Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Womanthology would like to run something on Wikipedia's efforts to fix the gender gap in our editing and coverage

[Lucy Crompton-Reid]

Thanks Jonathan, Roger and David (and anyone else who has responded on
this, apologies if I've forgotten you!) Womanthology have been in touch
with the office again today and I am going to be responding to some of
their questions from an organisational perspective - however I'm sure input
from volunteers and/or residents (of either gender!) would be very welcome
:) All best, Lucy

On 12 March 2018 at 11:56, WereSpielChequers 
wrote:

> I was one of the helpers at Alice's women in red event at Imperial last
> week. I'll drop her a note. I'm sure she and I suspect the lady from
> Imperial would be happy to talk to Womanthology.
>
> Regards
>
> WereSpielChequers
>
>
> On 11 Mar 2018, at 14:49, Richard Nevell 
> wrote:
>
> I think this would be a good opportunity for one of Wikimedia UK's female
> volunteers to talk about their work.
>
> On 11 Mar 2018 13:00, "Roger Bamkin"  wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> I started Women in Red which moved the needle from 14% to 17.49%. She can
> see the twitter page at #wikiwomeninred and there is a women in red
> Wikipedia page. We can also talk about the work we hsave done with United
> Nations, Unesco, cambridge uni, wikimedia uk, ng, fr, ca, etc and the BBC.
>
> Happy for you to give her my details.
>
> regards
>
> Roger
>
> On 11 March 2018 at 12:40, David Gerard  wrote:
>
>> Got a call on Friday from Fiona Tatton from Womanthology. She was
>> interested in talking to someone who's worked on improving
>> representation of women in Wikipedia, and editing Wikipedia.
>>
>> Coverage is basically talking to individuals about what they do.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure this'll be a positive for our work ...
>>
>> Best method: look at the site, if you'd like to be there then go to
>> the contact form.
>>
>> (She left a phone message with Lucy, but I said I'd forward something
>> here too.)
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
>>
>> 
>> Great speaking to you just now. Thank you for your time.  As
>> discussed, I work on Womanthology, a digital magazine that champions
>> positive female role models and challenges the stereotypes of what it
>> means to be a ‘successful’ woman today. Please have a look:
>>
>> www.womanthology.co.uk
>>
>> I’m working on a Women of History issue - I’m interested in
>> representation of historical female figures and the way editathons are
>> being used to highlight the achievements of women who have been
>> previously overlooked.
>> 
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Womanthology would like to run something on Wikipedia's efforts to fix the gender gap in our editing and coverage

[Roger Bamkin]

Really? I think you haven't thought this through Richard - (although as a
bloke you could be wrong :-) ).

Women in Red was started because some felt that the lack of gender equality
in Wiki was a problem caused by the low number of female editors. It was
thought that we should encourage women to be editors because then they
could address the gender disparity problem with articles. That didn't work,
(as the WMF admit).

I'm pleased to say that we overcame this. Women in Red is roughly 50% of
two of the genders. The monthly editathon in Edinburgh is led by a bloke.
The three international editathons are led by a bloke. (Surely Womanthoogy
can operate positive discrimination without our encouragement to only
choose a woman editor.) It could be that some women editors want to edit
stuff about tanks or fashion. My worry is that if we return to the idea
that this is a woman's problem then we cut the active editors by at least
half. Equality is our problem. 14% has become 17.5% in 2.5 years. That has
been achieved by editors, not women.

Oh, and well done, WSF. I would suggest HistorianAlice or Jess if we insist
that this is a woman's problem.

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On 11 March 2018 at 14:49, Richard Nevell 
wrote:

> I think this would be a good opportunity for one of Wikimedia UK's female
> volunteers to talk about their work.
>
> On 11 Mar 2018 13:00, "Roger Bamkin"  wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> I started Women in Red which moved the needle from 14% to 17.49%. She can
> see the twitter page at #wikiwomeninred and there is a women in red
> Wikipedia page. We can also talk about the work we hsave done with United
> Nations, Unesco, cambridge uni, wikimedia uk, ng, fr, ca, etc and the BBC.
>
> Happy for you to give her my details.
>
> regards
>
> Roger
>
> On 11 March 2018 at 12:40, David Gerard  wrote:
>
>> Got a call on Friday from Fiona Tatton from Womanthology. She was
>> interested in talking to someone who's worked on improving
>> representation of women in Wikipedia, and editing Wikipedia.
>>
>> Coverage is basically talking to individuals about what they do.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure this'll be a positive for our work ...
>>
>> Best method: look at the site, if you'd like to be there then go to
>> the contact form.
>>
>> (She left a phone message with Lucy, but I said I'd forward something
>> here too.)
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
>>
>> 
>> Great speaking to you just now. Thank you for your time.  As
>> discussed, I work on Womanthology, a digital magazine that champions
>> positive female role models and challenges the stereotypes of what it
>> means to be a ‘successful’ woman today. Please have a look:
>>
>> www.womanthology.co.uk
>>
>> I’m working on a Women of History issue - I’m interested in
>> representation of historical female figures and the way editathons are
>> being used to highlight the achievements of women who have been
>> previously overlooked.
>> 
>>
>> ___
>> Wikimedia UK mailing list
>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l
>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Womanthology would like to run something on Wikipedia's efforts to fix the gender gap in our editing and coverage

[WereSpielChequers]

I was one of the helpers at Alice's women in red event at Imperial last
week. I'll drop her a note. I'm sure she and I suspect the lady from
Imperial would be happy to talk to Womanthology.

