Dear Risker and Marie, You both make very valuable points! Under the umbrealla of +Feminism ( www.plusfeminism.org), part of what were are trying to do is create an organizer's toolkit, with suggested organizing workflow and training materials, that other feminist, thematic edit-a-thons can use and remix. Thus, if someone wanted to start Politics+Feminism or Medicine+Feminism, the barrier to entry would be much lower. We would be very happy to have this happen.
All best wishes, Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + Michael Mandiberg ᐧ On Sat, Nov 7, 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: Call for Participation: 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia > Edit-a-thon (Risker) > 2. Request for advice about editathons (Pine W) > 3. Re: Request for advice about editathons (J Hayes) > 4. Re: Request for advice about editathons (Lennart Guldbrandsson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 17:25:48 -0500 > From: Risker <[email protected]> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Call for Participation: 2016 Art+Feminism > Wikipedia Edit-a-thon > Message-ID: > < > capxs8ytippenlkcorab5+ymlvgcoxx5h6bguputdxyca7jy...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Is that you I see volunteering to organize one, Marie? :-) > > I suspect that is the reason, to be honest - nobody specifically taking the > bull by the horns. It requires interest in the subject, and a willingness > and ability to organize the events. Economics is not a particularly > popular subject (comparatively speaking) in the Wikipedia world - the > entire topic area could use a lot of work, not just the aspects relating to > women or feminism - and like anything else, the smaller the number of > people participating in a topic area, the less likely there will be > individuals who take on the challenge of organizing collaborative events. > > As to Women in Politics, I think this is probably (at least for women in > Western countries) one of the better covered areas, simply because most of > our major language Wikipedias treat all politicians at what they consider > to be notable levels of government in pretty much the same way, using > essentially standardized formats. > > Risker/Anne > > On 6 November 2015 at 06:16, Marie Earley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > As much as I like to see an event like this happening, and the Women in > > Science event, I'm left wondering why there are no similar events for > Women > > in Politics or Economics + Feminism. > > > > Marie > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:47:08 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Gendergap] Call for Participation: 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia > > Edit-a-thon > > > > > > Dear Gender gap mailing list members, > > > > We are in the process of organizing the third annual international > > Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. The New York event will be held at > the > > Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at MoMA on > > Saturday, March 5, 2016. We are looking for support in the form of > > participants and suggestions. > > > > Last year, over 1500 participants at the Museum of Modern Art in New York > > and more than 75 node events around the world participated in > > Art+Feminism’s second annual Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, resulting in the > > creation of nearly 400 new pages and significant improvements to 500 > > articles on Wikipedia. *Together, we can double those numbers in 2016! * > > > > If you’re interested in hosting an edit-a-thon in your city over the > > weekend of March 4-6, 2016, please be in touch. There are funds available > > to help node events pay for childcare and refreshments. You can reach us > > at: [email protected]. > > > > If you want to help out in other ways, we are also gathering research > > materials for the March event: > > > > > > - Suggested Topics > > - Articles needing creation > > - Articles needing expansion and/or cleanup > > - Suggestions for online research materials on women and the arts > > - Any existing documentation you might be willing to share on > > Wikipedia editing or conflict resolution online > > - You can find more information about the project and upcoming events > > on our meet-up page: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism > > - Or on our website: http://art.plusfeminism.org > > > > > > I encourage you to forward this message on at your discretion. > > > > Thank you, and we look forward to hearing from you! > > > > All best, > > > > Siân Evans + Jacqueline Mabey + Michael Mandiberg > > > > -- > > > > Website <http://art.plusfeminism.org/> | Wikipedia > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism> | > Facebook > > <https://www.facebook.com/artandfeminism> | Mailing List > > < > http://tumblr.us9.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=ee76401e2efcdd499ae588b57&id=c589d77a01 > > > > | #artandfeminism > > ᐧ > > > > _______________________________________________ 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/20151106/bafe76e0/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 14:38:28 -0800 > From: Pine W <[email protected]> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <[email protected]>, Maria Cruz <[email protected]> > Cc: Raymond Leonard <[email protected]> > Subject: [Gendergap] Request for advice about editathons > Message-ID: > <CAF= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi GG mailing list and Maria from WMF Eval, > > Cascadia Wikimedians ran a series of editathons at the University of > Washington with themes like "Women and astronomy" and "Women and Health > Sciences". We did some communications through the University's Facebook > pages and mailing lists. While we had regular attendance from veteran > Wikipedians and from university librarians, we had very little attendance > from current students on campus who we had hoped would attend. > > I heard from a female undergraduate that there was buzz and interest on > campus in what we were doing, but few people