Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Ratio in Wikipedia

2011-10-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe 
Well done indeed, Christine.
Andreas

--- On Wed, 5/10/11, Christine Meyer  wrote:

From: Christine Meyer 
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Ratio in Wikipedia
To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" 

Date: Wednesday, 5 October, 2011, 15:28

This is a great idea, and I've accepted the invitation to join this on 
Facebook.  Although I'm going to be rebellious and instead of working on the 
article about a woman in STEM, I'm going to continue to work on [[Maya 
Angelou]].  


I've been working on several of Dr. Angelou's articles for the past few years; 
most of them are either GAs or FAs, including her most important autobiography, 
[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]].  Her main bio page needs lots of work, so 
these days I've been doing some more research.  Five out of six of her 
autobiographies have been expanded, and they're at least GAs.  I've been pretty 
much alone in this endeavor, but it's been enjoyable and I've learned lots 
from, to borrow from one of Angelou's poems, "a phenomenal woman". 


Articles about autobiographies and their writers aren't well represented on WP, 
and I believe that she's the only African African author that has a FA.  Black 
writers, both male and female, of any genre, aren't well represented, either.  
So forgive me if my efforts don't technically fit the perimeters of the event.  
Or not--either way, I don't care, and as my mother would say, I'm gonna do what 
I want anyway. ;)


Christine
User: Figureskatingfan

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Amy Senger  wrote:

Hi Everyone - 
TechCocktail just ran a post about "Changing the Ratio" of female editors in 
Wikipedia: http://techcocktail.com/changing-the-ratio-wikipedia-2011-10



And it mentions the Facebook campaign I've started to change your profile pic 
on Ada Lovelace Day (this Friday, Oct 7) and to edit or contribute to the 
Wikpedia page of a woman in STEM. I hope you'll join 
me: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154261054664442



Best,Amy-- 


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Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Ratio in Wikipedia

2011-10-05 Thread Sarah Stierch 
Christine - the same goes for African American artists - and people in
general. I write a lot about artists - have you thought about playing around
with Dr. Angelou's work on Wikiquote?

-Sarah

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Christine Meyer
wrote:

> This is a great idea, and I've accepted the invitation to join this on
> Facebook.  Although I'm going to be rebellious and instead of working on the
> article about a woman in STEM, I'm going to continue to work on [[Maya
> Angelou]].
>
> I've been working on several of Dr. Angelou's articles for the past few
> years; most of them are either GAs or FAs, including her most important
> autobiography, [[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]].  Her main bio page needs
> lots of work, so these days I've been doing some more research.  Five out of
> six of her autobiographies have been expanded, and they're at least GAs.
> I've been pretty much alone in this endeavor, but it's been enjoyable and
> I've learned lots from, to borrow from one of Angelou's poems, "a phenomenal
> woman".
>
> Articles about autobiographies and their writers aren't well represented on
> WP, and I believe that she's the only African African author that has a FA.
> Black writers, both male and female, of any genre, aren't well represented,
> either.  So forgive me if my efforts don't technically fit the perimeters of
> the event.  Or not--either way, I don't care, and as my mother would say,
> I'm gonna do what I want anyway. ;)
>
> Christine
> User: Figureskatingfan
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Amy Senger  wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone -
>>
>> TechCocktail just ran a post about "Changing the Ratio" of female editors
>> in Wikipedia:
>> http://techcocktail.com/changing-the-ratio-wikipedia-2011-10
>>
>> And it mentions the Facebook campaign I've started to change your profile
>> pic on Ada Lovelace Day (this Friday, Oct 7) and to edit or contribute to
>> the Wikpedia page of a woman in STEM. I hope you'll join me:
>> https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154261054664442
>>
>> Best,
>> Amy
>> --
>> *
>> co-founder, 1X57
>> www.1x57.com 
>> M: 202.423.6609
>> T: @sengseng 
>>
>> *
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Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Ratio in Wikipedia

2011-10-05 Thread Christine Meyer 
This is a great idea, and I've accepted the invitation to join this on
Facebook.  Although I'm going to be rebellious and instead of working on the
article about a woman in STEM, I'm going to continue to work on [[Maya
Angelou]].

I've been working on several of Dr. Angelou's articles for the past few
years; most of them are either GAs or FAs, including her most important
autobiography, [[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]].  Her main bio page needs
lots of work, so these days I've been doing some more research.  Five out of
six of her autobiographies have been expanded, and they're at least GAs.
I've been pretty much alone in this endeavor, but it's been enjoyable and
I've learned lots from, to borrow from one of Angelou's poems, "a phenomenal
woman".

Articles about autobiographies and their writers aren't well represented on
WP, and I believe that she's the only African African author that has a FA.
Black writers, both male and female, of any genre, aren't well represented,
either.  So forgive me if my efforts don't technically fit the perimeters of
the event.  Or not--either way, I don't care, and as my mother would say,
I'm gonna do what I want anyway. ;)

Christine
User: Figureskatingfan

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:35 AM, Amy Senger  wrote:

> Hi Everyone -
>
> TechCocktail just ran a post about "Changing the Ratio" of female editors
> in Wikipedia: http://techcocktail.com/changing-the-ratio-wikipedia-2011-10
>
> And it mentions the Facebook campaign I've started to change your profile
> pic on Ada Lovelace Day (this Friday, Oct 7) and to edit or contribute to
> the Wikpedia page of a woman in STEM. I hope you'll join me:
> https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154261054664442
>
> Best,
> Amy
> --
> *
> co-founder, 1X57
> www.1x57.com 
> M: 202.423.6609
> T: @sengseng 
>
> *
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