I am not disputing that and don't for a second doubt that. ;-)
Down south here in South Africa "interact" would not be understood the way she meant it.
So, I have learnt two things: that (interacting on WP), and <grin> as an alternative for ;-)
A great week to all
Rui
PS: emoticons would not be a bad idea on the talk pages - they would certainly alleviate tensions and tone down fights.
2014-06-01 21:16 GMT+02:00 Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com:
Hoi, <grin> Jane is in my top 1% of most accomplished Wikimedians </grin> She is VERY effective on both Wikipedia, Commons and WIkidata. Thanks, GerardM
On 1 June 2014 21:13, Rui Correia correia.rui@gmail.com wrote:
Well, from your previous post I was left the distinct impression that neither you nor your female friends edit the Wikipedia. So I have gone
back
and reread your post to see what I missed. I see that you and your
friends
"interact". For the life of me I thought that by "interact" you meant go
on
the internet and interact with people - on social media etc. Nothing in
it
implied that you meant editing the WP.
And no, I have never edited on an iPad - why should I, if I work on as
big
a screen as I can get that is still small enough to pack into a travel bakpack? ;-)
Rui
2014-06-01 20:47 GMT+02:00 Jane Darnell jane023@gmail.com:
I'll bet you have never tried to edit Wikipedia on an iPad
2014-06-01 20:25 GMT+02:00, Rui Correia correia.rui@gmail.com:
Jane
I think we are talking about two different things. Ownership of or
access
to equipment with access to the internet is not the same thing as we
are
talking about. If anything, the fact that more women own any such
equipment
only goes to reinforce what we already know, which is that not many
girls/
women are taking part in editing the Wikipedia.
Rui
2014-06-01 9:30 GMT+02:00 Jane Darnell jane023@gmail.com:
Of course I am just a sample of one, but in my personal circle of female friends, most of them only interact with a smartphone or
tablet
and though they may own a full-fledged computer, they only interact with that machine for certain boring and obligatory tasks such as filing taxes and printing. This is in and of itself, a reason not to edit, in my mind. Research into the use of tablets in 2012 in the Netherlands did indicate that more women were active on them than
men,
and a simple google search picked this 2013 BBC article up about the same holding true for women in the UK: "Women own most of the UK's tablet computers says study" http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-23355944
Disclaimer: I am a frequent user of an iPad-1 that my mother (of all people!) gave me for my birthday.
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