Yeah, I remember that. From, Emily
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com>wrote: > One little note - I did utilize these userboxes when inviting female > editors (or presumed female) to participate in my Women and Wikimedia > survey last year. > > -Sarah > > > On 9/24/12 4:09 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > > Yeah, I agree with John, those sorts of question becomes easier to answer > when there's more immediate information available (even if the information > isn't perfect or complete). > > In addition, I can imagine that exploring the category and looking at > user pages might inspire the formulation of more detailed questions. > > As an analogy, today I was reading a biography of political analyst Nate > Silver, famous for being the first to call the 2008 U.S. presidential > election. One of his earlier claims to fame, as a baseball statistician, > was extending the work of Bill James, a famous baseball statistician. He > looked for patterns in pitching performance that took into account physical > characteristics -- e.g., height and weight. > > I would guess that Silver's inspiration to start that project originated > with the greater accessibility of data in his era (the 2000s) than James' > era (the 1980s). > > In other words: if you remove obstacles, surprising things can happen. > > In one case, you can end up with a huge and fascinating encyclopedia. > Perhaps in another, you can end up with useful research about gender and > Wikipedia. > > Removing barriers isn't a measurable benefit in itself, but it can > support the emergence of things that are beneficial. > > -Pete > [[User:Peteforsyth]] > > On Sep 24, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Emily Monroe wrote: > > Well, I am a GED graduate on disability, if that helps. > > From, > Emily > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:01 PM, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:49 AM, Emily Monroe <emilymonro...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > So, what are the questions? >> >> Why do women start? Why do women quit? Is it different from reasons >> men quit? >> >> Is there a sector where outreach has a higher conversion rate into >> Wikipedian Women? >> >> Is there an age bracket where outreach has a higher conversion rate >> into Wikipedian Women? >> >> (e.g.) I suspect that our women typically come from glam & education, >> whereas our men typically come from IT & law. >> >> -- >> John Vandenberg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > Pete Forsyth > petefors...@gmail.com > 503-383-9454 mobile > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing > listGendergap@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Museumist and open culture advocate* > >>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com><< > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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