I thought it'd be refreshing to have a positive thread and something less-...porny, if you will :)
*What have /you/ been working on? In any language, on any sister project of Wikimedia? Online and offline? What are you doing to be proactive or contributing as a volunteer, fellow, staff member, etc? Don't be shy, share your work! Be bold and be proud*!
I've been working on the Teahouse, as part of my Fellowship, and of course, you're welcome to stop by and say hi if you wish and make a guest profile (or sign up to be a host!): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse
Article wise I've been writing a lot about the Smithsonian, since I'm finishing up my final month as Wikipedian-in-Residence there. Just finished a rewrite of the National Museum of African Art which was the first Smithsonian museum to hire a woman director: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_African_Art
When I have leisure-Wikipedia time (which seems like never these days) I've been working on trudging through the 1,000+ backlog of WikiProject Women's History unrated articles (i.e. importance/class).
We also have a second women's edit-a-thon coming up in San Francisco, if you're in the area, sign up! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/San_Francisco_WikiWomen%27s_Ed...
What about you? Online and offline activities, I'd love to hear about how you've being proactive and what you're working on!
-Sarah
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.comwrote:
I thought it'd be refreshing to have a positive thread and something less-...porny, if you will :)
*What have you been working on? In any language, on any sister project of Wikimedia? Online and offline? What are you doing to be proactive or contributing as a volunteer, fellow, staff member, etc? Don't be shy, share your work! Be bold and be proud*!
What about you? Online and offline activities, I'd love to hear about how you've being proactive and what you're working on!
In mid-May, I got the opportunity to attend the Australia women's national basketball team training camp, where myself and two Commons photographers got to take pictures. We published two Wikinews stories about this: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Raw_Opals_spend_week_preparing_for_London_Gamesa... http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australian_media_focuses_on_Olympic_prospects_ag....
In preparation for this, before, during and after, we improved articles related to the players. Thus far the following have appeared as DYKs: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Jackson * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Poto * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Hurst * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elyse_Penaluna
I've nominated three articles about these women for DYK in the past 24 hours.
Beyond basketball, I rescued http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_kickboxing_in_Australia from deletion. The article talks about illegality of women's participation in a sport and the involvement of a minority group in Australia in the sport.
I've slowly been working on creating wanted articles about women's national football teams. In the past two months, I have taken four of the articles about women's football teams in Africa to GA. There are now more GAs about women's teams than men's teams in Africa. Several of these articles have appeared at DYK recently including http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles_women%27s_national_footbal..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguilla_women%27s_national_football_team and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambia_women%27s_national_football_team .
Today, I also wrote http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australia_women%27s_water_polo_team_into_FINA_Wo... Wikinews, which I have submitted for publication.
Should be having a meeting next week to discuss with some one in the Australian government about women's sport and Wikipedia.
Awesome work Laura. We need to create a "Laura Hale Awesome Woman in Sports" award, as you surely must be the most prolific in that arena ever on Wikipedia in any language!
Thanks for all you're doing to improve women's sports representation on Wikipedia - even the challenging content!
-Sarah
On 5/31/12 8:31 PM, Laura Hale wrote:
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch@gmail.com mailto:sarah.stierch@gmail.com> wrote:
I thought it'd be refreshing to have a positive thread and something less-...porny, if you will :) *What have /you/ been working on? In any language, on any sister project of Wikimedia? Online and offline? What are you doing to be proactive or contributing as a volunteer, fellow, staff member, etc? Don't be shy, share your work! Be bold and be proud*! What about you? Online and offline activities, I'd love to hear about how you've being proactive and what you're working on!In mid-May, I got the opportunity to attend the Australia women's national basketball team training camp, where myself and two Commons photographers got to take pictures. We published two Wikinews stories about this: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Raw_Opals_spend_week_preparing_for_London_Games and http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australian_media_focuses_on_Olympic_prospects_ag... .
In preparation for this, before, during and after, we improved articles related to the players. Thus far the following have appeared as DYKs:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Jackson
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Poto
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Hurst
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elyse_Penaluna
I've nominated three articles about these women for DYK in the past 24 hours.
Beyond basketball, I rescued http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_kickboxing_in_Australia from deletion. The article talks about illegality of women's participation in a sport and the involvement of a minority group in Australia in the sport.
I've slowly been working on creating wanted articles about women's national football teams. In the past two months, I have taken four of the articles about women's football teams in Africa to GA. There are now more GAs about women's teams than men's teams in Africa. Several of these articles have appeared at DYK recently including http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands_Antilles_women%27s_national_footbal... , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguilla_women%27s_national_football_team and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambia_women%27s_national_football_team .
Today, I also wrote http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australia_women%27s_water_polo_team_into_FINA_Wo... http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australia_women%27s_water_polo_team_into_FINA_Women%27s_World_League_Super_Finals_quarter_finals for Wikinews, which I have submitted for publication.
Should be having a meeting next week to discuss with some one in the Australian government about women's sport and Wikipedia.
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A couple of things come to my mind with respect to this thread. The first is that there is a lot of work that can be done "behind the scenes" to encourage the voice of women within the WMF community. I recently advocated for a woman to be included in the Funds Dissemination Committee Advisory Group, and FloNight (Sydney Poore) answered the call there. Now there are calls for members for the Grants Advisory Committee - an area where I think women editors can have a big impact, helping to identify and support funding requests that will help our overlapping communities to support the development of knowledge that highlights the achievements of women scientists, sportswomen, authors, designers, architects....I'd love to see one or more women on that committee.
I've not done a lot of work on content lately, but completely coincidentally I was asked some questions about the work of a scientist over on my talk page. Some judicious research demonstrated that she is a woman who is highly respected in her field. It occurs to me that one place where we can continue to illustrate the contributions of women to many fields would be to include their peer-reviewed scholarly works as references in our articles. I am not saying that this should be done in a way that would be unbalanced in the articles, but I think sometimes it is easy to stop looking for expertise after a couple of decent references have been found. Diving deeper is more likely to find these "experts who are also women".
