Thanks! I was told we are using some tools internally to track specific edit-a-thon outcomes - is this what you mean? We want to track more than just edit-a-thon outcomes though
On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson < l_guldbrands...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Very cool! Good luck to you. Just a quick response to the first question: > > I definitely think it's doable to get 5 editors to stay on for 5 months. > The evaluation team should be able to help you with tools and guides to > measure this. > > My advice is to use the person-to-person method. That is, you invite a few > female friends. Some will find it interesting. Make sure that it's a > friendly space they come to. And some will come back. If you're a few > regular people doing this, 5 should be on the low side for the Netherlands. > We have about done it in Sweden without much effort, and with a little > effort we could make it 10 (it's just been a busy time for me and a few > others in the regular group). > > > > > Best wishes, > > Lennart Guldbrandsson > > 070 - 207 80 05 > http://www.*elementx*.se <http://www.elementx.se> > *Skriv som ett proffs <http://www.elementx.se/skriv-som-ett-proffs/>* - > min senaste bok > Få regelbundna skrivtips direkt till din inkorg > <http://elementx.us7.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=ab2080465c6cd11b5b253f940&id=8a2b974a62> > > @aliasHannibal <http://twitter.com/AliasHannibal> - på Twitter > > "*Tänk dig en värld där varje människa på den här planeten får fri > tillgång till **världens samlade kunskap* > <http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Huvudsida>*. Det är vårt mål.*" > Jimmy Wales > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2015 13:43:58 +0100 > From: jane...@gmail.com > To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Regular editathons in Sweden about women and > literature > > Hi Lennart and others, > We had a short meeting yesterday in Utrecht to discuss the Gendergap and > also our plans for the upcoming Art & Feminism weekend of 7 & 8 March. > Wikimedia Netherlands will co-host an edit-a-thon at the Amsterdam > Stedelijk Museum and we also plan to host an international writing > challenge lasting the entire weekend, directed at experienced "challenge > writers". Since WMNL has also set aside some funding for Gendergap this > year, we were also talking about other plans. One thing that we decided to > do is to set aside one "Wiki-Saturday" per month for the Gendergap in all > of its Wiki(p/m)edia aspects, but with the emphasis on the social side of > things as an in-person meetup. We will be announcing the "Saturday meetups" > in the Stedelijk venue. > > Based on our meeting, I have done some searching around and have the > following questions: > 1) I was wondering if anyone had any measurable outcomes for such an > investment of time and funds? We tentatively had a year-target of > attracting 5 new women editors that remain active for at least 5 months. I > have doubts whether this is measurable or even realistic. > Thoughts anyone? > 2) I noticed that though we seem to have lots of women artists on > Wikipedia, we are still missing articles about their artworks or list > articles of their artworks. In a category on the English Wikipedia for > "Lists of works of art" I noted an odd mish-mash of lists which include > lists of works by 66 men and only 4 women (I just created the list for > Judith Leyster and hope to make list articles for two more Dutch women > artists before March). Would anyone here be interested in building a list > of their favorite female artist? This will be a nice-to-have for 7&8 March > writers browsing for something to write about, as most museums have works > by women in the collections, but they are just not on show. If a work is in > one of the national museums it is encyclopedic enough to write about. > > Thanks in advance! > Jane > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson < > l_guldbrands...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > My draft is now up at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Regular_editathons_in_Sweden_about_women_and_literature > > Anyone who wants to help with grammar and other language stuff (English is > my second language after all), feel free. Your help is appreciated. > > > Best wishes, > > Lennart Guldbrandsson > > 070 - 207 80 05 > http://www.elementx.se - arbete > Skriv som ett proffs <http://www.elementx.se/skriv-som-ett-proffs/> - min > senaste bok > http://www.mrchapel.wordpress.com - personlig blogg > Presentation <http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anv%c3%83%c2%a4ndare:Hannibal> > @aliasHannibal <http://twitter.com/AliasHannibal> - på Twitter > > "*Tänk dig en värld där varje människa på den här planeten får fri > tillgång till **världens samlade kunskap* > <http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Huvudsida>*. Det är vårt mål.*" > Jimmy Wales > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 08:17:27 -0800 > From: rosiestep.w...@gmail.com > To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Regular editathons in Sweden about women and > literature > > Big smile on my face... I love the idea of regular editathons. I've never > been to a knitting/quilting circle but I imagine a group of women editing > Wikipedia would have a similar look and feel. Piggy-backing on the WMDC > "salons" might be a way forward as facilitating an "editathon" requires > quite a bit of the facilitator, while a regularly scheduled editing-circle > or editing-salon wouldn't require a facilitator at all. I think that would > be easier to sustain and replicate. > > -Rosie > user:Rosiestep > > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, > including unsubscribing, please visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, > including unsubscribing, please visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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