[Gendergap] Re: #MEMORY (WAS: Re: List update)

2021-05-15 Thread Risker
urage anyone who would like to leave a message of condolence to do so there. Risker/Anne On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 05:21, Željko Blaće wrote: > Hey Folx - > I am new to the list and relatively new to organizing in this spectrum and > context. My work is mainly in bringing queer, but also fe

Re: [Gendergap] more women's voices

2017-10-30 Thread Risker
Noting that the discussion has now closed with the video being removed. Risker/Anne On 29 October 2017 at 14:50, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > It would be nice to have some women weighing on this debate: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Abortion#RfC_reg

[Gendergap] Oclc Wikipedia + Libraries project - Webjunction program

2017-08-14 Thread Risker
I had the opportunity to meet Monika at Wikimania, and poked just a little bit at this project. It looks really interesting! Thanks Monika for telling us about it. Risker/Anne On 9 August 2017 at 10:56, Monika Sengul-Jones <jones.mon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all - > > I'm M

Re: [Gendergap] FYI - GGTF case appeal

2017-08-07 Thread Risker
is...well, factless, until you can show us some facts. Risker/Anne [1] List of people who have current and valid confidentiality agreements: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_to_nonpublic_information_policy/Noticeboard On 7 August 2017 at 14:11, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> wrote: > So

Re: [Gendergap] FYI - GGTF case appeal

2017-08-07 Thread Risker
on the ability to fight such harassment, especially when they seem so absurd. Simply put, it's factless allegation, or what certain sectors of the American public have come to term "fake news". Please retract your statement. Risker/Anne On 7 August 2017 at 08:21, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com

Re: [Gendergap] Infobox - help needed

2017-07-19 Thread Risker
escription in the Wikipedia article to which the term is currently linked in the "affiliation" parameter. Risker/Anne On 19 July 2017 at 19:34, Marie Earley <eir...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Can someone look at this for me? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Women%27s_Eq

Re: [Gendergap] Wiktionary *desperately* needs more gender-aware editors

2017-05-27 Thread Risker
start reciprocating. Risker/Anne [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=so=revision=42599094=42598962 On 26 April 2017 at 13:27, Jessy D. King <jessy.d.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to this list, this is my first post. > > If Wikipedia is a boy's club, Wi

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program

2017-03-16 Thread Risker
This may be of interest to some members of this list. Risker/Anne -- Forwarded message -- From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> Date: 17 March 2017 at 01:06 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing the Hardware donation program To: Wikimedia Mailing List <

Re: [Gendergap] Craigslist founder donates $500K to curb Wikipedia trolls - Email filters?

2017-02-12 Thread Risker
On 12 February 2017 at 17:22, Jonathan Cardy <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Risker, > > Clearly not everyone would opt into it if there was an option to do so. Do > you object to the idea of developing an option to opt in to email filtering? > &

Re: [Gendergap] Craigslist founder donates $500K to curb Wikipedia trolls - Email filters?

2017-02-12 Thread Risker
y the list owners themselves already, but the contents are usually far more confidential than would be appropriate for a moderator without the same level of access as the list itself. I do like the idea of being able to block emails from certain accounts or to only accept them from certain accounts

Re: [Gendergap] U.S. government website for International Women of Courage Award is down

2017-02-01 Thread Risker
. They are, however, required, to archive all pages, so they should be somewhere - not necessarily easy to find, but somewhere within the US government sites. Risker/Anne (Who lives in Canada, which does not have the same applicable legislation as exists in the US to require the federal government to retain

Re: [Gendergap] Good news from EN Wikipedia

2017-01-11 Thread Risker
of saying that, at least up until 2008, it was generally assumed that all RFA candidates were male unless they had disclosed otherwise. Risker/Anne ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] They want to delete First Ladies now?

