Re: [Gendergap] Visible female faces for Wikim/pedia

2011-03-21 Thread Susan Spencer
I've seen Japanese text books which have happy, healthy, young male and female faces that are utilized to comment upon the text. More like Ash from Pokemon (not the Nurse, lol!) Why couldn't the personification of Wikipedia a pair of happy, healthy, young people, a male and a female? Always seen

Re: [Gendergap] Visible female faces for Wikim/pedia

2011-03-21 Thread Samuel Klein
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Susan Spencer susan.spen...@gmail.com wrote: I've seen Japanese text books which have happy, healthy, young male and female faces that are utilized to comment upon the text. More like Ash from Pokemon (not the Nurse, lol!) Why couldn't the personification of

[Gendergap] Wikipedia tshirt

2011-03-21 Thread Susan Spencer
Just a thought, not to dwell on it now, but I created a quick file of a tshirt. Good promotional tshirt, anyone? http://www.sew-brilliant.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Wikipedia-tshirt.png (Thanks to openclipart and Wikipedia for their artwork. Noncommercial use in this file!!) - Susan

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia tshirt

2011-03-21 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Susan, thanks for your effort. On Monday 21 Mar 2011 10:00:19 Susan Spencer wrote: Just a thought, not to dwell on it now, but I created a quick file of a tshirt. Good promotional tshirt, anyone? http://www.sew-brilliant.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Wikipedia-tshirt.pn g (Thanks to

Re: [Gendergap] Visible female faces for Wikim/pedia

2011-03-21 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Mon, 21/3/11, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: Why couldn't the personification of Wikipedia a pair of happy, healthy, young people, a male and a female? Always seen together, side by side? This is a lovely idea. Yes. I like the always seen together aspect. I wouldn't

[Gendergap] Webinar on editing for Wikipedia Women

2011-03-21 Thread Frances Kissling
Thought you'd all like o see this effort Women Write Wikipedia: A How-To Webinar Have you ever looked something up in the Wikipedia? Obviously, right? But: have you ever edited anything in the Wikipedia? Bet the answer is no, and that's a crying shame! Wikipedia, as you know, is quickly

Re: [Gendergap] Today's featured picture

2011-03-21 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
I am struck by how few voices of reason there are on this mailing list, and this post is a prime example of why those people have probably mostly thrown up their hands and left. If the suggestion that we put more hot guys on our main page was a joke, it was was not constructive; if it was

Re: [Gendergap] Webinar on editing for Wikipedia Women

2011-03-21 Thread Bishakha Datta
Like the approach and the way it's worded very much - am hoping we can do something similar in South Asia, so will share on India list. Also, I know that is not necessarily the intent, but without (or adapting) the last line in each paragraph, it's a nice outreach blurb which could be used for