Regards

WereSpielChequers


On 11 Mar 2018, at 14:49, Richard Nevell 
wrote:

I think this would be a good opportunity for one of Wikimedia UK's female
volunteers to talk about their work.

On 11 Mar 2018 13:00, "Roger Bamkin"  wrote:

Hi David,

I started Women in Red which moved the needle from 14% to 17.49%. She can
see the twitter page at #wikiwomeninred and there is a women in red
Wikipedia page. We can also talk about the work we hsave done with United
Nations, Unesco, cambridge uni, wikimedia uk, ng, fr, ca, etc and the BBC.

Happy for you to give her my details.

regards

Roger

On 11 March 2018 at 12:40, David Gerard  wrote:

> Got a call on Friday from Fiona Tatton from Womanthology. She was
> interested in talking to someone who's worked on improving
> representation of women in Wikipedia, and editing Wikipedia.
>
> Coverage is basically talking to individuals about what they do.
>
> I'm pretty sure this'll be a positive for our work ...
>
> Best method: look at the site, if you'd like to be there then go to
> the contact form.
>
> (She left a phone message with Lucy, but I said I'd forward something here
> too.)
>
>
> - d.
>
>
> 
> Great speaking to you just now. Thank you for your time.  As
> discussed, I work on Womanthology, a digital magazine that champions
> positive female role models and challenges the stereotypes of what it
> means to be a ‘successful’ woman today. Please have a look:
>
> www.womanthology.co.uk
>
> I’m working on a Women of History issue - I’m interested in
> representation of historical female figures and the way editathons are
> being used to highlight the achievements of women who have been
> previously overlooked.
> 
>
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Womanthology would like to run something on Wikipedia's efforts to fix the gender gap in our editing and coverage

[Roger Bamkin]

Hi David,

I started Women in Red which moved the needle from 14% to 17.49%. She can
see the twitter page at #wikiwomeninred and there is a women in red
Wikipedia page. We can also talk about the work we hsave done with United
Nations, Unesco, cambridge uni, wikimedia uk, ng, fr, ca, etc and the BBC.

Happy for you to give her my details.

regards

Roger

On 11 March 2018 at 12:40, David Gerard  wrote:

> Got a call on Friday from Fiona Tatton from Womanthology. She was
> interested in talking to someone who's worked on improving
> representation of women in Wikipedia, and editing Wikipedia.
>
> Coverage is basically talking to individuals about what they do.
>
> I'm pretty sure this'll be a positive for our work ...
>
> Best method: look at the site, if you'd like to be there then go to
> the contact form.
>
> (She left a phone message with Lucy, but I said I'd forward something here
> too.)
>
>
> - d.
>
>
> 
> Great speaking to you just now. Thank you for your time.  As
> discussed, I work on Womanthology, a digital magazine that champions
> positive female role models and challenges the stereotypes of what it
> means to be a ‘successful’ woman today. Please have a look:
>
> www.womanthology.co.uk
>
> I’m working on a Women of History issue - I’m interested in
> representation of historical female figures and the way editathons are
> being used to highlight the achievements of women who have been
> previously overlooked.
> 
>
> ___
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> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org
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> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk




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[Wikimediauk-l] Womanthology would like to run something on Wikipedia's efforts to fix the gender gap in our editing and coverage

[David Gerard]

Got a call on Friday from Fiona Tatton from Womanthology. She was
interested in talking to someone who's worked on improving
representation of women in Wikipedia, and editing Wikipedia.

Coverage is basically talking to individuals about what they do.

I'm pretty sure this'll be a positive for our work ...

Best method: look at the site, if you'd like to be there then go to
the contact form.

(She left a phone message with Lucy, but I said I'd forward something here too.)


- d.



Great speaking to you just now. Thank you for your time.  As
discussed, I work on Womanthology, a digital magazine that champions
positive female role models and challenges the stereotypes of what it
means to be a ‘successful’ woman today. Please have a look:

www.womanthology.co.uk

I’m working on a Women of History issue - I’m interested in
representation of historical female figures and the way editathons are
being used to highlight the achievements of women who have been
previously overlooked.


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