Emily and Netha, thank you for working tirelessly to decrease the gender gap - congrats on the great article!
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 4:04 AM, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is nice, and includes a nice plug for the IEG grant process as well! > > 2014-04-01 19:28 GMT+02:00, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com>: > > Nice work Netha and Emily! > > > > -Sarah > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Netha Hussain > > <nethahuss...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > >> > >> Dear all, > >> > >> Here is a blog post interviewing Emily Temple-Wood, the co-founder of > >> Wikiproject: > >> Women > >> Scientists< > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists>. > >> Congratulations, Emily! > >> > >> > >> > http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/netha-hussain/countering-the-systemic-bias-on-wikipedia--an-interview-with-emily-temple-wood_b_5064947.html?just_reloaded=1 > >> > >> - Netha > >> > >> > >> Countering the Systemic Bias on Wikipedia : An Interview With Emily > >> Temple-Wood > >> Posted: 01/04/2014 > >> 14:28< > http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/netha-hussain/countering-the-systemic-bias-on-wikipedia--an-interview-with-emily-temple-wood_b_5064947.html?view=print&comm_ref=false > > > >> Follow > >> Wikipedia <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/wikipedia/>, United > >> States<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/united-states/> > >> , Editing <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/editing/>, Gender > >> Gaps<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/gender-gaps/> > >> , Interview <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/interview/>, Systemic > >> Bias <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/systemic-bias/>, > >> Woman<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/woman/> > >> , UK Tech News <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/uk-tech> > >> > >> *GET UK TECH NEWSLETTERS:* > >> SUBSCRIBE > >> > >> "I love to collect information, and I love that I get to share that > >> information with the world," says Emily Temple-Wood, a veteran editor on > >> English Wikipedia. Emily, who likes reading encyclopedias from > >> cover-to-cover, finds writing on Wikipedia a transition from being a > >> consumer to a creator of knowledge. > >> > >> Her first attempt at writing on Wikipedia was in 2005, when she was 10 > >> years old. She wrote a page about her little sister saying that she was > a > >> "stupid butthead", which got removed from Wikipedia instantly. As she > >> grew > >> older, she knew that she could do more productive things on Wikipedia. > >> > >> In 2007, when Emily Temple-Wood created an account on Wikipedia, she was > >> just 12 years old. She started off by categorizing and cleaning up > >> existing > >> wikipedia articles. Eventually, she found it and useful to contribute > >> knowledge to Wikipedia. Her first interest was endangered languages. She > >> created several articles related to endangered languages and became > >> dedicated to Wikipedia. > >> > >> Emily, now 19, has written over 200 articles on Wikipedia. Lately, she > >> has > >> been writing about rare genetic diseases, Islamic history and mythology. > >> Her pet project is Wikiproject: Women > >> scientists< > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists>, > >> an initiative to create and expand articles about women scientists. > >> "WikiProject Women Scientists is growing into a nice space for > >> contributing > >> to this less-covered area and we are gaining some active participants, > so > >> that is great! I'm so glad to be a part of something that is making a > >> real > >> difference on Wikipedia," she says. She is also an administrator on > >> Wikipedia, a trusted editor who has been granted the technical ability > to > >> perform special actions on English Wikipedia. > >> > >> [image: > >> 2014-03-31-800pxGLAM_Wiki_Boot_Camp_DC_2013__User_Keilana.JPG]< > http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-03-31-800pxGLAM_Wiki_Boot_Camp_DC_2013__User_Keilana.JPG > > > >> > >> Emily is an undergraduate student at the Loyola University in Chicago, > >> majoring in molecular biology with additional two minors : Arabic and > >> Islamic world studies. She aspires to go to graduate school and get an > >> MD/ > >> PhD in medicine to fulfil her dream of becoming research physician. She > >> has > >> basic knowledge of Arabic, Korean and French and wants to be a fluent > >> speaker of these three languages someday. She is undergoing training as > >> an > >> emergency medical technician along with her undergraduate studies. > >> Because > >> of the many real-life commitments, Emily is not being able to spend as > >> much > >> time for writing articles as she wants. > >> > >> "First of all, I schedule time to edit, either with workshops or with > >> friends. Editing with friends makes it a lot easier to make the time for > >> it. I also edit as I read. Like many of us, I use Wikipedia every day to > >> look up facts and whenever I see something that needs to be fixed, I do > >> it. > >> Treating my editing as a social endeavor has been really helpful and > >> definitely motivates me to contribute more, and I think that's my > message > >> to fellow women. Have fun together while editing - enjoy food and drink > >> and > >> socialize! Some people take Wikipedia too seriously and make it an > >> anti-social space a lot of the time, so you can counter that by enjoying > >> wiki-socialization in real life and being serious online.", says Emily > >> when > >> asked about how she manages her time to be able to do a variety of > >> real-life and online volunteering. > >> > >> She is also a Individual Engagement > >> Grantee<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> of > >> the Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>, > the > >> not-for-profit organization that hosts Wikipedia. In her role as a > >> grantee, > >> she is aiming to create a new model for bringing women into the > Wikimedia > >> movement and creating more content to fill the coverage gap with topics > >> related to women, especially biographies of women. She is trying to > >> change > >> the gender situation on English Wikipedia where only around 10-25 > percent > >> of all contributors are women. She is also looking forward to create a > >> best > >> practice kit for running workshops on systemic bias. Systemic bias is an > >> insidious problem on Wikipedia, where women, people of color, and > >> non-Western topics are severely underrepresented. She thinks that her > >> biggest contribution to the Wikipedia community has been helping to > bring > >> awareness about the systemic bias problem. She has attended three > >> international conferences, where she presented her learnings and > >> experiences in working with Wikipedia. She finds it exciting to get to > >> travel around the world and meet amazing Wikipedians from different > >> language communities. > >> > >> Emily thinks that "women's voices are so important in this [Wikipedia] > >> community and [women] need to speak up, especially because there are so > >> few > >> women participating in the movement". She asks women "to trust in their > >> own > >> competence and jump in, and don't take criticism too hard," to be a > >> successful writer on Wikipedia. You can view Emily's userpage on > >> Wikipedia > >> here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keilana>. > >> > >> *Copyright notes: Image by Fuzheado (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 > >> (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) > >> <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)>], via Wikimedia > Commons* > >> > >> > >> *Follow Netha Hussain on Twitter: www.twitter.com/nethahussain > >> <http://www.twitter.com/nethahussain>* > >> FOLLOW UK TECH > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Netha Hussain > >> Student of Medicine and Surgery > >> Govt. 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