took the next step of coming > to one of our events. > > Another comment I heard at Wikiconference USA is that university editathons > are most successful if there's a current undergraduate on campus who is > interested and recruits their friends. In the absence of that, the > university editathon model tends to have mediocre outcomes. > > Any suggestions about how to increase attendance if we decide to try this > again in the future? > > Thanks, > Pine > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/attachments/20151106/c04f164e/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 18:12:40 -0500 > From: J Hayes <[email protected]> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Request for advice about editathons > Message-ID: > < > can38rzlbrjbo6bmz8af5zx3jp42h-msvwhmg+qms+rdxziu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > i agree the trend is low undergraduate attendance if not part of grade > > some campus marketing (fliers, partnership with groups seems in order) > but we don't have a handle on it. > major divide between readers and editors seems hard to close. > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi GG mailing list and Maria from WMF Eval, > > > > Cascadia Wikimedians ran a series of editathons at the University of > > Washington with themes like "Women and astronomy" and "Women and Health > > Sciences". We did some communications through the University's Facebook > > pages and mailing lists. While we had regular attendance from veteran > > Wikipedians and from university librarians, we had very little attendance > > from current students on campus who we had hoped would attend. > > > > I heard from a female undergraduate that there was buzz and interest on > > campus in what we were doing, but few people took the next step of coming > > to one of our events. > > > > Another comment I heard at Wikiconference USA is that university > > editathons are most successful if there's a current undergraduate on > campus > > who is interested and recruits their friends. In the absence of that, the > > university editathon model tends to have mediocre outcomes. > > > > Any suggestions about how to increase attendance if we decide to try this > > again in the future? > > > > Thanks, > > Pine > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/20151106/cf419429/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 00:42:47 +0100 > From: Lennart Guldbrandsson <[email protected]> > To: Gendergap <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Request for advice about editathons > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Good question. In our experience from the weekly editathons in Gothenburg ( > https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Projekt_kvinnor/Kvinnliga_huvudpersoner_p%C3%A5_Wikipedia) > there are a few things we've learned: > > * even though people are interested, it may take a while before they > actually come. In a few cases, people thought about it for several months > before showing up. > * media reports are key to reaching newcomers and the reports need to be > positive, including reporting on results ("we've created this many > articles", etc) > * recruiting people with a large network is also a big plus. If you can > get that person enthusiastic about the editathons, he or she can be better > than any poster or article in the newspaper. > * the place needs to be easy to find, centrally located and feel > homey/welcoming. Signs pointing towards the editathon is a good idea > * make a welcoming project page (ours is a work in progress) > > But realistically, the bulk of the work is going to be done by the core > team, so make sure you have fun even if noone shows up. > > > Best wishes, > > Lennart Guldbrandsson > > 070 - 207 80 05 > http://www.elementx.se > Skriv som ett proffs - min senaste bok > Få regelbundna skrivtips direkt till din inkorg > > @aliasHannibal - på Twitter > > "Tänk dig en värld där varje människa på den här planeten får fri tillgång > till världens samlade kunskap. Det är vårt mål." > > > Jimmy Wales > > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 18:12:40 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Request for advice about editathons > > i agree the trend is low undergraduate attendance if not part of grade > some campus marketing (fliers, partnership with groups seems in order) but > we don't have a handle on it.major divide between readers and editors seems > hard to close. > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi GG mailing list and Maria from WMF Eval, > > Cascadia Wikimedians ran a series of editathons at the University of > Washington with themes like "Women and astronomy" and "Women and Health > Sciences". We did some communications through the University's Facebook > pages and mailing lists. While we had regular attendance from veteran > Wikipedians and from university librarians, we had very little attendance > from current students on campus who we had hoped would attend. > > I heard from a female undergraduate that there was buzz and interest on > campus in what we were doing, but few people took the next step of coming > to one of our events. > > Another comment I heard at Wikiconference USA is that university > editathons are most successful if there's a current undergraduate on campus > who is interested and recruits their friends. In the absence of that, the > university editathon model tends to have mediocre outcomes. > > Any suggestions about how to increase attendance if we decide to try this > again in the future? > > Thanks, > Pine > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/20151107/f32ba474/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > 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 58, Issue 4 > **************************************** > -- Website <http://art.plusfeminism.org/> | Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/artandfeminism> | Mailing List <http://tumblr.us9.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=ee76401e2efcdd499ae588b57&id=c589d77a01> | #artandfeminism
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