Thanks so much for sharing Risker! On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote:
> An inspiring report; thank you. +Sam > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just thought I would pop a note here to let people on the list that I was >> quite impressed with the Art+Feminism get-together held yesterday (March 8) >> here in Toronto, at the Art Gallery of Ontario. >> >> As you can see by the page,[1] there were over 70 people in attendance >> (about 75% of whom were women). The quality of the resources was >> excellent, and the AGO staff and volunteers were extremely helplful in >> locating those resources and bringing them to the editors to build the >> articles. I attended primarily as an editor myself, but there was a >> special thrill in helping a first-time editor tidy up a few things on the >> page in her sandbox and then showing her how to move the article to >> mainspace. >> >> I was also really impressed with the ability of the attendees to quickly >> grasp the Wikipedia concept, linking to references, following formatting >> suggestions, and "speaking" in our patented Wikipedia voice. I was also >> fascinated to see how so many of the editors were able to reflect the >> feminist attributes of their article subjects in so many cases (e.g., >> "first woman to...",). I came away with the impression that many had >> actually caught the "editing bug", and I have some hope that there will be >> some editor retention out of this one. >> >> Much to my surprise, I realised that this was the largest Wiki*edia event >> I had attended outside of Wikimania. It bodes well for both the Canadian >> editing community, and for the narrowing of the gender gap. >> >> Risker/Anne >> >> >> [1] >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Toronto/ArtAndFeminism_2015 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
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