [[Maya Angelou]].
I've been working on several of Dr. Angelou's articles for the past few years; most of them are either GAs or FAs, including her most important autobiography, [[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]. Her main bio page needs lots of work, so these days I've been doing some more research. Five out of six of her autobiographies have been expanded, and they're at least GAs. I've been pretty much alone in this endeavor, but it's been enjoyable and I've learned lots from, to borrow from one of Angelou's poems, "a phenomenal woman".
Articles about autobiographies and their writers aren't well represented on WP, and I believe that she's the only African African author that has a FA. Black writers, both male and female, of any genre, aren't well represented, either. So forgive me if my efforts don't technically fit the perimeters of the event. Or not--either way, I don't care, and as my mother would say, I'm gonna do what I want anyway. ;)
Christine User: Figureskatingfan
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Amy Senger amy@1x57.com wrote:
Hi Everyone -
TechCocktail just ran a post about "Changing the Ratio" of female editors in Wikipedia: http://techcocktail.com/changing-the-ratio-wikipedia-2011-10
And it mentions the Facebook campaign I've started to change your profile pic on Ada Lovelace Day (this Friday, Oct 7) and to edit or contribute to the Wikpedia page of a woman in STEM. I hope you'll join me: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154261054664442
Best, Amy --
co-founder, 1X57 www.1x57.com http://1x57.com/ M: 202.423.6609 T: @sengseng http://twitter.com/sengseng
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Christine - the same goes for African American artists - and people in general. I write a lot about artists - have you thought about playing around with Dr. Angelou's work on Wikiquote?
-Sarah
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Christine Meyer christinewmeyer@gmail.comwrote:
This is a great idea, and I've accepted the invitation to join this on Facebook. Although I'm going to be rebellious and instead of working on the article about a woman in STEM, I'm going to continue to work on [[Maya Angelou]].
I've been working on several of Dr. Angelou's articles for the past few years; most of them are either GAs or FAs, including her most important autobiography, [[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]. Her main bio page needs lots of work, so these days I've been doing some more research. Five out of six of her autobiographies have been expanded, and they're at least GAs. I've been pretty much alone in this endeavor, but it's been enjoyable and I've learned lots from, to borrow from one of Angelou's poems, "a phenomenal woman".
Articles about autobiographies and their writers aren't well represented on WP, and I believe that she's the only African African author that has a FA. Black writers, both male and female, of any genre, aren't well represented, either. So forgive me if my efforts don't technically fit the perimeters of the event. Or not--either way, I don't care, and as my mother would say, I'm gonna do what I want anyway. ;)
Christine User: Figureskatingfan
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Amy Senger amy@1x57.com wrote:
Hi Everyone -
TechCocktail just ran a post about "Changing the Ratio" of female editors in Wikipedia: http://techcocktail.com/changing-the-ratio-wikipedia-2011-10
And it mentions the Facebook campaign I've started to change your profile pic on Ada Lovelace Day (this Friday, Oct 7) and to edit or contribute to the Wikpedia page of a woman in STEM. I hope you'll join me: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154261054664442
Best, Amy --
co-founder, 1X57 www.1x57.com http://1x57.com/ M: 202.423.6609 T: @sengseng http://twitter.com/sengseng
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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Well done indeed, Christine. Andreas
--- On Wed, 5/10/11, Christine Meyer christinewmeyer@gmail.com wrote:
From: Christine Meyer christinewmeyer@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Ratio in Wikipedia To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, 5 October, 2011, 15:28
This is a great idea, and I've accepted the invitation to join this on Facebook. Although I'm going to be rebellious and instead of working on the article about a woman in STEM, I'm going to continue to work on [[Maya Angelou]].
I've been working on several of Dr. Angelou's articles for the past few years; most of them are either GAs or FAs, including her most important autobiography, [[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]. Her main bio page needs lots of work, so these days I've been doing some more research. Five out of six of her autobiographies have been expanded, and they're at least GAs. I've been pretty much alone in this endeavor, but it's been enjoyable and I've learned lots from, to borrow from one of Angelou's poems, "a phenomenal woman".
Articles about autobiographies and their writers aren't well represented on WP, and I believe that she's the only African African author that has a FA. Black writers, both male and female, of any genre, aren't well represented, either. So forgive me if my efforts don't technically fit the perimeters of the event. Or not--either way, I don't care, and as my mother would say, I'm gonna do what I want anyway. ;)
Christine User: Figureskatingfan
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Amy Senger amy@1x57.com wrote:
Hi Everyone - TechCocktail just ran a post about "Changing the Ratio" of female editors in Wikipedia: http://techcocktail.com/changing-the-ratio-wikipedia-2011-10
And it mentions the Facebook campaign I've started to change your profile pic on Ada Lovelace Day (this Friday, Oct 7) and to edit or contribute to the Wikpedia page of a woman in STEM. I hope you'll join me: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154261054664442
Best,Amy--
co-founder, 1X57
www.1x57.com M: 202.423.6609
T: @sengseng
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