Ha ha, that's a great idea. Group Halloween costume anyone? :)
-Sar On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: > Solution. Get some women to put on bodysuits and bathing caps and > photograph them holding up a large WP logo. Fix the details in Photoshop as > required. Put the image on Commons, ask WP women to put it on their User > page, share it with friends on social media, etc. Ensure this photo is more > widely available than that of the actual statue. > > > > Kerry > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* gendergap-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: > gendergap-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Sarah Stierch > *Sent:* Saturday, 11 October 2014 5:00 AM > *To:* Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participationof women within Wikimedia projects. > *Subject:* Re: [Gendergap] Update: Re: Polish Wikipedia Monument shows > only men > > > > According to Polish women participants on the WikiWomen's Collaborative > Facebook, this has been a source of frustration and has been discussed by > the Polish community. Originally, there were going to be to female and two > male figures, but, that was..scrapped for whatever reason. > > > > We've had a lot of lively discussion on it via Facebook! > > > > https://www.facebook.com/WikiWomensCollaborative > > > > -Sarah > > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Carol Moore dc <carolmoor...@verizon.net> > wrote: > > I thought it was going up a year from now, but it's this October, so a bit > late. But hopefully they have or ''will have'' a plaque mentioning women > editors. Actually, it's probably best that Polish Wikipedia women editors > approach whom so ever. > > But for the heck of it, I found the Polish article on the statue and asked > the question on the talk page, using my best Google Translate polish. :-) > > [https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja:Pomnik_Wikipedii > > I see there is a Polish Gender gap project but don't have energy right now > to see what their input was, > https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiprojekt:Gender_Studies > > Better late than never noticed a Polish Gender studies group so left > message there too. > > https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskusja_wikiprojektu:Gender_Studies#Pomnik_Wikipedii.3F > > CM > > > On 10/10/2014 2:04 PM, Carol Moore dc wrote: > > > http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/10/09/polish-town-to-have-monument-honoring-wikipedia/?intcmp=obmod_ffo&intcmp=obnetwork > "Polish town to have monument honoring Wikipedia" > > The lack of anatomical precision did confuse me a bit as to whether male > or female. Others pointed out narrow hips and broad shoulders indicated > male. But this is Catholic Poland. Not Dutch Amsterdam or Venice Italy. > So of course they aren't going to show the explicit sexual details. > > * Perhaps the Wikipedia Powers that Be could write a nice letter > explaining how they should have at least one woman in there? That would be > really great!* > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > Sarah Stierch > > ----- > > Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. > > www.sarahstierch.com > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- Sarah Stierch ----- Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. www.sarahstierch.com
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