Risker/Anne
thank you, Risker/Anne, how interesting!
___a. Grants Advisory Committee http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates
I would like to suggest we more or less immediately start a little group who advise female socialised people on how to fill in the application so it "works", and that our work be particularly open for non-native speakers of English for whom it may be difficult to overcome the cultural barriers implicit in English-language applications (hm, yes, I mean it the way it may sound)
___b. include their peer-reviewed scholarly works as references in our articles
agree, saves a lot of time for everyone :-) given that we agree to trust this currency as is (says an open science advocacy activist)
cheers Claudia
On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 09:53:07 -0400, Risker wrote
A couple of things come to my mind with respect to this thread. The first is that there is a lot of work that can be done "behind the scenes" to encourage the voice of women within the WMF community. I recently advocated for a woman to be included in the Funds Dissemination Committee Advisory Group, and FloNight (Sydney Poore) answered the call there. Now there are calls for members for the Grants Advisory Committee - an area where I think women editors can have a big impact, helping to identify and support funding requests that will help our overlapping communities to support the development of knowledge that highlights the achievements of women scientists, sportswomen, authors, designers, architects....I'd love to see one or more women on that committee.
I've not done a lot of work on content lately, but completely coincidentally I was asked some questions about the work of a scientist over on my talk page. Some judicious research demonstrated that she is a woman who is highly respected in her field. It occurs to me that one place where we can continue to illustrate the contributions of women to many fields would be to include their peer-reviewed scholarly works as references in our articles. I am not saying that this should be done in a way that would be unbalanced in the articles, but I think sometimes it is easy to stop looking for expertise after a couple of decent references have been found. Diving deeper is more likely to find these "experts who are also women".
Risker/Anne
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
On 06/05/2012 09:53 AM, Risker wrote:
place where we can continue to illustrate the contributions of women to many fields would be to include their peer-reviewed scholarly works as references in our articles. I am not saying that this should be done in
That could also be an interesting research project too. What is the balance of the gender of (primary) others in Wikipedia bibliographies, and how does it compare among the top scholars in the related field? (That is, is Wikipedia more or less distorted than the field itself?) (If anyone is interested, I already have code to do a lot of this.)
One thing people can do is get on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism/Article_alerts
List for articles being deleted, RfC'd etc.
I agree with Anne/Risker.
I've gone ahead and thrown my hat in the ring for the Grants Advisory Committee. My background includes expertise with both applying for and approving grants.
In my work with nonprofit corporations, I have been responsible for assessing programmatic needs; researching and applying for grants, including the State's Community Development Block Grant; distributing funds; ensuring compliance with regulations; setting measurable goals and maintaining accurate records, and remaining accountable to the individuals and organizations that provided the funding. In my work with community foundations, I have been responsible for establishing the funding process, guidelines, and timetable; setting criteria for eligibility; reviewing and approving or denying applications; and monitoring grant recipients to ensure compliance with programmatic goals and requirements stipulated in the grant.
My work with state government included serving as a Mental Health Commissioner and member of the Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council. It was our responsibility to serve as advisors to establish the State and Division Strategic Plan, assess public and program needs within the state and the Health and Human Services Division, then apply for the Federal Community Development Block Grant. I was personally responsible for compiling all data provided by other council members, then writing the grant.
Once the CDBG was approved, allocation was administered by the State. Local governments and communities applied for grant allocation from the CDBG to carry out community development activities. The Advisory Council developed funding priorities and established criteria for approving grant recipients. When grant applications were received, we reviewed the applications and recommended funding allocation based on local government programs and their alignment with the State and Division Strategic Plan and legislative budget. Our recommendations were received by the Division Secretary (head of the division), the governor's policy council, and the governor. In recognition of my work as Mental Health Commissioner, member of the Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council, Transformation Work Group, and the Program and Planning Subcommittee, I was publicly honored by Governor Christine Gregoire for "Outstanding Service to the State of Washington".
I'm not sure that I'm one of the better known individuals applying for the GAC, but I believe that my professional background will be an asset to the committee. We'll see what happens.
Cindy
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Carol Moore DC carolmooredc@verizon.netwrote:
One thing people can do is get on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/** Wikipedia:WikiProject_**Feminism/Article_alertshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism/Article_alerts
List for articles being deleted, RfC'd etc.
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This is a great thread and it's wonderful to see the wide range of contributions people have been making.
For me, it's a busy time regarding real-life work but when I can, I have been working on the biography of one of my favourite late nineteenth century women, about whom, I was surprised to discover, there is no article. I like her because she was so gutsy, and also she made a substantial contribution to women's suffrage. I hope to be responsible for her appearance on WP soon, and then I will feel as if I have fulfilled a kind of obligation to her. (That's a motivation, of sorts.)
On another topic, this year is the 20th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in Australia. It was a very big struggle. So there is much to be done on the related articles. I haven't got very far, but as a start, there is a reference now on the article about Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story The Yellow Wallpaperhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Wallpaperwhich was used as a reference and metaphor by Archbishop Peter Carnley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Carnley when he ordained those first women priests.
As you can see, I am interested in history in and also in women's history and filling in some of the gaps in WP.
On the subject of gender-related research, a fun topic that was a recent DYK is the 1907 Sydney bathing costume protestshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907_Sydney_bathing_costume_protests. While I was working on finding and reading the sources for this, it occurred to me that if the roles had been reversed - that is to say, if it had been women protesting in public about dress regulations (as opposed to the men who are the subject of this article), I bet the women would not have been able to have proposed dress rules so speedily dumped as the men did. After some research, this hypothesis could make a good academic history paper, although I shall not be taking it on.
Back to the books - Gillian
On 6 June 2012 05:27, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson cindamuse@gmail.com wrote:
I agree with Anne/Risker.
I've gone ahead and thrown my hat in the ring for the Grants Advisory Committee. My background includes expertise with both applying for and approving grants.
