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(a)gmail.com>om>:
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(a)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(a)gmail.com>om>:
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(a)gmail.com>om>:
> 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(a)gmail.com>om>:
> >
> >> 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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