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[Sydney Poore]

Hello Nina, (and Aude, Sue, Erik, Sarah, and Fred)

Looking through the archives I see fuller introductions are in order so I'll
explain my history with Wikimedia Projects and my reason for joining.


My name is Sydney Poore. I currently spend most of my time in Florida. By
eduction is as a Registered Nurse and Sociology.

In the past I worked as Obstetrical and Gynecological Registered Nurse.
More recently my husband and I bought a Merle Norman Cosmetic Store and an
art gallery in St. Augustine Florida.

I began editing Wikipedia English in 2005 and later started contributing to
other projects, primarily Commons, English Wikiquote and Wikisource.

As a volunteer I've gotten very involved with the administrative side of
English Wikipedia and to a lesser extent the Wikimedia Foundation. I've
helped out by serving time on the Wikipedia English Arbitration Committee
and  hold Oversight and Checkuser tools there. Also have assisted with the
WMF Strategic Planning Project as facilitator of the Community Health task
force (which looked at ways to help the WMF projects grow and thrive).
Currently I hold a seat on the WMF Ombudsmen Commission (reviews complaints
about the violation of the WMF privacy policy).

My frequent contact with women in my daily work is in sharp contrast to the
number of women who I encounter on WMF Projects and I think this makes me
especially sensitive to the gender issue.

 Sydney



On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Nina Wikipedia <nina.wikipedia at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am Nina (Nina-no) from Norway. I am an Art historian, but have also
> Sociology and Cultural studies  in my background. I have been on the
> Norwegian Wikipedia from  2004.
>
> Yesterday we had was stories in the press in Norway about motherblogers ,
> and i am wondering why mothers are writing in blogs and Facebook and not on
> Wikipedia. I think we have to ask this question and try to find the answer.
>
> Nina
> nina.wikipedia at gmail.com
>
>
>
>
> Den 1. feb. 2011 kl. 13.44 skrev Sydney Poore:
>
> Joined the mailing list today.  I have a long standing interest in the
> gender gap on Wikimedia projects.
>
> My view is that the gender gap is real (based on stats and experience ) and
> harming our content because of the biases introduced from a male heavy
> culture.
>
> Sydney. Poore
> (FloNight)
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