In my work with nonprofit corporations, I have been responsible for assessing programmatic needs; researching and applying for grants, including the State's Community Development Block Grant; distributing funds; ensuring compliance with regulations; setting measurable goals and maintaining accurate records, and remaining accountable to the individuals and organizations that provided the funding. In my work with community foundations, I have been responsible for establishing the funding process, guidelines, and timetable; setting criteria for eligibility; reviewing and approving or denying applications; and monitoring grant recipients to ensure compliance with programmatic goals and requirements stipulated in the grant.
My work with state government included serving as a Mental Health Commissioner and member of the Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council. It was our responsibility to serve as advisors to establish the State and Division Strategic Plan, assess public and program needs within the state and the Health and Human Services Division, then apply for the Federal Community Development Block Grant. I was personally responsible for compiling all data provided by other council members, then writing the grant.
Once the CDBG was approved, allocation was administered by the State. Local governments and communities applied for grant allocation from the CDBG to carry out community development activities. The Advisory Council developed funding priorities and established criteria for approving grant recipients. When grant applications were received, we reviewed the applications and recommended funding allocation based on local government programs and their alignment with the State and Division Strategic Plan and legislative budget. Our recommendations were received by the Division Secretary (head of the division), the governor's policy council, and the governor. In recognition of my work as Mental Health Commissioner, member of the Mental Health Planning and Advisory Council, Transformation Work Group, and the Program and Planning Subcommittee, I was publicly honored by Governor Christine Gregoire for "Outstanding Service to the State of Washington".
I'm not sure that I'm one of the better known individuals applying for the GAC, but I believe that my professional background will be an asset to the committee. We'll see what happens.
Cindy
On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Carol Moore DC carolmooredc@verizon.netwrote:
One thing people can do is get on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/** Wikipedia:WikiProject_**Feminism/Article_alertshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism/Article_alerts
List for articles being deleted, RfC'd etc.
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Hi Sarah, hi @all,
thank you, Sarah, for this new thread and thank you for sharing your activitities with us, I particularly like the teahouse :-)
What about you? Online and offline activities, I'd love to hear about how you've being proactive and what you're working on!
at the annual meeting that picks up a 1920s Berlin tradition of lesbians who meet over the extended weekend of Whitsuntide, we met in Nuremberg (city of human rights) this year for another fabulous self- organized non-commercial bunch of worshops, plenary sessions, cultural programme and a manifestation in downtown Nuremberg - and all of this in 90% barrier-free arrangements, one of the acknowledged hallmarks of this meeting, called "LFT" (Lesben-Fruehlings-Treffen, lesbian spring meetings)
for the first time, a Wikipedia workshop was held (initiated by me and spontaneously co-moderated by a visually-impaired translesbian colleague), with 8 participants
after a highly relevant introduction to Wikipedia from the point of view of a visually-impaired person and web expert, we did an edit-a-thon on the article about the meeting :-) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesben-Fr%C3%BChlings-Treffen and I guess everyone is joining in again at next year's meeting in Munich where we will also deal with unconditional openness vs. realism (e.g. encrypting your emails) in the face of rising fascist activities in many computer science departments and more generally in neighbouring countries like Hungary and Russia where state-driven homo- and transphobia is rising dramatically and Roma people face no less than a genocide (in Hungary that is currently under a government that I call fascist, I visited Budapest again and met activist friends there just 10 days ago).
for a short round-up of what "Lesbenfruehling" meetings are doing to promote transparency and openness also in other respects: the meeting also included a panel discussion on the current situation for lesbians in neighbouring countries like Croatia (to be joining the EU in July 2013), Poland (EU member since 2004), Hungary (EU member since 2007) and Russia (member country of the Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/ that is human rights- related), with Poland clearly on the upside, Croatia almost, and Russia and Hungary on servere downsides, with Russian regional parliaments having introduced explicitly homo- and transphobic bills that we are fighting against in international solidarity. By way of an example, our panel speakers from Croatia belong to the team who form the lesbian feminist mixed choir "Le Zbor" (www.lezbor.com) and the last song of their evening programme was from Russia and sung in Russian. We also had workshops dedicated more specifically to the situation in Russia and Hungary and in Germany, e.g. on an initiative to finally put up a specifically lesbian memorial stone on the site of the former concentration camp Ravensbrueck that was women only. At the downtown rally we read out the names of known lesbian individuals that died because of persecution during the Nazi regime (i.e. those who could not or did not want to leave the country early enough in those years).
this is just to give you an example of how LFT meetings work on a culture of openness that I think is close to what Wikipedia is aiming at, too,
thank you for reading this & cheers from contemporary Germany, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
On 5/31/12 11:45 PM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hi Sarah, hi @all,
thank you, Sarah, for this new thread and thank you for sharing your activitities with us, I particularly like the teahouse :-)
Yeah! Glad you like the Teahouse. I can't wait to share the data with people and explore more ways to get it in the hands of women who need help editing!
at the annual meeting that picks up a 1920s Berlin tradition of lesbians who meet over the extended weekend of Whitsuntide, we met in Nuremberg (city of human rights) this year for another fabulous self- organized non-commercial bunch of worshops, plenary sessions, cultural programme and a manifestation in downtown Nuremberg - and all of this in 90% barrier-free arrangements, one of the acknowledged hallmarks of this meeting, called "LFT" (Lesben-Fruehlings-Treffen, lesbian spring meetings)
I love how you always share information about these gatherings. I do think that German lesbians surely must be the most active when it comes to intellectual gatherings, merely based on all the activities you share with us.
for the first time, a Wikipedia workshop was held (initiated by me and spontaneously co-moderated by a visually-impaired translesbian colleague), with 8 participants
Wow. I'd love to learn more about how a visually impaired translesbian participated and what she shared about editing Wikipedia.
