Sydney, I agree completely. As a fellow female WIR, I'm happy to answer questions and am always encouraging women to take on these positions! :)
-Emily On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 7:54 AM, Sydney Poore <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the issues that faces anyone who tries to create Wikipedia articles > about women is that there is less details about their accomplishments in > reliable sources. This piece highlights the problem. > > > http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/30/colleen-mcculloch-well-celebrate-a-woman-for-anything-as-long-as-its-not-her-talent > > For this reason, it is great for us to form initiatives with outside > organizations who generate content so we can reinforce the importance of > creating material that covers women's accomplishments in a greater level of > detail. > > Our initiatives are a two way street. Working inside of GLAMs (Galleries, > libraries, archives, museums), universities, government agencies, not for > profit organizations of all types gives us an opportunity to talk about the > best way that an organizations can create material suitable for Wikipedia. > And we gain a better understanding of how their content can be shared with > the wikimedia movement. > > Wikipedian in Residence is one way for people to create initiatives with > outside organizations. Having women in these positions helps to decrease > biases. Some women are doing an awesome job in these positions now and in > the past. > > My experience working at Cochrane Collaboration as Wikipedian in Residence > is positive and I encourage women to apply for these position when they are > posted. > > Also, we can approach organizations that would be good partners for > creating content about women and organize initiatives with them. > > If there is a strong interest, maybe we could have a google hangout call > to talk about this in more detail. > > > Sydney Poore > User:FloNight > Wikipedian in Residence > at Cochrane Collaboration > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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