Hi all -
Lately, after noticing how few biographies of women philosophers ENWP has, I have started trying to address the gap in some small way. Until this week (when I wrote it) we didn't even have a bio on Alison Jaggar, the person who was largely responsible for the first women's studies department in the world, and the person who probably taught the first class in feminist philosophy *ever*.
I would like to eventually create a new Wikiproject on the model of Keilana's Wikiproject Women Scientists, but for now I've started a coordination page in my userspace [1] aimed at trying to improve our coverage of notable women philosophers. I would invite any of you who have the time to help improve our coverage to do so, either by writing an article about a notable woman philosopher who currently doesn't have one, improving the article of one who does, adding another name to the list of redlinks currently on my page, or in any way you can think of.
Thanks, Kevin Gorman
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kevin_Gorman/philosophers (WP:ACADEMIC and WP:AUTHOR are the generally relevant notability guidelines.)
On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 23:13:03 -0700 Kevin Gorman kgorman@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all -
Lately, after noticing how few biographies of women philosophers ENWP has, I have started trying to address the gap in some small way. Until this week (when I wrote it) we didn't even have a bio on Alison Jaggar, the person who was largely responsible for the first women's studies department in the world, and the person who probably taught the first class in feminist philosophy *ever*.
I would like to eventually create a new Wikiproject on the model of Keilana's Wikiproject Women Scientists, but for now I've started a coordination page in my userspace [1] aimed at trying to improve our coverage of notable women philosophers. I would invite any of you who have the time to help improve our coverage to do so, either by writing an article about a notable woman philosopher who currently doesn't have one, improving the article of one who does, adding another name to the list of redlinks currently on my page, or in any way you can think of.
sounds like a good initiative. +1. Unfortunately, my knowledge of women philosophers is very sketchy, so I probably won't be able to help much, but I wish you good luck.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
Thanks, Kevin Gorman
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kevin_Gorman/philosophers (WP:ACADEMIC and WP:AUTHOR are the generally relevant notability guidelines.)
Looking at that list, it is utterly depressing how few of the names I know despite having studied philosophy at university. I'd heard of Georgia Warnke and Rae Langton.
I'm happy to copy-edit or help out at some point. Bit busy at work at the moment.
But rock on, Kevin!
On 24 August 2013 at 07:13:11, Kevin Gorman (kgorman@gmail.com) wrote:
Hi all -
Lately, after noticing how few biographies of women philosophers ENWP has, I have started trying to address the gap in some small way. Until this week (when I wrote it) we didn't even have a bio on Alison Jaggar, the person who was largely responsible for the first women's studies department in the world, and the person who probably taught the first class in feminist philosophy *ever*.
I would like to eventually create a new Wikiproject on the model of Keilana's Wikiproject Women Scientists, but for now I've started a coordination page in my userspace [1] aimed at trying to improve our coverage of notable women philosophers. I would invite any of you who have the time to help improve our coverage to do so, either by writing an article about a notable woman philosopher who currently doesn't have one, improving the article of one who does, adding another name to the list of redlinks currently on my page, or in any way you can think of.
Thanks, Kevin Gorman
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kevin_Gorman/philosophers%C2%A0 (WP:ACADEMIC and WP:AUTHOR are the generally relevant notability guidelines.) -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/
Kevin, this is totally kickass! Can other people add to your list? I'm very busy and don't really have much time for article writing but could definitely help you find some women that need to be written about.
kei
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Tom Morris tom@tommorris.org wrote:
Looking at that list, it is utterly depressing how few of the names I know despite having studied philosophy at university. I'd heard of Georgia Warnke and Rae Langton.
I'm happy to copy-edit or help out at some point. Bit busy at work at the moment.
But rock on, Kevin!
On 24 August 2013 at 07:13:11, Kevin Gorman (kgorman@gmail.com) wrote:
Hi all -
Lately, after noticing how few biographies of women philosophers ENWP has, I have started trying to address the gap in some small way. Until this week (when I wrote it) we didn't even have a bio on Alison Jaggar, the person who was largely responsible for the first women's studies department in the world, and the person who probably taught the first class in feminist philosophy *ever*.
I would like to eventually create a new Wikiproject on the model of Keilana's Wikiproject Women Scientists, but for now I've started a coordination page in my userspace [1] aimed at trying to improve our coverage of notable women philosophers. I would invite any of you who have the time to help improve our coverage to do so, either by writing an article about a notable woman philosopher who currently doesn't have one, improving the article of one who does, adding another name to the list of redlinks currently on my page, or in any way you can think of.
Thanks, Kevin Gorman
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kevin_Gorman/philosophers (WP:ACADEMIC and WP:AUTHOR are the generally relevant notability guidelines.) -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/
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Thanks for your enthusiasm all :)
@Keilana - other people certainly can, I'm intending to transform it in to a legit Wikiproject sooner or later anyway. That said, I actually already have a pretty extensive list: I have another 180 names or so of almost-certainly-notable philosophers that I just hadn't added to the page yet since it hadn't generated too much interest. I'll put up a bunch more names within the next day, so it may make sense to hold off on looking for more people to add until I do so.
@Tom - copyediting or new article creation help would both be appreciated :) I'm definitely not the best at either. I've been moving started articles down to the bottom half of the page, so that would be a good place to find stuff start copyediting. In fairness to you, recognizing two of the names on the current list is far better than most people I've run across, heh. Many philosophy majors I've met haven't recognized a single name, even on my extended list that I haven't put on-wiki yet. The people I've listed so far also vary pretty wildly in how prominent they are. Some - like Alison Jaggar - are hugely cited hugely prominent people, while others may only have published a couple of widely-reviewed books.
Thanks, Kevin Gorman
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Keilana keilanawiki@gmail.com wrote:
Kevin, this is totally kickass! Can other people add to your list? I'm very busy and don't really have much time for article writing but could definitely help you find some women that need to be written about.
kei
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Tom Morris tom@tommorris.org wrote:
Looking at that list, it is utterly depressing how few of the names I know despite having studied philosophy at university. I'd heard of Georgia Warnke and Rae Langton.
I'm happy to copy-edit or help out at some point. Bit busy at work at the moment.
But rock on, Kevin!
On 24 August 2013 at 07:13:11, Kevin Gorman (kgorman@gmail.com) wrote:
Hi all -
Lately, after noticing how few biographies of women philosophers ENWP has, I have started trying to address the gap in some small way. Until this week (when I wrote it) we didn't even have a bio on Alison Jaggar, the person who was largely responsible for the first women's studies department in the world, and the person who probably taught the first class in feminist philosophy *ever*.
I would like to eventually create a new Wikiproject on the model of Keilana's Wikiproject Women Scientists, but for now I've started a coordination page in my userspace [1] aimed at trying to improve our coverage of notable women philosophers. I would invite any of you who have the time to help improve our coverage to do so, either by writing an article about a notable woman philosopher who currently doesn't have one, improving the article of one who does, adding another name to the list of redlinks currently on my page, or in any way you can think of.
Thanks, Kevin Gorman
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kevin_Gorman/philosophers (WP:ACADEMIC and WP:AUTHOR are the generally relevant notability guidelines.) -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/
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