for a short round-up of what "Lesbenfruehling" meetings are doing to promote transparency and openness also in other respects: the meeting also included a panel discussion on the current situation for lesbians in neighbouring countries like Croatia (to be joining the EU in July 2013), Poland (EU member since 2004), Hungary (EU member since 2007) and Russia (member country of the Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/ that is human rights- related), with Poland clearly on the upside, Croatia almost, and Russia and Hungary on servere downsides, with Russian regional parliaments having introduced explicitly homo- and transphobic bills that we are fighting against in international solidarity. By way of an example, our panel speakers from Croatia belong to the team who form the lesbian feminist mixed choir "Le Zbor" (www.lezbor.com) and the last song of their evening programme was from Russia and sung in Russian. We also had workshops dedicated more specifically to the situation in Russia and Hungary and in Germany, e.g. on an initiative to finally put up a specifically lesbian memorial stone on the site of the former concentration camp Ravensbrueck that was women only. At the downtown rally we read out the names of known lesbian individuals that died because of persecution during the Nazi regime (i.e. those who could not or did not want to leave the country early enough in those years).
Wow, sounds really moving and powerful the work that people are aiming towards. The unification of these womyn is pretty amazing!
this is just to give you an example of how LFT meetings work on a culture of openness that I think is close to what Wikipedia is aiming at, too,
Really great stuff. Thanks for sharing as always Claudia!
-Sarah
Hi Sarah
I'd love to learn more about how a visually impaired translesbian participated and what she shared about
editing Wikipedia.
about a. thank you, I will ask her for her own opinion, and also her colleague, living against the same double/triple possible discrimination factor if I may say so, who wrote me today that since this workshop she now considering Wikipedia seriously - and I have already seen very good editing results, too! Today she was suggesting we build a Wikipedia 2 for women only - there must have been a reason, will find out
about part b. the specifics that the first mentioned colleague shared with us in the workshop I am now finding out more about, listening to Wikipedia results of the image-to-sound transcript software that is in use with my colleagues - then I need to find the appropriate WP forum/page for suggesting improvements (and I have not doubt there is a need for action for real inclusion, "accessibility" and "usability") - I am a real newcomer to this, any WP-specific suggestions where I might go with the new insights?
thank you for bringing this up, Sarah, highly appreciated
Claudia
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:24:54 -0700, Sarah Stierch wrote
On 5/31/12 11:45 PM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hi Sarah, hi @all,
thank you, Sarah, for this new thread and thank you for sharing your activitities with us, I particularly like the teahouse :-)
Yeah! Glad you like the Teahouse. I can't wait to share the data with people and explore more ways to get it in the hands of women who need help editing!
at the annual meeting that picks up a 1920s Berlin tradition of lesbians who meet over the extended weekend of Whitsuntide, we met in Nuremberg (city of human rights) this year for another fabulous
self-
organized non-commercial bunch of worshops, plenary sessions, cultural programme and a
manifestation in
downtown Nuremberg - and all of this in 90% barrier-free arrangements, one of the acknowledged
hallmarks
of this meeting, called "LFT" (Lesben-Fruehlings-Treffen, lesbian spring meetings)
I love how you always share information about these gatherings. I do think that German lesbians surely must be the most active when it comes to intellectual gatherings, merely based on all the activities you share with us.
for the first time, a Wikipedia workshop was held (initiated by me and spontaneously co-moderated by a visually-impaired translesbian colleague), with 8 participants
Wow. I'd love to learn more about how a visually impaired translesbian participated and what she shared about editing Wikipedia.
for a short round-up of what "Lesbenfruehling" meetings are doing to promote transparency and openness also in other respects: the meeting also included a panel discussion on the current situation for lesbians in neighbouring
countries
like Croatia (to be joining the EU in July 2013), Poland (EU member since 2004), Hungary (EU member
since
- and Russia (member country of the Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/ that is human rights-
related), with Poland clearly on the upside, Croatia almost, and Russia and Hungary on servere
downsides,
with Russian regional parliaments having introduced explicitly homo- and transphobic bills that we are fighting against in international solidarity. By way of an example, our panel speakers from Croatia
belong to
the team who form the lesbian feminist mixed choir "Le Zbor" (www.lezbor.com) and the last song of
their
evening programme was from Russia and sung in Russian. We also had workshops dedicated more specifically to the situation in Russia and Hungary and in Germany, e.g. on an initiative to finally put up
a
specifically lesbian memorial stone on the site of the former concentration camp Ravensbrueck that was women only. At the downtown rally we read out the names of known lesbian individuals that died
because
of persecution during the Nazi regime (i.e. those who could not or did not want to leave the country
early
enough in those years).
Wow, sounds really moving and powerful the work that people are aiming towards. The unification of these womyn is pretty amazing!
this is just to give you an example of how LFT meetings work on a culture of openness that I think is
close to
what Wikipedia is aiming at, too,
Really great stuff. Thanks for sharing as always Claudia!
-Sarah
-- *Sarah Stierch* */Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow/*
Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate today
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:49 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
about part b. the specifics that the first mentioned colleague shared with us in the workshop I am now finding out more about, listening to Wikipedia results of the image-to-sound transcript software that is in use with my colleagues - then I need to find the appropriate WP forum/page for suggesting improvements (and I have not doubt there is a need for action for real inclusion, "accessibility" and "usability") - I am a real newcomer to this, any WP-specific suggestions where I might go with the new insights?
When I have questions about visual accessibility, I tend to ask http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Graham87 . He is a WM-AU board member who is blind and a highly active Wikipedian. He is very involved with making sure things work for people with screenreaders as this is an ongoing real life issue for him. If you need help in this area, he would be some one worth getting in touch with.
If you're doing group work on Wikipedia, not everyone is comfortable editing. One way to engage potential new contributors is to ask them to make spoken word recordings of an article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia has more information. It isn't just reserved for featured. In fact, a lot of articles that are stubs and starts could benefit from them. Older versions of an article does not mean bad version of an article.
