Re: [Gendergap] Violentacrez and civility

"One reason Violentacrez continued to occupy such a high-profile position on Reddit was of course his free speech rhetoric. But Violentacrez has >historically had a close relationship with Reddit's staff, a fact far less well-known than his controversial behavior." "For all his unpleasantne

Re: [Gendergap] Seeing diversity as well as reading about it ...

I doubled the Videos of Women category by adding a couple of videos I made a couple of years ago while making candles. Yay me! (If you have articles about candle making in your languages, make use of them. Only used in swedish article so far...) /axel Axel

Re: [Gendergap] Violentacrez and civility

Tom, you just made my day. An excellent reminder that as bad as things might be on our projects, they are partially just a reflection of the broader Internet culture (and a reflection of culture in general). Which means (a) it's not totally on us to fix it all, and (b) even as we try to fix it, th

[Gendergap] Violentacrez and civility

Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web https://gawker.com/5950981/ "One reason Violentacrez continued to occupy such a high-profile position on Reddit was of course his free speech rhetoric. But Violentacrez has historically had a close relationship with Reddit's staff

[Gendergap] [BLOG] Boston Wikipedia edit-a-thon for Ada Lovelace Day

http://adainitiative.org/2012/10/boston-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-for-ada-lovelace-day/ Boston Wikipedia edit-a-thon for Ada Lovelace Day By Valerie Aurora | Published: October 12, 2012 /This post is written by Maia Weinstock ./ It

[Gendergap] DevCamp in Bangalore: 9-11 November

Hi everyone! Just an FYI that there is a Developers Camp taking place in Banglore taking place November 9-11! The event is being mainly organized by WikiWoman Alolita Sharma[1], the Engineering Program Manager at WMF. I know she'd be delighted to see more women there :) Everyone is welcome,

Re: [Gendergap] OA week / Ada Lovelace edit-a-thons?

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:10 AM, phoebe ayers wrote: > Hi folks, > > Do we have a comprehensive list somewhere of all of the edit-a-thons > that are happening for Open Access week [22-26 Oct] and/or Ada > Lovelace day [16th Oct]? There's a lot going on! > > If there's not a list yet, maybe folks c

[Gendergap] Seeing diversity as well as reading about it ...

When we’ve focused on making article content more gender-inclusive here, we’ve usually considered only the text. But a recent edit of mine reminded me that that’s not the only place we can do this. A month or so ago, on a short train trip to a city near us, my son (at my suggestion) took a vide

Re: [Gendergap] [libraries] OA week / Ada Lovelace edit-a-thons?

Events that are part of Wikipedia Loves Libraries (which is inspired by OA Week) are listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Loves_Libraries#Planned_2012_library_events -- Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Music Division, The New York Public Lib

Re: [Gendergap] OA week / Ada Lovelace edit-a-thons?

Hi Phobe, Details regarding a few Ada Lovelace day events can be found on this page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Royal_Society Thanks! Netha On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:40 PM, phoebe ayers wrote: > Hi folks, > > Do we have a comprehensive list somewhe

[Gendergap] OA week / Ada Lovelace edit-a-thons?

Hi folks, Do we have a comprehensive list somewhere of all of the edit-a-thons that are happening for Open Access week [22-26 Oct] and/or Ada Lovelace day [16th Oct]? There's a lot going on! If there's not a list yet, maybe folks can just reply to the mailing list letting others know about their