Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions, everyone. Maia
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Gendergap mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gendergap digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Random musings about a bot (Travis Briggs) > 2. Re: Random musings about a bot (WereSpielChequers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 19:29:28 -0800 > From: Travis Briggs <[email protected]> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Random musings about a bot > Message-ID: > <CAMPYpA4pd3mU-BRNDdWEpJ5dHhbaFCKu31y_eqkng= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I have contributed to py wikipedia bot, which could easily enable > functionality like this. > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot > > The user specifies an article or range of articles, the substitution to be > performed, and the bot prompts you with each instance in the text, > something like > > > "blah blah start an *unmanned* space mission to find out blah blah > blah... > > Replace this instance (y/n/cancel)? > > Anyways, I think anyone who would like to make such automated changes would > have to install and learn how to use PyWIkiBot (which I have done) and then > I think you need some bot authorization for a bot account on English > Wikipedia (which I have not done). > > Cheers, > -Travis > > On 24 February 2015 at 19:09, JJ Marr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You should ask down at the village pump, then if the response is > > favorable, start a BRFA. > > On Feb 24, 2015 10:04 PM, "Maia Weinstock" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> There have been numerous discussions among folks in the space > exploration > >> community that use of the word "manned" and "unmanned" in Wikipedia is > >> outdated and gender-biased. Unfortunately, going in and fixing all of > these > >> by hand would be rather labor-intensive... > >> > >> Someone recently created a browser plugin that replaces "manned" with > >> "crewed." (See https://twitter.com/mcnees/status/570409472818061312) It > >> would be such an awesome thing if a bot existed that updated these > >> instances for real on English Wikipedia. Anyone have ideas for making > this > >> happen, perhaps just limiting it to space exploration? I do see some > issues > >> with it being done wholesale for the whole site, as certain terms might > >> contain terminology that would create confusion if changed > automatically. > >> (For instance, "unmanned aerial vehicles," for better or for worse, is a > >> known term that I wouldn't advocate changing at this time.) > >> > >> Anyway, just thinking out loud... > >> > >> Maia (user:Girona7) > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gendergap mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > >> visit: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > [email protected] > > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > > visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/attachments/20150224/69d01a50/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 07:28:45 +0000 > From: WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Random musings about a bot > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > You also need to avoid making such a change in uRLs and quotations, or at > least quotations that were originally in English. > > Regards > > Jonathan > > > > On 25 Feb 2015, at 03:29, Travis Briggs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have contributed to py wikipedia bot, which could easily enable > functionality like this. > > > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot > > > > The user specifies an article or range of articles, the substitution to > be performed, and the bot prompts you with each instance in the text, > something like > > > > > "blah blah start an unmanned space mission to find out blah blah > blah... > > > Replace this instance (y/n/cancel)? > > > > Anyways, I think anyone who would like to make such automated changes > would have to install and learn how to use PyWIkiBot (which I have done) > and then I think you need some bot authorization for a bot account on > English Wikipedia (which I have not done). > > > > Cheers, > > -Travis > > > >> On 24 February 2015 at 19:09, JJ Marr <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You should ask down at the village pump, then if the response is > favorable, start a BRFA. > >> > >>> On Feb 24, 2015 10:04 PM, "Maia Weinstock" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> There have been numerous discussions among folks in the space > exploration community that use of the word "manned" and "unmanned" in > Wikipedia is outdated and gender-biased. Unfortunately, going in and fixing > all of these by hand would be rather labor-intensive... > >>> > >>> Someone recently created a browser plugin that replaces "manned" with > "crewed." (See https://twitter.com/mcnees/status/570409472818061312) It > would be such an awesome thing if a bot existed that updated these > instances for real on English Wikipedia. Anyone have ideas for making this > happen, perhaps just limiting it to space exploration? I do see some issues > with it being done wholesale for the whole site, as certain terms might > contain terminology that would create confusion if changed automatically. > (For instance, "unmanned aerial vehicles," for better or for worse, is a > known term that I wouldn't advocate changing at this time.) > >>> > >>> Anyway, just thinking out loud... > >>> > >>> Maia (user:Girona7) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Gendergap mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, > please visit: > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gendergap mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, > please visit: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > [email protected] > > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/attachments/20150226/62045d21/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > End of Gendergap Digest, Vol 49, Issue 19 > ***************************************** >
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