On 5/31/12 11:45 PM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hi Sarah, hi @all,
thank you, Sarah, for this new thread and thank you for sharing your activitities with us, I particularly like the teahouse :-)
Yeah! Glad you like the Teahouse. I can't wait to share the data with people and explore more ways to get it in the hands of women who need help editing!
at the annual meeting that picks up a 1920s Berlin tradition of lesbians who meet over the extended weekend of Whitsuntide, we met in Nuremberg (city of human rights) this year for another fabulous self- organized non-commercial bunch of worshops, plenary sessions, cultural programme and a manifestation in downtown Nuremberg - and all of this in 90% barrier-free arrangements, one of the acknowledged hallmarks of this meeting, called "LFT" (Lesben-Fruehlings-Treffen, lesbian spring meetings)
I love how you always share information about these gatherings. I do think that German lesbians surely must be the most active when it comes to intellectual gatherings, merely based on all the activities you share with us.
for the first time, a Wikipedia workshop was held (initiated by me and spontaneously co-moderated by a visually-impaired translesbian colleague), with 8 participants
Wow. I'd love to learn more about how a visually impaired translesbian participated and what she shared about editing Wikipedia.
for a short round-up of what "Lesbenfruehling" meetings are doing to promote transparency and openness also in other respects: the meeting also included a panel discussion on the current situation for lesbians in neighbouring countries like Croatia (to be joining the EU in July 2013), Poland (EU member since 2004), Hungary (EU member since 2007) and Russia (member country of the Council of Europe http://www.coe.int/ that is human rights- related), with Poland clearly on the upside, Croatia almost, and Russia and Hungary on servere downsides, with Russian regional parliaments having introduced explicitly homo- and transphobic bills that we are fighting against in international solidarity. By way of an example, our panel speakers from Croatia belong to the team who form the lesbian feminist mixed choir "Le Zbor" (www.lezbor.com) and the last song of their evening programme was from Russia and sung in Russian. We also had workshops dedicated more specifically to the situation in Russia and Hungary and in Germany, e.g. on an initiative to finally put up a specifically lesbian memorial stone on the site of the former concentration camp Ravensbrueck that was women only. At the downtown rally we read out the names of known lesbian individuals that died because of persecution during the Nazi regime (i.e. those who could not or did not want to leave the country early enough in those years).
Wow, sounds really moving and powerful the work that people are aiming towards. The unification of these womyn is pretty amazing!
this is just to give you an example of how LFT meetings work on a culture of openness that I think is close to what Wikipedia is aiming at, too,
Really great stuff. Thanks for sharing as always Claudia!
-Sarah
On 5/31/12 11:45 PM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hi Sarah, hi @all,
thank you, Sarah, for this new thread and thank you for sharing your activitities with us, I particularly like the teahouse :-)
Yeah! Glad you like the Teahouse. I can't wait to share the data with people and explore more ways to get it in the hands of women who need help editing!
at the annual meeting that picks up a 1920s Berlin tradition of lesbians who meet over the extended weekend of Whitsuntide, we met in Nuremberg (city of human rights) this year for another fabulous self- organized non-commercial bunch of worshops, plenary sessions, cultural programme and a manifestation in downtown Nuremberg - and all of this in 90% barrier-free arrangements, one of the acknowledged hallmarks of this meeting, called "LFT" (Lesben-Fruehlings-Treffen, lesbian spring meetings)
I love how you always share information about these gatherings. I do think that German lesbians surely must be the most active when it comes to intellectual gatherings, merely based on all the activities you share with us.
for the first time, a Wikipedia workshop was held (initiated by me and spontaneously co-moderated by a visually-impaired translesbian colleague), with 8 participants
Wow. I'd love to learn more about how a visually impaired translesbian participated and what she shared about editing Wikipedia.
specifically to the situation in Russia and Hungary and in Germany, e.g. on an initiative to finally put up a specifically lesbian memorial stone on the site of the former concentration camp Ravensbrueck that was women only. At the downtown rally we read out the names of known lesbian individuals that died because of persecution during the Nazi regime (i.e. those who could not or did not want to leave the country early enough in those years).
Wow, sounds really moving and powerful the work that people are aiming towards. The unification of these womyn is pretty amazing!
this is just to give you an example of how LFT meetings work on a culture of openness that I think is close to what Wikipedia is aiming at, too,
Really great stuff. Thanks for sharing as always Claudia!
-Sarah
thanks, Sarah
at the annual meeting that picks up a 1920s Berlin tradition of lesbians who meet over the extended weekend of Whitsuntide, we met in Nuremberg (city of human rights) this year for another fabulous
self-
organized non-commercial bunch of worshops, plenary sessions, cultural programme and a
manifestation in
downtown Nuremberg - and all of this in 90% barrier-free arrangements, one of the acknowledged
hallmarks
of this meeting, called "LFT" (Lesben-Fruehlings-Treffen, lesbian spring meetings)
I love how you always share information about these gatherings. I do think that German lesbians surely must be the most active when it comes to intellectual gatherings, merely based on all the activities you share with us.
I guess this is partly because many of us read English and, when they compare what is done in the open and also on the web elsewhere (e.g. on en.wikipedia.org as compared to de.wikipedia.org) to what is seemingly not happening so easily - for whatever reason - where most people speak German as their first language in public (not to give any description that links to concepts of "nation" because there are several regions, anyway) "these lesbians" might feel that they have to think up activities that might seem somewhat radical to people who do not live in the same region
makes me think that maybe it is like bridging cultures, but without a bridge in a way, so we make them up ourselves or sort of try to, anyway ;-) taking intellectual approaches sometimes helps, maybe
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
I like this thread but have hesitated contributing to it because I'm a little worried that you'll all laugh at me... ;)
Actually, that's a little true. These days, I've been working on [[The Wiggles]]. You may be asking, if you've even heard of them, "What in the world does a children's music group made up of four male Aussies have to do with the gender gap?" Well, I think a lot. This article, I believe, represents a major gap on English Wikipedia: children's music and television programming, which has become one of my "niches" on WP. (I also edit [[Sesame Street]], [[Blue's Clues]], and its ancillaries). I also have a soft spot for this article, and not just because The Wiggles have had a huge influence on my household. The article happens to be my very first featured article, passed back in 2008.
