I want to add my kudos! Your work on Maya Angelou articles is nothing short of inspiring. Thank you!
-Emily On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Sydney Poore <[email protected]> wrote: > I truly appreciate your work on this and related articles. They stand out > as an example of the high quality of work that Wikipedians can produce. > > Warm regards, > Sydney > On Jun 9, 2014 1:16 AM, "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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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