2017-01-06 Thread Risker
60%. Sometimes the reason was absurd, but more often it was a justified concern (e.g., absence of reliable sources for key facts or notability) that was just not addressed. Only a very small percentage (under 5% as I recall) had the PROD tag removed and then someone took the article to AfD. Risker

Re: [Gendergap] Study: men who receive harassment training “significantly less likely” to recognize harassment

2016-05-04 Thread Risker
ot closely associated with behavioural change. It's only a step above "create a policy". What works is regular reinforcement when behaviour lapses, and empowerment of people to reinforce the desired behaviour. Risker/Anne On 3 May 2016 at 15:04, WereSpielChequers <werespielch

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-24 Thread Risker
. Risker On 24 February 2016 at 22:20, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > What I don't understand is if administrators like Risker and Mike Peel are > so concerned about civility on Wikipedia that they object to Keliana's > swearing, why aren't they the people that are mak

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-24 Thread Risker
been written by roughly 95% of the active editorship. I'm relatively certain if I'd written exactly the same piece, they would have published it - but if you did, Slowking, it would not have seen the light of day. Risker/Anne On 24 February 2016 at 13:59, J Hayes <slowki...@gmail.com>

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-24 Thread Risker
it would have been published if written by any male editor, though Rob could tell us otherwise - but even if they did publish it, the reaction would have been infinitely more severe if not for the name of the author. Risker/Anne ___ Gendergap mailing list

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-22 Thread Risker
On 22 February 2016 at 13:06, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Risker, if your high school student are that benign, perhaps I will move > to Canada. > > :-) Even though it's a big urban centre that takes the word "multicultural" to a whole new level,

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-22 Thread Risker
place to work. Keilana's actions have encouraged people to make it less so. Risker/Anne On 22 February 2016 at 12:46, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Risker, the double standard is that several individuals dropped f-bombs > on the page, but only the woman got tsked. Talk page

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-21 Thread Risker
that people who used to be in the "let's make this a more pleasant and positive place to do our work" have gone over to the other side. Risker On 21 February 2016 at 19:38, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> wrote: > Risker, I want to be clear: > > It's not that I

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-21 Thread Risker
I dunno, Ryan. The last time someone called me a badass, it was very definitely meant as an insult cloaked as a compliment. I would not subject any article subject to such an adjective. RIsker/Anne On 21 February 2016 at 19:12, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Sun, Feb

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-21 Thread Risker
uot; is a good thing. Risker On 21 February 2016 at 18:19, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >"Badass" isn't a compliment. > > And "cunt" is a friendly term of camaraderie in British English. > Apparently I just don't have a good command of the

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-21 Thread Risker
Is it a double standard? If that page hadn't been written by Keilana, would it have been published as is? Perhaps you're right, it *is* a double standard. Just not quite the one some think it would be. Risker/Anne On 21 February 2016 at 08:31, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> wrote: > Op

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Another goodbye

2016-02-12 Thread Risker
Sharing with this list. Risker -- Forwarded message -- From: Siko Bouterse <sboute...@wikimedia.org> Date: 11 February 2016 at 20:24 Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Another goodbye To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> Dear friends and colleague

Re: [Gendergap] Latest WMF brouhahas relevant to gender gap??

2016-01-26 Thread Risker
While I believe that the issues raised in the changes in the Board of Trustees are important and worthy of attention for many reasons, it does not appear to me that there are issues specific to (or particularly relevant to) the gender gap, except in a very, very peripheral way. Risker/Anne On 26

Re: [Gendergap] [LGBT] Arbcom election

2015-11-24 Thread Risker
:-) I am beginning to wonder if being a straight, cis, monogamous married woman puts me into a microscopic minority on Wikimedia projects. :-) Risker On 24 November 2015 at 13:16, Keilana <keilanaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Fae, > > Opabinia regalis and I both ident

Re: [Gendergap] Call for Participation: 2016 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

2015-11-06 Thread Risker
in pretty much the same way, using essentially standardized formats. Risker/Anne On 6 November 2015 at 06:16, Marie Earley <eir...@hotmail.com> wrote: > As much as I like to see an event like this happening, and the Women in > Science event, I'm left wondering why there are no si