Well written articles about children-based topics like this one aren't well-represented on en.WP, probably because the people who are interested in them don't tend to be serious editors. Their audience (preschoolers), obviously don't have the skills, and their parents (half of which are women, of course) are too busy. I'm a different case because although my children are older (9 and 12), they're severely developmentally disabled and still interested in The Wiggles and related topics. They're in school and we get lots of good services for them, so I have more time on my hands than parents of young children. Plus, I have an obsessive personality, so when I get involved in volunteer organizations, I tend to be compulsive about it. I also love writing. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to know that topics like this that aren't well represented have been improved mostly due to my efforts. (I also edit [[Maya Angelou]] articles.)
One of the problems with The Wiggles is that although it's been a FA for many years, it lacked comprehensiveness, most likely because the information simply wasn't available. There has been a lot written about them, especially in the Australian press, but most of it has been promotional or fluff. (I suspect that reporters have used their WP article.) There was almost nothing about The Wiggles brand and business practices, for example. This has changed in the last six months, with some changes to the group's line-up (which includes the addition of a woman as their lead singer). Also, the founder of the group Anthony Field, published his autobiography. I'm currently in the process of adding that content to their article, including possibly adding a "Brand" section and restructuring the article.
It's very fun and the group deserves it.
Christine Username: Figureskatingfan
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.comwrote:
I thought it'd be refreshing to have a positive thread and something less-...porny, if you will :)
*What have you been working on? In any language, on any sister project of Wikimedia? Online and offline? What are you doing to be proactive or contributing as a volunteer, fellow, staff member, etc? Don't be shy, share your work! Be bold and be proud*!
On 6/8/12 10:17 AM, Christine Meyer wrote:
I like this thread but have hesitated contributing to it because I'm a little worried that you'll all laugh at me... ;)
Christine! I'm so glad you shared this. I know you really enjoy writing children-based subject matter and you inspired me to rewrite the article about the *actual* Sesame Street....street (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street,_New_York,_New_York) which was really entertaining and a super fun article to write.
While parents probably aren't seeking that out specifically (it's more of a subject I'd use to win a bar bet with), if people use Wikipedia for medical research, etc, why shouldn't parents be utilizing Wikipedia to research the best media, tools and so forth for their children's lives? I also think that one of Wikipedia's "missions" is to document this type of material - I'm sure there is some small group of "children's subject" historians, but..
and we get lots of good services for them, so I have more time on my hands than parents of young children. Plus, I have an obsessive personality, so when I get involved in volunteer organizations, I tend to be compulsive about it. I also love writing. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to know that topics like this that aren't well represented have been improved mostly due to my efforts. (I also edit [[Maya Angelou]] articles.)
I am the same way. Wikipedia = awesome outlet for OCD type behavior!!!
While I have no children nor do I really hang out with any, I am familiar with the show /Yo Gabba Gabba! /from hip friends with kids. I just found myself disappointed that the characters don't have their own individual articles, but, I guess they don't quite merit it at this point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brobee (redirect!)
-Sarah
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
On 6/8/12 10:17 AM, Christine Meyer wrote:
I like this thread but have hesitated contributing to it because I'm a little worried that you'll all laugh at me... ;)
Christine! I'm so glad you shared this. I know you really enjoy writing children-based subject matter and you inspired me to rewrite the article about the *actual* Sesame Street....street (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street,_New_York,_New_York) which was really entertaining and a super fun article to write.
While parents probably aren't seeking that out specifically (it's more of a subject I'd use to win a bar bet with), if people use Wikipedia for medical research, etc, why shouldn't parents be utilizing Wikipedia to research the best media, tools and so forth for their children's lives? I also think that one of Wikipedia's "missions" is to document this type of material - I'm sure there is some small group of "children's subject" historians, but..
Thanks, Sarah, how nice you are. And thanks for the barnstar on my WP talk page. Those are fun to get!
Re: "children's subject" historians, there are a few editors that specialize in children's literature. There is a large amount of research into children's media, and yes, WP should be a repository of it. The more editors working on these articles, the better. There's so much more that can be done for them. I've just scratched the surface by bringing [[Sesame Street]] back to FA. It was actually delisted at one point, for good reason, and it took me three years to bring it back to featured status. During that time, I improved and/or created ten more articles and three lists. I was shocked at the sheer volume of literature out there about The Show, and some very reputable scholarly lit at that. My own personal library about SS books is quite large. I have lots of stories about my experiences editing these articles, and lessons I've learned. It's been hugely fun.
and we get lots of good services for them, so I have more time on my hands than parents of young children. Plus, I have an obsessive personality, so when I get involved in volunteer organizations, I tend to be compulsive about it. I also love writing. It gives me a great deal of pleasure to know that topics like this that aren't well represented have been improved mostly due to my efforts. (I also edit [[Maya Angelou]] articles.)
I am the same way. Wikipedia = awesome outlet for OCD type behavior!!!
While I have no children nor do I really hang out with any, I am familiar with the show Yo Gabba Gabba! from hip friends with kids. I just found myself disappointed that the characters don't have their own individual articles, but, I guess they don't quite merit it at this point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brobee (redirect!)
I love Yo Gabba Gabba. Very hip show. The challenge in creating and improving articles about it and pretty much any show is that there simply aren't good sources about it. There's a lot out there, but like my experience with The Wiggles, it's repetitive, fluffy, and promotional. The media and much of academia doesn't take children's media seriously enough. I'm knowledgeable enough about the subject now to have my own opinions, though, like how YGG is a throw-back to the days of short sketches like the early days of SS. "Blue's Clues" changed children's TV from a magazine, sketch-like format to more narrative one, with actual stories, and YGG has gone back. It's all about being cool and hip and engaging children. It proves that you don't have to have glitzy production values to be successful.
