Re: [Gendergap] Women reluctant to comment online - any relation to the WP gender gap?

2015-05-03 Thread Janine Starykowicz
Moderating is not easy. It is just as hard as blocking spam and hacking attacks, but far more resource intensive because it is almost impossible to automate. You need real people moderating full time. And unless they are anonymous, they take a lot of abuse. Janine Daniel and Elizabeth Case wro

Re: [Gendergap] Outcome of IdeaLab/Inspire campaign

2015-04-13 Thread Janine Starykowicz
Gmail hides your own posts from you, the rest of us see them. Janine LB wrote: Finally: Could someone please tell me if this posts? I don't seem to get things that I post to this list! ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To ma

Re: [Gendergap] Interesting new book on trolling

2015-04-01 Thread Janine Starykowicz
Amazon Smile is their charity program, a portion of your purchase will go to whichever charity you have selected. Not sure what happens if you don't have one selected. A better question might be why does a book about an internet topic not have an ebook version? Janine JJ Marr wrote: Is that

Re: [Gendergap] Google Group invite

2014-12-01 Thread Janine Starykowicz
Looks like they are going out in batches, mine just came through. Although when I checked, it said I couldn't view because I wasn't a member. Janine Alison Cassidy wrote: I didn't get one. Now, I feel cheated! :D -- Allie On Nov 30, 2014, at 11:07 PM, Leigh Honeywell mailto:le...@hypat

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

2014-08-02 Thread Janine Starykowicz
One of the sites I've found them on is more technical, but another is definitely not. The embedded version is very newbie friendly. Janine Pine W wrote: That sounds workable and hopefully friendly. Pine On Aug 2, 2014 7:51 PM, "Janine Starykowicz" mailto:jrst...@barntow

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

2014-08-02 Thread Janine Starykowicz
There are plenty of people using IRC, but many of them don't know it. There are chatroom/IRC hybrids, generally on forum sites. You embed the chat window in a web page, and anyone can join in. Those who want can use any IRC client to get to the same channel, but with more features. http://www.i

Re: [Gendergap] Adrienne Wadewitz featured in short piece about Gendergap on the English Wikipedia

2014-07-11 Thread Janine Starykowicz
Is there really a type of misogyny that stands alone from other nastiness? In my experience, those who make comments against women also do about other races, ethnics, sexual orientations, classes, etc. The problem with misogyny on Wikipedia is probably more that it is easier to know if another e

Re: [Gendergap] Addressing incivility (was: men on lists)

2014-07-07 Thread Janine Starykowicz
Risker wrote: I also have a real problem with the idea of anonymous reporting What issues do you have with anonymous reporting? On my forum I have reporting wide open to the world, no login/membership needed. Aside from spambots that can find any link, mostly what I've seen is more biased repo

Re: [Gendergap] Addressing incivility (was: men on lists)

2014-07-03 Thread Janine Starykowicz
Daniel and Elizabeth Case wrote: ​>A major problem with our dispute-resolution processes is that the person being harassed has >to endure more harassment to draw attention to the problem. This is, of course, hardly unique to Wikipedia or even online communities in general, I think. >I have l

Re: [Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix...

2011-03-08 Thread Janine Starykowicz
Is there any way to sync articles between Wikipedia and other wikis, especially those using MediaWiki? That would greatly expand the number and breadth of articles, not to mention reduce the inefficiency of duplication. Janine Andreas Kolbe wrote: > --- On Tue, 8/3/11, Fred Bauder wrote: >