Kerry, Thanks for that effort and I totally agree. Dyed-in-the-wool Wikipedians quickly develop a blind eye for other ways of approaching the topic of an edit-a-thon and it is the fresh perspective of the attendees that keeps us up-to-date and challenges the workflows we currently keep in place. So whether or not those attendees go on to become Wikipedians, edit-a-thons remain a very productive tool for bringing Wikipedians together with their reading public in focused topic areas.
Jane On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I hope you will all be delighted to hear I have just pushed out > some of the first articles created as part of Australian Women of > Neuroscience 2014 > > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Australian_Women_of_Neuroscience_2014 > > > > I didn’t support the event personally so I am not quite sure why the > articles were still sitting user space months after the event, but the > organiser just asked me to help get them live so I did a bit of a clean-up > and moved them into the mainspace. I believe there are a lot more articles > but waiting for the organiser to point me at them. > > > > While these kind of edit-a-thons don’t seem to create ongoing editors, > they do at least create some content in under-represented areas: women > scientists in this case. > > > > Kerry > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Pine W > *Sent:* Thursday, 26 March 2015 2:24 PM > *To:* Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participationof women within Wikimedia projects. > *Subject:* [Gendergap] Some motivation (: > > > > Quoted from the publicly logged #wikimedia-office IRC channel, and > emailing with the consent of Emily: > > [17:14:19] <harej> Finnegan: or in emily's case, "there are not enough > articles on women scientists. this is an outrage to us." > > [17:15:19] <Finnegan> i am now enjoying a mental image of her delivering a > podium-pounding speech to rouse the feminists > > [17:15:52] <marktraceur> I want you to get up, walk to your windows, throw > them open, and yell "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M GOING TO WRITE ARTICLES ABOUT > WOMEN SCIENTISTS" > > [17:15:54] <ragesoss> DOWN WITH THE PATRIARCHY > > [17:16:46] <Finnegan> marktraceur: i think you honestly just summarized > her operating philosophy. If only everyone could channel their anger like > that..." > > I thought (and apparently other people do as well!) that Emily's approach > is quite motivational! (: > > > Pine > > > > This is an Encyclopedia <https://www.wikipedia.org/> > > > > > > > > > * One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of > our past, in which we must delve The well of our future, The clear water we > must leave untainted for those who come after us, The fertile earth, in > which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands, And the broad > fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not > know. —Catherine Munro * > > _______________________________________________ > 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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