A belated note of admiration - what I love about this work is the rigour, persistence, diligence and intellectual effort that has been applied to produce such a fine result. In other words - dare I say it - the whole thing is so scholarly!
Whiteghost.ink On 2 August 2012 04:26, Christine Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, how nice is this. As a WP editor, you don't expect any recognition > so I appreciate your kind words and the kind words of others who have > responded. > > Christine > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I second everyone's comments before mine! I was actually out with a >> friend and was saying "oh wow, Figureskatingfan has been working on Maya >> Angelou.." and was bragging (for lack of a better word!) about how awesome >> your work is with Wikipedia and how amazing your new news about Miss >> Angelou is. >> >> Your work is inspiring and so amazing!!! Congratulations !!! >> >> -Sarah >> >> >> On 8/1/12 3:16 AM, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson 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]>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]> 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] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> [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 >> [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> >> >> -- >> *Sarah Stierch* >> *Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow* >> >>Mind the gap! 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