And yes, I tend to have children's songs in my head all the time... ;)
Christine
Hi, gang. I've added an article about feminist poet Halima Xudoyberdiyevahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halima_Xudoyberdiyeva, who has been awarded the title People's Poet of Uzbekistan. Then I linked from the article to a translation of her feminist poem "Sacred Woman."
Well, OK, I translated it, but it hadn't been translated yet and somebody had to. Honestly I don't make a habit of linking to my external pages. This was the one and only time in article space, I promise. At least I wasn't citing myself. I also linked from a title in Halima's bibliography to the article on the ancient warrior queen Tomyris, who the poem was about.
Otherwise, I've joined the Typo Team and have adopted some typos as my very own: *breats, thights, Ghandi*, and the perennial its/it's distinction. These days I'm putting most of my time and energy into a subject dear to my heart, American Indian languages. I created and have been filling in the sections on Ohiohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_in_the_United_States_of_Native_American_origin#Ohioand Pennsylvaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_in_the_United_States_of_Native_American_origin#Pennsylvania's Native American place names.
I also had adopted Kateri Tekakwitha, because I was looking to help edit American Indian women's history, and because when I first looked at her article it had blatant, gross vandalism that had been there for years! Once I cleaned it up the vandals began returning, so I kept after it, month after month. Then it seems she was scheduled for canonization this year, so for months now a bevy of Catholic activists has been pouring in lots of Catholic theology and hagiography which I am not suited to contribute to, so I was content with giving the Mohawk pronunciation in IPA and left confident that she's safe from vandals now.
I linked from Genya Ravan to a *Bitch* magazine article on her career as a feminist pioneer in rock music. I check in on my friend Asma Barlas every so often to make sure what they're saying about her is accurate.
J.Hy
I am a page patroller; whether it's recent change, new page, or random page patrolling, I've done it. For now, I am random page patrolling, with the occasional Google search for things I'm interested in, flitting from page to page, copyediting, wikifying, tagging/untagging, and updating/adding Wikiproject banners.
From, Emily
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Johanna-Hypatia Cybeleia < johanna.hypatia@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, gang. I've added an article about feminist poet Halima Xudoyberdiyevahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halima_Xudoyberdiyeva, who has been awarded the title People's Poet of Uzbekistan. Then I linked from the article to a translation of her feminist poem "Sacred Woman."
Well, OK, I translated it, but it hadn't been translated yet and somebody had to. Honestly I don't make a habit of linking to my external pages. This was the one and only time in article space, I promise. At least I wasn't citing myself. I also linked from a title in Halima's bibliography to the article on the ancient warrior queen Tomyris, who the poem was about.
Otherwise, I've joined the Typo Team and have adopted some typos as my very own: *breats, thights, Ghandi*, and the perennial its/it's distinction. These days I'm putting most of my time and energy into a subject dear to my heart, American Indian languages. I created and have been filling in the sections on Ohiohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_in_the_United_States_of_Native_American_origin#Ohioand Pennsylvaniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_place_names_in_the_United_States_of_Native_American_origin#Pennsylvania's Native American place names.
I also had adopted Kateri Tekakwitha, because I was looking to help edit American Indian women's history, and because when I first looked at her article it had blatant, gross vandalism that had been there for years! Once I cleaned it up the vandals began returning, so I kept after it, month after month. Then it seems she was scheduled for canonization this year, so for months now a bevy of Catholic activists has been pouring in lots of Catholic theology and hagiography which I am not suited to contribute to, so I was content with giving the Mohawk pronunciation in IPA and left confident that she's safe from vandals now.
I linked from Genya Ravan to a *Bitch* magazine article on her career as a feminist pioneer in rock music. I check in on my friend Asma Barlas every so often to make sure what they're saying about her is accurate.
J.Hy
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Hi Emily, hi all,
thanks :-)
to me this seems like an interesting role for WP users who have no strong inclination for writing new articles etc. yet wish to contribute their share
Emily, by way of introducing the activity profile to WP newcomers, can you maybe point me to any role description that I might pass on to lurking WP newcomers who might be waiting for exactly such an entry point? Maybe there even is a WP page that already has a few interwiki links?
ah, just found the one for new pages here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol - apparently also available in العربية, Česky, Deutsch, Español, עברית, Português, Русский, Українська, 中文
is there a page for random page patrolling, too? I think this would be the best appetizer :-)
thanks & cheers Claudia
On Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:31:33 -0500, Emily Monroe wrote
I am a page patroller; whether it's recent change, new page, or random page patrolling, I've done it. For now, I am random page patrolling, with the occasional Google search for things I'm interested in, flitting from page to page, copyediting, wikifying, tagging/untagging, and updating/adding Wikiproject banners.
From, Emily
[...]
The random page patrol is herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random_page_patrol, and recent changes patrol page is herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol. The latter has interwiki links; random page patrol, however, does not. Also, Wikipedia:Patrol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patrols has two interwiki links.
Do you need anything else?
From, Emily
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:03 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hi Emily, hi all,
thanks :-)
to me this seems like an interesting role for WP users who have no strong inclination for writing new articles etc. yet wish to contribute their share
Emily, by way of introducing the activity profile to WP newcomers, can you maybe point me to any role description that I might pass on to lurking WP newcomers who might be waiting for exactly such an entry point? Maybe there even is a WP page that already has a few interwiki links?
ah, just found the one for new pages here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol - apparently also available in العربية, Česky, Deutsch, Español, עברית, Português, Русский, Українська, 中文
is there a page for random page patrolling, too? I think this would be the best appetizer :-)
thanks & cheers Claudia
On Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:31:33 -0500, Emily Monroe wrote
I am a page patroller; whether it's recent change, new page, or random
page
patrolling, I've done it. For now, I am random page patrolling, with the occasional Google search for things I'm interested in, flitting from page to page, copyediting, wikifying, tagging/untagging, and updating/adding Wikiproject banners.
From, Emily
[...]
