I've seen Japanese text books which have happy, healthy, young male and female faces that are utilized to comment upon the text. More like Ash from Pokemon (not the Nurse, lol!) Why couldn't the personification of Wikipedia a pair of happy, healthy, young people, a male and a female? Always seen together, side by side? Best of all possible worlds.
- Susan Spencer Conklin
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Susan Spencer susan.spencer@gmail.com wrote:
I've seen Japanese text books which have happy, healthy, young male and female faces that are utilized to comment upon the text. More like Ash from Pokemon (not the Nurse, lol!) Why couldn't the personification of Wikipedia a pair of happy, healthy, young people, a male and a female? Always seen together, side by side?
This is a lovely idea. It reminds me of the Transnational College of LEX, which has produced some surprisingly excellent science texts for young people. The young people who populate their books (like 'Who is Fourier?' which competently teaches 7th graders Fourier Analysis) are charming and both geographically and linguistically diverse :-)
http://www.lexlrf.org/Our%20CDs%20&%20Books/TCL.htm
They have a limited US presence, in Boston and San Francisco. It would be worth reaching out to them -- they may be interested in helping out directly, and could certainly recommend willing artists.
SJ
--- On Mon, 21/3/11, Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com wrote:
Why couldn't the personification of Wikipedia a pair
of
happy, healthy, young people, a male and a female? Always seen together, side by side?
This is a lovely idea.
Yes. I like the "always seen together" aspect.
I wouldn't emphasise youth in the depiction. There is as much of an age gap as there is a gender gap.
A.
Wikimedia Commons in action:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Jumping_Wik...
Contributing to Commons often feels like debating foundation goals in a schoolyard. That's why I've mostly stopped doing so.
Just out of interest, do we have separate demographical data on the age and education level of Wikimedia Commons contributors? Is there any intent to collect any?
Andreas
Hi everyone,
I just submitted my presentation proposal for Wikimania 2011 ("Wikimedia and Indigenous Peoples: Pros, Cons and Community" - http://tinyurl.com/4locvze), and was curious about any other proposals - either submitted by women, or about gender related topics and Wikimedia.
I encourage you to take a look, and if you hope to attend the conference (even if you've applied for funding) sign your username to the bottom of the talks you have interest in attending to show your support. This list could be limited, as some names aren't always easy to decipher gender from, so please bear with me and contribute if anything is missing!
You can view all of the submissions here: http://tinyurl.com/694hzu8
/Integrating Wikipedia Projects in Technology Courses - Lessons Learned and Unexpected Pedagogical Values Gained /by Kari Walters (Luskari) http://tinyurl.com/4jlkaqo
/The Wikiclinic Project/ by Claudia Ivette Herman & Vladimir Herman http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_Wikiclinic_Project
/What Readers Want/ by Christine Moellenberndt http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/What_Readers_Want
/Everything You Know About Wikipedia is Wrong/ by Mindspillage, Fluffernutter, Ironholds, and Kim Bruning http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Everything_You_Know_Abou...
/Intercultural Issues Across Wikimedia Projects/ by Delphine Menard (Notafish) http://tinyurl.com/4zjqtfd
/New opportunities in GLAM-Wiki collaboration/ by Lori Phillips (HstryQT) http://tinyurl.com/4hxaefw
/Wiki-based National Content Development/ by Susanna Mkrtchyan http://tinyurl.com/6dn3wc3
/Article Creation in the University Composition Classroom /by Lynn Marie Hamilton http://tinyurl.com/5t7zwkd
There are no presentations that directly reflect women and their roles in Wikipedia, to my surprise! Again, if I missed someone, I apologize!
Sarah
As someone pointed out in the discussion at
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Jumping_Wik...
(which is heading for a keep) Stephen's - in my view - quite sensible deletion of
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipe-tan_in_swimwear.jpg
has been undone.
Democratic decision-making has its potential drawbacks when the demographics of those participating in the democratic process are skewed.
I have no evidence to suggest that a balanced demographic would have resulted in different outcomes here, but I do wonder sometimes whether we need quotas or some kind of affirmative action to correct community biases.
Again, while that sort of thing is widespread in Western democracies, I doubt our community would be mature enough to embrace it.