Re: [Gendergap] Atlantic article..."How Wikipedia is Hostile to Women"

2015-10-22 Thread Risker
ey don't belong...like Commons and Wikipedia. Joe Jobs can sometimes have more than one target. Risker/Anne On 22 October 2015 at 12:37, Sarah (SV) <slimvir...@gmail.com> wrote: > WSC, the evidence as to who posted the porn images was, I would say, > conclusive. We nevertheless ended up with

Re: [Gendergap] Atlantic article..."How Wikipedia is Hostile toWomen"

2015-10-22 Thread Risker
such activities is more likely to result in those individuals leaving the project entirely rather than making great decisions (other than the obvious "this is stupid, ban them all so I can get back to my categorization"). In fact, I suspect that a jury system made up of conscripted jurors wou

Re: [Gendergap] Atlantic article..."How Wikipedia is Hostile toWomen"

2015-10-22 Thread Risker
egular classes on Skype for any Wikipedian who wants to sign up. > This should go at the Idea Lab. In fact, I think it has before. It would fit into one of the hypothetical "strategies" that the WMF is bandying about right now, although in fairness they've been bandying it about for a

Re: [Gendergap] Atlantic article..."How Wikipedia is Hostile toWomen"

2015-10-22 Thread Risker
idn't know how to get or read the evidence; > Also they could be given the sort of training that UK magistrates go on. > Question to Risker, what sort of training do they currently undertake? > > In theory, the community selects as arbitrators individuals whom it believs have al

Re: [Gendergap] Atlantic article..."How Wikipedia is Hostile toWomen"

2015-10-22 Thread Risker
ontributors who have no taste for the drama. Risker On 22 October 2015 at 16:10, Daniel and Elizabeth Case < danc...@frontiernet.net> wrote: > > >We have to do something. Suggestion: women coming before the committee > could require that certain >committee members not partici

Re: [Gendergap] What is proscription vs. Foundation hiring mediators etc.... Atlantic article..."How Wikipedia is Hostile toWomen"

2015-10-22 Thread Risker
made some interesting proposals in another thread that have the chance to develop some momentum if nurtured carefully. This...well, that's an awful lot of money. Risker/Anne On 22 October 2015 at 19:08, Carol Moore dc <carolmoor...@verizon.net> wrote: > It seems like every time I ask this q

Re: [Gendergap] Atlantic article..."How Wikipedia is Hostile toWomen"

2015-10-22 Thread Risker
://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Advocacy/Citations_on_Harassment_and_Behavioral_Issues There's this belief that either the WMF or Arbcom can control the behaviour of people on every one of Wikipedia's 20 million pages. It isn't gonna happen no matter what. Risker/Anne

Re: [Gendergap] WP:Harassment finally links to solution for threats!

2015-09-29 Thread Risker
You linked to a discussion on the ideas lab which you stated included 26 people speaking out against sexual harassment. Most of those people are not indeffed or sanctioned in any way. Many of them are administrators or hold other permissions. Risker On 29 September 2015 at 08:25, Neotarf <n

Re: [Gendergap] WP:Harassment finally links to solution for threats!

2015-09-28 Thread Risker
or sanctioned, let alone indeffed. Please stop spreading such nasty memes. It is hurtful. Risker On 28 September 2015 at 20:20, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Risker: "I have a simple question to ask: How many people in this thread > have publicly or privately requested

Re: [Gendergap] WP:Harassment finally links to solution for threats!

2015-09-26 Thread Risker
e that one of the shortcuts is [[WP:SUICIDE]]. I have removed that as a "Main article" because it's not really about harassment. Risker/Anne On 26 September 2015 at 11:52, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Carol Moore, I believe that link is about suicide threats. Did you mea

Re: [Gendergap] WP:Harassment finally links to solution for threats!

