On 30 August 2012 19:12, Sarah Stierch wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I wanted to share a few recent changes to the Gender Gap mailing list
> webpage:
>
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
>
> There you will see a new "About Gendergap" description. It includes a
> shorter descrip
WikiWoman Netha Hussain [[User:Netha Hussain]] [1] has written a great
call to action blog for Forbes!
Netha and Sue in Forbes in one week? Very epic..
http://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2012/08/22/ladies-lets-contribute-to-wikipedia/
There is also a shout out to this mailing list ;)
Great wo
Hi everyone!
I wanted to share a few recent changes to the Gender Gap mailing list
webpage:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
There you will see a new "About Gendergap" description. It includes a
shorter description of what the list goal is, a note about the new
moderat
My experience during over a decade of advocacy for women has been that
active moderation of online forums is both an absolute requirement for
creating a safe space for women and also incredibly hard on the people
doing the moderation itself. Thank you to everyone who does the hard
work to create p
Hi all,
Daria Cybulska (at WMUK) and I are working on organising an event for Ada
Lovelace Day (16th October, though ours may fall on the 19th) -
http://findingada.com/about/ - "...an international day celebrating the
achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths".
We're mod
Hi Thomas and Carol -
I'm glad to hear you too were able to come together offline and talk
about the situation and have a non-caffeinated drink together ;) via the
web, so to say.
We're happy to throw trouts around here when needed, and like Kevin and
I both said - if needed, we will moderat
Hey Carol (and the list!)
The escalation was equally my fault. And I also apologise for the incident,
and the things I said.
My "nice" comment, as I explained in private, was not intended to cause
upset - I was unaware of the connotations. In that light; I can see how my
reply could cause upset,
I hate to use physiological excuses, but...the reason I "lost control"
was I had a bad head cold - plus doing strong coffee on top. So
confused mental/emotional states on steroids dominated my writing...
I value Wikipedia as a place where I HAVE to be diplomatic, since I do
lose my temper lik
