Thanks for pointing this out, Mayo :) On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Fuster, Mayo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear GenderGappers! > > I hope that you are all fine. > > It was great to see some of you at Wikimania, the women luncheon was a > very happy experience! > > Let me also make you notice that some of us are involved in the > organization of a track on gender and diversity in openness at the Open > Knowledge Festival (Helsinki 17-22 September 2012). It will be a great > opportunity to keep the conversation and move forward the gender > conscientiousness in technological and open circles. The Festival is > absolutely fantastic, plus, see that there is a possibility to apply for > Travel Bursaries http://okfestival.org/travel-bursaries/ (deadline today > 1st August!!! unless you are from a developing country in which case it is > August 8th). It would be great that many women attend the Festival ( > okfestival.org), join the gender and diversity track ( > http://okfestival.org/gender-and-diversity/) and could take advantage of > this Bursaries opportunity (http://okfestival.org/travel-bursaries/). > > Kisses! Mayo > > «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» > «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·» > «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» > > Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info > > Fellow Berkman center for Internet and Society. Harvard University. > Researcher. Institute of Govern and Public Policies. Autonomous University > of Barcelona. > Ph.D European University Institute > > E-mail: [email protected] > Twitter/Identica: Lilaroja > Skype: mayoneti > Phone United States: 001 - 8576548231 > Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748 > > Berkman Center > 23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor > Cambridge, MA 02138 > +1 (617) 495-7547 (Phone) > +1 (617) 495-7641 (Fax) > > Personal Postal Address USA: > The Acetarium http://www.acetarium.com/ > 265 Elm Street - 4 > Somerville, MA, USA > 02144 > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [ > [email protected]] on behalf of Sandra Ordonez [ > [email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:16 PM > To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects > Subject: [Gendergap] uk chairman band > > the uk chairman band was mentioned in daily dot today http://dly.do/M9K4Sv > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 1, 2012, at 6:16 AM, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > My own thoughts echo those expressed by others. Great job, Christine! No > surprise though, I think your work is outstanding! > > Cindy > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Sydney Poore <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Christine, that's truly awesome. :-) > > I've watched you working on the Maya Angelou topic for years now, and > thrilled to see that you've got her biography to FA. It will be fantastic > for her article to be on the main page on her birthday as a feature article! > > Sydney > User:FloNight > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Christine Meyer < > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I've been doing my part in addressing the gender gap in en.Wikipedia, and > this week marks a major accomplishment for me in this area and for me as an > editor. [[Maya Angelou]] is now a featured article. > > I've been literally working on Angelou's article for years; my very first > edit of it was early in my WP-editing career, in September 2007: [diff > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maya_Angelou&diff=prev&oldid=158867180]. > It took this long mostly because I do have a life, most of the time. When > I came across it, I realized that Angelou's work and life was sorely > underrepresented and not at all comprehensive, way before I came to > understand the gender gap in this project. I also realized that in order > to do the subject justice, I needed to become a MA-expert, something I > definitely was not at the time. I realized that at the very least, I > needed to read her six autobiographies, and while I was at it, write > articles about them. Only one article existed at the time: her first > autobiography [[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]], which was in a pitiable > state. A year's worth of research, a lot of assistance from some of the > most premiere editors in the project, and 3 FACs later, it became an FA. > > In the ensuing years, I created and wrote articles about Angelou's five > remaining autobiographies (one is a FA, the others are GAs), some ancillary > articles about her other works, and a couple of lists. ([[Works of Maya > Angelou]] is currently up for FLC.) After I completed the article about > Angelou's final autobiography, I worked to get her bio up to snuff, and it > had a relatively easy FAC, my first FA to pass in its first candidacy. I > think that was due to the fact that the article was truly prepared before > it was submitted. For anyone who wants to drive an article through the FAC > process, that's my advice: make sure it's ready to be reviewed, and do not > use FAC (or GAC, even) to review it. There are other places for that, so > use them before bringing it to FAC. > > My next goal is to create a Maya Angelou Featured Topic. There are some > things that need to be accomplished before that; my goal is to get there > before Dr. Angelou's 85th birthday in April. I'm certain, at the very > least, that her bio will on the front page. Ironically, this is the week I > started researching the article about another elderly and important woman: > [[Joan Ganz Cooney]], co-creator of Sesame Street. > > Christine > Username: Figureskatingfan > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Cindy Ashley-Nelson > "Yes. Her again." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cindamuse > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, > forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received > this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the > material from any computer. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- Noopur Raval
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