2015-09-26 Thread Risker
attention on the people who have control of the money and persuade them this is something more important than...I don't know, whether notifications are flagged using one tag or two... Risker/Anne On 26 September 2015 at 16:29, J Hayes <slowki...@gmail.com> wrote: > rupert, > i and carol hav

Re: [Gendergap] WP:Harassment finally links to solution for threats!

2015-09-26 Thread Risker
Community Advocacy team) to cover the entire world. Risker/Anne On 26 September 2015 at 13:59, Carol Moore dc <carolmoor...@verizon.net> wrote: > I was referring to threats to kill someone that clearly come from a known > Wikipedia handle or editor, or, as in my case, a person who i

Re: [Gendergap] WP:Harassment finally links to solution for threats!

2015-09-26 Thread Risker
their real name, and can provide them with enough information to get a warrant if it's needed (e.g., IP addresses, links to the threat itself - which will normally have been suppressed, etc). And it is rare for police to take email threats seriously - Gamergate should be enough of an example there.

Re: [Gendergap] The Virginia killings: he says bitch as he aims the weapon at her

2015-08-27 Thread Risker
the utterings of someone this mentally imbalanced to show that there is a gender gap *anywhere*, let alone here. This guy was a powder keg, and he was striking out at anyone whom he believed had caused him harm. I do not believe that his actions were motivated by sexism. Risker/Anne On 27 August 2015 at 03

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

2015-08-04 Thread Risker
for their dedication and devotion to making the world a better place for women in the technology industry - whether as casual users, content contributors, developers, or in any other role. Risker/Anne On 4 August 2015 at 10:29, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: They did great work. Assumedly more

Re: [Gendergap] I'd like to hear about the Ally Skills Workshop

2015-07-24 Thread Risker
attendance. There was a post event survey of participants so there may be some publicity as to what the participants thought of it. Another correspondent was kind enough to link me to the basic materials for the workshop, which of course the Ada Initiative has given in other settings. Risker/Anne On 24

[Gendergap] I'd like to hear about the Ally Skills Workshop

2015-07-23 Thread Risker
in saying whether they felt they came away from the session with new tools or skills that they feel will be useful? I'm going to be honest, the silence about this well-supported experiment has me very curious. Risker/Anne ___ Gendergap mailing list

Re: [Gendergap] Listing all projects on gender gap page

2015-07-23 Thread Risker
set, I've always been pleasantly surprised at how non-marginalized older Wikimedians are - I found less age bias at Wikimedia events than I have in almost all other similar events. I do encourage those who can attend events, whether local, national or international, to do so. Risker/Anne

Re: [Gendergap] Help us fill the Ally Skills Workshop at Wikimania!

2015-07-06 Thread Risker
, but those invitations are much more narrowly focused and the potential invitees have been communicated with much more directly. Perhaps Valerie or someone else directly involved in the seminar can advise if all the seats are full and, if not, how many more applicants they are seeking. Risker/Anne

Re: [Gendergap] Motivating women to run for board seats

2015-06-08 Thread Risker
the opposes are in any of these elections for me as well. Risker/Anne [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Post_mortem ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences

Re: [Gendergap] Motivating women to run for board seats

2015-06-06 Thread Risker
of the Board of Trustees have stepped down in the past because of the time commitment expectations (including several full weekends a year, a retreat, attendance at Wikimania, and participation in online/teleconference meetings). Risker/Anne On 6 June 2015 at 15:48, Carol Moore dc carolmoor

Re: [Gendergap] Retired

2015-05-26 Thread Risker
behaviour is very much unappreciated, I'm not sure the legal systems of most democratic countries will be able to solve it. Risker/Anne On 27 May 2015 at 00:21, Neotarf neot...@gmail.com wrote: This might also be a good time to mention the conversation about harassment on the recent Inspire grant

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] Nominations being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections

