It would perfectly work! La usuaria - el usuario La editora - el editor
Spanish contains good inspiring examples, because we have at the same time a female article "la(s)" and a male article "el/los", and several sufixes denoting the difference of gender. In the above examples you can see both elements at the same time. Moreover, the Diccionario de la lengua española www.rae.es contains innovative changes toward a more sensitive approach to gender. It recognises, for example, the use of "la Presidenta", and not only "la Presidente", for a woman with this function. (n fact, it goes beyond the logical evolution of the Latin words. Ibero and Iberoamerican region has the less gender gap at scientific level (in the statistic of UNESCO). Is there a relation with the Spanish? (Of course, German, Greek and other languages have these tools too). best regards, Patricia ________________________________ From: Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> To: patricia morales <[email protected]>; Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedystka Wouldn't the obvious thing in the Spanish Wikipedia be to differentiate between usuario and usuaria? As in Página del usuario / Página de la usuaria? Andreas--- On Wed, 5/10/11, patricia morales <[email protected]> wrote: >From: patricia morales <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedystka >To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" ><[email protected]> >Date: Wednesday, 5 October, 2011, 18:10 > > > >________________________________ >From: patricia morales <[email protected]> >To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects ><[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 12:51 PM >Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedystka > >It seems to me very kind, but not related to the ethymology nor the use of the >words (I have not information about Polish). >In English you have the male suffix -ian and the female suffix -ienne : >comedienne, equestrienne, tragedienne. >At the same time you have the suffix -ist for both gender (coming from -ista >(Latin) and -istes (old Greek) > >In Spanish and other langues with differentiaded articles we have: >El artista y la artista >La wikipedista (female editor) and el wikipedista (male editor). > >In Spanish and other languages it is sometimes used amig@s for having a gender >sensitivity. >We could use wikipedist@ , explaining that. > >best regards, >Patricia > > > >________________________________ > > >________________________________ >From: Erik Moeller <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 8:18 AM >Subject: [Gendergap] Wikipedystka >"Wikipedystka", in Polish, describes a female Wikipedian (as opposedto the >male "wikipedysta"). As of today, Polish female Wikipedians areno longer >called "wikipedysta" if they choose to publicly identifytheir gender as >female.Here are a few >examples:http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:Tanja5http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:Joanna_Ko%C5%9Bmiderhttp://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:AldraWThis > is also visible in other places, e.g. recent changes on Polish Wikipedia.This >change is a result of the roll-out of a new version of oursoftware. Other >languages, like German, which also havegender-specific terms to describe >users, will be upgraded in thecoming days.It's a small thing, but hopefully >it'll make gender diversity (andlack thereof) a bit more visible, at least in >languages which are moreexpressive than English. ;-)Cheers,Erik-- Erik >MöllerVP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia FoundationSupport >Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate_______________________________________________Gendergap mailing [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >-----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > >_______________________________________________Gendergap mailing >[email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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