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
thanks, Emily,
Do you need anything else?
yes, I guess I need users who speak "English+" (+ meaning: Other languages than English) and who are ready and able to add interwiki links to all of the patrol pages
Q: btw, do we have a gender gap patrol project running anywhere? for spotting sexism etc. and finding better phrases, e.g. gender neutral ones, etc.?
this should generally be very interesting, I think,
Q: did we have a gender gap related list of projects/ WP pages that seek more active participation (e.g. on en.WP) and if yes, can anyone please remind me of its name/location?
thanks & cheers Claudia
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:53:06 -0500, Emily Monroe wrote
The random page patrol is herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random_page_patrol, and recent changes patrol page is herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol. The latter has interwiki links; random page patrol, however, does not. Also, Wikipedia:Patrol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patrols has two interwiki links.
Do you need anything else?
From, Emily
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:03 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hi Emily, hi all,
thanks :-)
to me this seems like an interesting role for WP users who have no strong inclination for writing new articles etc. yet wish to contribute their share
Emily, by way of introducing the activity profile to WP newcomers, can you maybe point me to any role description that I might pass on to lurking WP newcomers who might be waiting for exactly such an entry point? Maybe there even is a WP page that already has a few interwiki links?
ah, just found the one for new pages here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol - apparently also available in العربية, Česky, Deutsch, Español, עברית, Português, Русский, Українська, 中文
is there a page for random page patrolling, too? I think this would be the best appetizer :-)
thanks & cheers Claudia
On Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:31:33 -0500, Emily Monroe wrote
I am a page patroller; whether it's recent change, new page, or random
page
patrolling, I've done it. For now, I am random page patrolling, with the occasional Google search for things I'm interested in, flitting from page to page, copyediting, wikifying, tagging/untagging, and updating/adding Wikiproject banners.
From, Emily
[...]
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
I'm sorry, I'm mostly monolingual; other than a few American Sign Language signs, plus the alphabet, and a few grammatical rules of ASL, I don't know any other languages than English.
Far as I am aware of, there isn't any gender gap patrol project going.
From, Emily
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 2:23 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
thanks, Emily,
Do you need anything else?
yes, I guess I need users who speak "English+" (+ meaning: Other languages than English) and who are ready and able to add interwiki links to all of the patrol pages
Q: btw, do we have a gender gap patrol project running anywhere? for spotting sexism etc. and finding better phrases, e.g. gender neutral ones, etc.?
this should generally be very interesting, I think,
Q: did we have a gender gap related list of projects/ WP pages that seek more active participation (e.g. on en.WP) and if yes, can anyone please remind me of its name/location?
thanks & cheers Claudia
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:53:06 -0500, Emily Monroe wrote
The random page patrol is herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random_page_patrol, and recent changes patrol page is herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol. The latter has interwiki links; random page patrol, however, does not. Also, Wikipedia:Patrol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patrols
has
two interwiki links.
Do you need anything else?
From, Emily
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:03 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hi Emily, hi all,
thanks :-)
to me this seems like an interesting role for WP users who have no
strong
inclination for writing new articles etc. yet wish to contribute their share
Emily, by way of introducing the activity profile to WP newcomers, can
you
maybe point me to any role description that I might pass on to lurking WP newcomers who might be waiting for exactly such an entry point? Maybe there even is a WP page that already has a few interwiki links?
ah, just found the one for new pages here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol - apparently also available in العربية, Česky, Deutsch, Español, עברית, Português, Русский, Українська, 中文
is there a page for random page patrolling, too? I think this would be
the
best appetizer :-)
thanks & cheers Claudia
On Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:31:33 -0500, Emily Monroe wrote
I am a page patroller; whether it's recent change, new page, or
random
page
patrolling, I've done it. For now, I am random page patrolling, with the occasional Google search for things I'm interested in, flitting
from
page to page, copyediting, wikifying, tagging/untagging, and updating/adding Wikiproject banners.
From, Emily
[...]
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Christine Meyer christinewmeyer@gmail.com wrote:
I like this thread but have hesitated contributing to it because I'm a little worried that you'll all laugh at me... ;)
Actually, that's a little true. These days, I've been working on [[The Wiggles]]. You may be asking, if you've even heard of them, "What in the world does a children's music group made up of four male Aussies have to do with the gender gap?" Well, I think a lot. This article, I believe, represents a major gap on English Wikipedia: children's music and television programming, which has become one of my "niches" on WP. (I also edit [[Sesame Street]], [[Blue's Clues]], and its ancillaries). I also have a soft spot for this article, and not just because The Wiggles have had a huge influence on my household. The article happens to be my very first featured article, passed back in 2008.
This is great! It's not just children's music and television -- articles about children's books are also under represented. I haven't looked into other child and family related topics but I bet it's similar there too. Anyway, I'm so glad you're working on these topics!
And thanks for starting this thread, Sarah! It is super great to read about what everyone is doing.
For my part, as usual I have been occupied the last few months with board- and organizational related stuff -- lots of meetings and discussions this spring about finances, fundraising, WMF projects, etc. I've been both participating in and working on documenting all of this, as well as writing documentation about various board processes, especially as I will transition off this summer! And as a part of that I do try to keep up with what's happening in general, so lots of time reading mailing lists and reports.
I also spend a surprising amount of time answering random questions about Wikipedia/Wikimedia, both from people in our movement now and curious members of the public. I just this morning answered a question from a librarian in the Philippines about evaluating articles :) I also worked last month with a couple other librarians who were involved in the education project to put together a workshop proposal for a conference next spring, and will probably give at least a couple other talks this year to library groups. I've also been attending various local events. I also had great fun back in February helping establish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Biophysics with user:dcrjsr, aka Jane Richardson, who is such an inspiration to be around. So, lots of outreach stuff!
Article wise I haven't edited much lately (or the last two years!) but I did go on a small kick recently working on biographies of women who are Fellows of the Royal Society. E.g.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgina_Mace -- still a very stubby and not-very-good article, but much cleaner than it was!
cheers, phoebe