2015-04-21 Thread Risker
you might be a good candidate for any of the roles currently open for election. Women have been important participants in all of these roles, and it would be good to keep it that way. Women from outside of North America/Europe would add even more to the diversity of these groups. Risker/Anne On 20

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Nominations being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections

2015-04-20 Thread Risker
FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com Date: 20 April 2015 at 18:59 Subject: [Wikitech-l] Nominations being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections To: Wikimedia developers wikitec...@lists.wikimedia.org Greetings, I am pleased to

[Gendergap] Art+Feminism edit-a-thon in Toronto

2015-03-09 Thread Risker
that there will be some editor retention out of this one. Much to my surprise, I realised that this was the largest Wiki*edia event I had attended outside of Wikimania. It bodes well for both the Canadian editing community, and for the narrowing of the gender gap. Risker/Anne [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [Gendergap] Thank someone today.

2015-02-05 Thread Risker
Wikilove in every edit summary, which I find really creepy. Risker/Anne On 5 February 2015 at 05:04, Jane Darnell jane...@gmail.com wrote: Well Jonathan, thanks for doing that! I am not an administrator, so I couldn't do those things you mentioned, but I often think that in some cases I wish I could

Re: [Gendergap] Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

2015-01-17 Thread Risker
. RIsker/ANne ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Test Kaffeeklatsch area for women-only

2015-01-16 Thread Risker
On 16 January 2015 at 17:13, Heather Walls hwa...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Whatever else cis is, it's not a scientific term. It's a buzzword that sounds scientific because it derives from the Latin, but in fact it's a coined

[Gendergap] Upcoming Steward elections

2015-01-15 Thread Risker
should seriously consider participating actively in these elections[1] and the annual review of current stewards [2] that happens concurrently. Risker/Anne [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Elections_2015 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/Confirm/2015

Re: [Gendergap] FYI - another trolling? Fwd: Google Groups: You've been added to Wikimedia-l

2015-01-09 Thread Risker
Just copy-pasting this from another thread on Wikimedia-L, where similar events are happening in relation to members of that list: I think it will be better if most of us can Report the Group. Yes, please do this. We're also talking with Google about trying to resolve the issue, but my

Re: [Gendergap] Gender gap blamed for shuttting down grantmaking

2015-01-06 Thread Risker
an effect in retaining new women editors as new men editors. But it's not counted as a gender gap activity. Risker/Anne [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire_Grants_%E2%80%93_Gender_gap_campaign [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Reimagining_Wikipedia_Mentorship

[Gendergap] Strong support for grants directly related to addressing the gender gap

2015-01-06 Thread Risker
, and there's a recognition that some are going to be successful, while others (even if they look good on paper) are not going to produce results. The key is ensuring that there is some learning derived from the experiments. Don't be afraid to try something! Risker/Anne

[Gendergap] Makers.com

2015-01-03 Thread Risker
articles that don't currently exist. Risker/Anne ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] WikiProject Women

2015-01-01 Thread Risker
load, and am not particularly interested in going to more venues, but I may be the exception. Risker/Anne On 1 January 2015 at 19:49, LB lightbreath...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you, Heather! This is what we run into on the WP GGTF every time we open something up for discussion. All I wanted

Re: [Gendergap] GGTF talk page

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
? Risker/Anne On 31 December 2014 at 10:31, LB lightbreath...@gmail.com wrote: Is it simply impossible to start a Wikipedia project that's open to women, or people who identify as women? (I'm sorry if I don't use the correct terms, but I haven't kept up with them in recent years.) I mean

Re: [Gendergap] GGTF talk page

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
pages of self-identified female editors on our German projects uses the feminine term for user.) Not quite sure what the result is on English Wikipedia - is there a list somewhere? Risker/Anne On 31 December 2014 at 10:59, LB lightbreath...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm brainstorming, but yes

