Thank you Christine for your tireless effort and work. Sarah On Jun 8, 2014 10:16 PM, "Christine Meyer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Yes, I'm responsible for the Angelou article. I must say, when I saw the > view counts in the Signpost, I was overwhelmed and honored that for my part > in bringing Dr. Angelou's bio article, as well as all seven of her > autobiographies, the list of her works, and articles about her poetry and > themes in her autobiographies, all to FA status. I also feel proud that > the English WP honored this great artist with high-quality articles when > the world most needed them. > > Like with the other article you mentioned, the Angelou articles all had > Adedewit's influence. Early in my WP editing career, way back in 2007, she > mentored me. She (along with User:Scartol) basically led me by the hand > through the article development process as we worked on [[I Know Why the > Caged Bird Sings]], Angelou's first autobiography. She taught me how to do > research, gather sources, write scholarly, and find appropriate images. I > remember going to her talk page at one point, and freaking out because I > felt overwhelmed by the fact that here I was, a middle-aged white woman > from the West Coast, trying to write about racism and childhood rape. She > was very calm with me and told me, "Well, you took this on and now you need > to finish it." Which eventually I did. We suffered a terrible loss this > year. > > I'm thankful for being exposed to the life and writings of Dr. Angelou, > something I wouldn't have done if it weren't for WP. Millions of people > looked at something that I basically wrote, and that's incredible to me. > It makes all the gender gap garbage we go through worth it. > > Christine/Figureskatingfan. > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Yana Welinder <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Risker, >> >> That is awesome! I was really pleased to see that too. Thanks to >> everyone who worked on the two articles! >> >> On a somewhat related note, I started a twitter account this week (as a >> minor side project) to tweet about notable women on their birthdays with >> their Wikipedia articles to raise awareness: >> https://twitter.com/sis_ninja. If anyone on this list have particular >> Wikipedia articles that you would like to be included, please shoot me an >> email. >> >> Best, >> Yana >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Looking at the Signpost today, I was really pleased and pleasantly >>> surprised to discover that the top two most-viewed articles this past week >>> were biographical articles about women. Not only that, they were both >>> featured articles, so our reading public got a really good, informative >>> article. >>> >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-06-04/Traffic_report >>> >>> A thank you to Christine for the Maya Angelou article, and to Sage Ross >>> (with support from Awadewit) for the Rachel Carson article. >>> >>> Risker/Anne >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > > -- > Christine > ____________________ > Christine W. Meyer > [email protected] > 208/310-1549 > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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