I very much agree, Emily. I wonder if this time, perhaps all the (wonderful and timely) media coverage of Emily Temple Wood's efforts to create new articles may have influenced organizers and/or participants? Perhaps it created a bit of a consensus, conscious or unconscious, that *creating new articles* was the main desired result.
If so, this might be a bit of a one-time anomaly, may not indicate a need for major changes. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Emily Monroe <[email protected]> wrote: > In general, creating articles are very difficult. The learning curve is > steep, and it may be best to have people expand/improve articles instead of > creating them. > > From, > Emily > On Mar 12, 2016 11:48 AM, "Ryan Kaldari" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I find it disappointing that so many of the Art and Feminism editathons >> end up focusing almost exclusively on creating new articles for artists at >> the hosting institution. Not only does this lead to a high percentage of >> the articles being deleted, but it's a waste of a huge opportunity to >> create and expand articles about artists and artworks with unquestionable >> notability and high encyclopedic value. >> >> I have no doubt that many of the Art and Feminism articles that are >> nominated for deletion are nominated due to gender bias (as some of them >> seem rather trivial to find sources for and improve), but many of them are >> also legitimately on the notability borderline. At all of the Art and >> Feminism editathons that I've volunteered at, I've discouraged people from >> creating articles about people they knew personally, and encouraged them to >> use the lists at >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks >> instead. If you are helping to run an Art and Feminism editathon, I would >> also suggest doing this, as it provides more value for Wikipedia and leads >> to fewer deletions. I would also like to encourage everyone to edit the >> lists at >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks and >> help keep them full of good suggestions. Editathons are a great tool for >> addressing the gendergap, and I would hate for them to get a reputation for >> just being self-promotional events. >> >> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Carol Moore dc < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Someone should write a letter to the editor of the those 5 or 6 >>> publications that came in my google alerts on the topic of the edit a thon. >>> (Search news google to find them.) And of course deal with the few >>> legtimate complaints and the trolls with nonsense complaints. >>> >>> >>> On 3/12/2016 10:17 AM, Neotarf wrote: >>> >>>> All the articles created at Regina ArtAndFeminism event have been >>>> tagged. Ten of them have been submitted for deletion. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Regina/ArtAndFeminism_2016/University_of_Regina >>>> >>>> For example, see comments here: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Risa_Horowitz >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Gendergap mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>> >>>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >
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