Re: [Gendergap] GGTF talk page

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
, in addition to the entire canvassing aspect. There was once a Wikichix mailing list, moderated and very similar to the one described by Lightbreather. It died a slow death several years ago because, essentially, nobody really had much to say there, absent the ability to discuss actual content. Risker

Re: [Gendergap] GGTF talk page

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
been posted, Lightbreather; at least I've seen both of them. Perhaps you've got preferences (either on Mailman or on Gmail) set so that you don't get copies of your sent mails. Risker/Anne ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage

Re: [Gendergap] Techno issues (was Wikimedia Conference)

2014-12-31 Thread Risker
On 31 December 2014 at 11:52, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: The below definitely are interesting issues which deserve their own thread. I kept reading the proposals but had not run into the implementation very often. On 12/30/2014 3:24 PM, Risker wrote: Keep in mind

Re: [Gendergap] GGTF talk page

2014-12-30 Thread Risker
more obvious because they outnumber us 10 to 1. Risker/Anne On 30 December 2014 at 09:57, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: As long as (mostly male) Wikipedia editors are allowed to insult and harass editors whose edits they oppose for whatever reason Wikipedia cannot retain women

Re: [Gendergap] Wikimedia Conference (was - Diversity training for functionaries)

2014-12-30 Thread Risker
at human contact. Today, I wouldn't even get the templates, I bet; there's probably an edit filter somewhere that will prevent me from making the edit in the first place. Even if it's right. Risker/Anne On 30 December 2014 at 14:55, Marie Earley eir...@hotmail.com wrote: I don't know how it goes

Re: [Gendergap] GGTF talk page

2014-12-29 Thread Risker
/magazine/2014-the-lives-they-lived.html?module=SearchmabReward=relbias%3Ar_r=1 Risker/Anne On 29 December 2014 at 17:25, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: +1 to that. My tips are: 1) No talk pages if I can avoid it 2) Other channels (sorry people, but not all revolutions can take

Re: [Gendergap] Iraqi human rights lawyer Samira Salih al-Nuaimi tortured and executed because Facebook; where is her Wikipedia article?

2014-12-24 Thread Risker
(or a journalist of any kind, actually). Oh, the irony. Carol, please don't ask people to put links to opinion pieces written by banned editors into the Gendergap project. We all get that you're really very angry right now, but this is not constructive. Risker

Re: [Gendergap] Iraqi human rights lawyer Samira Salih al-Nuaimi tortured and executed because Facebook; where is her Wikipedia article?

2014-12-22 Thread Risker
herself may not meet the threshold of notability, just as Tomlinson himself did not meet the threshold. Risker/Anne On 23 December 2014 at 00:45, Neotarf neot...@gmail.com wrote: Is Samira Salih al-Nuaimi notable? Just looking for an example of an article about someone notable for only one event

Re: [Gendergap] Diversity training for functionaries

2014-12-18 Thread Risker
be arranged. Risker/anne On 18 December 2014 at 11:04, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Christina - this sounds very interesting - would you be happy for me to propose it as a possible topic in the Wikimedia Conference, for which I'm on the programme committee? Chris

Re: [Gendergap] Australian article about recent onwiki drama

2014-12-16 Thread Risker
It's just a reprint of the Slate article. Risker/Anne On 16 December 2014 at 11:09, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/12/14/comment-will-editing-disputes-mean-end-wikipedia -- Sarah Stierch - Diverse and engaging consulting

Re: [Gendergap] Gender gap emails Arbitrator doesn't like

2014-12-12 Thread Risker
Actually, GorillaWarfare was responding to the subject header. She is an arbitrator. She is also expressing her opinion about why, as an arbitrator, she has concerns about this list. I think she's bang on. And I agree with Chris. Risker/Anne On 12 December 2014 at 14:08, Reguyla regu

Re: [Gendergap] Diversity training for functionaries

2014-12-12 Thread Risker
Kumioko, you can change your gmail preferences to have this list automatically dump to spam if you're not getting a fast enough response to your unsubscribe. Risker On 12 December 2014 at 14:43, Reguyla regu...@gmail.com wrote: While I am waiting for the email confirmation disenrolling me from

Re: [Gendergap] Diversity training for functionaries

2014-12-12 Thread Risker
More likely, it is the fact that none of the moderators happen to be online right now. If you want to leave the list, as is your stated intention, you can go to your own Mailman preferences and decide which lists to unsubscribe without waiting for a moderator. Risker On 12 December 2014 at 14

Re: [Gendergap] Diversity training for functionaries

2014-12-12 Thread Risker
if your objective is not to participate on the list any further. It might be useful for the list moderators to consider changing the footer message to include an unsubscribe link, as is done on several other Wikimedia-hosted lists. Risker On 12 December 2014 at 15:19, regu...@gmail.com regu

Re: [Gendergap] Arbcom election

2014-12-10 Thread Risker
of the community to proactively address these issues. Again, I think you're caught in the trap of believing Arbcom has more power and authority than it really has. Risker/Anne ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Gendergap] Women, cliques and Wikipedia's tyranny of structurelessness

2014-12-10 Thread Risker
this method out of proportion to the percentage of women on the project - and in some ways it is an even greater insult because it's hard to persuade others that what look like civil words are being used to convey quite the opposite meaning. Risker/Anne

Re: [Gendergap] Arbcom election

2014-12-09 Thread Risker
user is gender-specific, such as German, Spanish, etc), even though I've been openly female for most of my wiki-career. (I realise that it sounds like I came out as being a woman...when I look back on the earliest years of enwiki, there was a far less significant gender imbalance.) Risker/Anne

Re: [Gendergap] Arbcom election

2014-12-09 Thread Risker
nosedived, so we may be seeing the effects of that reflected in the interest in voting, and even in the number and quality of candidates. Back in the earlier days, there were often 30-40 candidates. Risker/Anne On 9 December 2014 at 11:08, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: On 12/9/2014 9

Re: [Gendergap] What's happening at ArbCom re WP:GGTF

2014-12-01 Thread Risker
of it being used in this manner before, although I'd heard and read the term being used in a lot of other ways - including the validation for including sex education in the school curriculum. Risker On 30 November 2014 at 16:13, Jim Hayes slowki...@gmail.com wrote: in re: video - addressing the video

Re: [Gendergap] coordination work off-wikie

2014-11-30 Thread Risker
. The same is true of many topics of interest to women: abortion, marriage, gender identity, etc. Let's not simply dump all of these in the men vs women drawer, please. Risker/Anne On 30 November 2014 at 08:12, Kathleen McCook klmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, one can see easily how they move from topic

Re: [Gendergap] Google Group invite

2014-11-30 Thread Risker
I got one and promptly unsubscribed. I don't do google groups, and every time someone has invited me to one, I've found they were not to my taste. Risker/Anne On 1 December 2014 at 02:08, Alison Cassidy coot...@mac.com wrote: I didn't get one. Now, I feel cheated! :D -- Allie On Nov

Re: [Gendergap] WP:ANI on Disruption of Gender Gap Task Force

2014-11-29 Thread Risker
Check your spam folder and spam filters - many of us have had problems from time to time with mailing list posts winding up in spam or junk. Risker On 29 November 2014 at 16:05, Marie Earley eir...@hotmail.com wrote: Okay, so this is the last message that I had in my e-mail inbox (it's from 4

Re: [Gendergap] What's happening at ArbCom re WP:GGTF

2014-11-25 Thread Risker
of discretionary sanctions effective at the close of the case, as well. [1] As if that will make any difference. Risker/Anne [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gender_Gap_Task_Force/Proposed_decision#Discretionary_sanctions On 25 November 2014 at 20:14, LB

Re: [Gendergap] [Research] Communicating on Wikipedia while female

2014-11-21 Thread Risker
permission of those individuals. Regardless of what any of us think of the specific editor who is named, it behooves us all to act as we would expect to be treated - and I'd be pretty ticked if someone published research that included examples that identified me by name. Risker/Anne On 21 November

Re: [Gendergap] [Research] Communicating on Wikipedia while female

2014-11-21 Thread Risker
it, and we're going to group all obscenities together and use it to slag off the guy we're ticked off with. This isn't claimed to be journalism, it's claimed to be research, and it needs to be held to a higher standard. The more I'm reading this, the more I'm finding it problematic. Risker/Anne

Re: [Gendergap] [Research] Communicating on Wikipedia while female

2014-11-21 Thread Risker
. Risker/Anne On 21 November 2014 16:41, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think it's at all fair to characterize the section as an attempt to rail on Eric. He just happens to have been at the center of the most recent high profile controversy about the word - which means that quoting

Re: [Gendergap] [arbcom-appeals-en] [Child Protection Policy]Gender Gap issues

2014-11-18 Thread Risker
Please moderate or even remove access to this list. Risker On 18 November 2014 16:52, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: Yeah, I don't see how this is at all relevant to the gender gap. Please moderate the sender. On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:27 PM, George Herbert george.herb

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: fembot: Announcing a new pictorial digital women's history collection

2014-10-22 Thread Risker
-1451625788recno=55resultset=2format=Fnext=html/nffull.htmlbad=error/badfetch.htmlentitytoprecno=55entitycurrecno=55entityreturnTo=brief Risker/Anne On 22 October 2014 12:17, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: Hi - I actually professionally consult with GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and the war on women’s dignity

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
Frankly, I see little value in creating a site whose goal includes attracting journalists - particularly given the poor quality, sensationalistic journalism that we've all seen reporting on anything Wikimedia. Risker/Anne On 11 September 2014 18:51, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and the war on women’s dignity

2014-09-11 Thread Risker
in journalists to get things right. Risker/Anne On 11 September 2014 22:31, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: Anne, That's precisely the point. A lot of journalism is badly researched, because Wikipedia is remarkably opaque to many outside observers. So you simply end up with people

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

2014-07-07 Thread Risker
by the existence of the block log. Many of our most seriously problematic sockpuppeting accounts are people who've been blocked for behavioural reasons - and we waste a huge amount of time trying to keep them off the site. Risker/Anne On 7 July 2014 03:20, Marie Earley eir...@hotmail.com wrote

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

2014-07-07 Thread Risker
On 7 July 2014 09:51, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: While I've barely had a chance to read through proposal and comments, I'd like to just ask re the below which applies generally right now: On 7/7/2014 9:35 AM, Risker wrote: I know what it's like to have my inbox flooded

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

2014-07-07 Thread Risker
to one-off vandal accounts). Risker/Anne ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

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

2014-07-06 Thread Risker
. Some thoughts. Risker/Anne On 6 July 2014 04:51, Marie Earley eir...@hotmail.com wrote: I previously described my experience of being a member of Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street Labs website http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2014-June/004388.html I think part of my shock

Re: [Gendergap] A cautionary tale

2014-06-23 Thread Risker
to ever pay attention to her again. I am really hoping you didn't intend that. And Carol has a point. There are now more men posting to this thread than there are women. And most of you have missed the point entirely. Heaven help us from those who see themselves as our saviours. Risker On 23

Re: [Gendergap] men on lists

2014-06-23 Thread Risker
Derric, if I may suggest - the best way to get a mailing list back on topic is to write to the topic, not to remind people of the rules. Risker/Anne On 23 June 2014 11:49, Derric Atzrott datzr...@alizeepathology.com wrote: I'm sorry Derric, but I think the topic of this thread is the notion

[Gendergap] A reason to celebrate

2014-06-08 Thread Risker
. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-06-04/Traffic_report A thank you to Christine for the Maya Angelou article, and to Sage Ross (with support from Awadewit) for the Rachel Carson article. Risker/Anne ___ Gendergap mailing list

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