Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-06 Thread Laura Hale
On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Tom Morris wrote: > > Not all outreach has to start from the position of "there's a problem that > needs fixing"; outreach can start from "there's an opportunity to make the > wiki better" too. (Not that those are mutually exclusive, obviously.) > > This. I do out

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-06 Thread Tom Morris
On Friday, 6 July 2012 at 09:20, Michelle Gallaway wrote: > Also agree with the bit that the LGBQ list should not just be "gender gap for > gays", if only because no special outreach is really required there, but > there are still many issues that can be discussed. Except that we're all > talkin

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-06 Thread Michelle Gallaway
On the contrary, I think that this is the perfect list to discuss, at least, the "T" and "I" issues, that is, transgender and intersex gender gap issues. Again, it frustrates me that we throw "gender" issues in with "sexuality" issues as if they're the same thing. Also agree with the bit that the

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-06 Thread John Vandenberg
Would be good to annouce it on a more general list like wikimedia-l On Jul 2, 2012 6:09 AM, "Tom Morris" wrote: > On Sunday, 1 July 2012 at 22:30, Tom Morris wrote: > > I'm happy to announce that a new Wikimedia LGBT mailing list has been > setup. For the time being, it is being hosted on lists.w

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-06 Thread Tom Morris
On Friday, 6 July 2012 at 04:56, Gillian White wrote: > The GenderGap list is about the gender gap - the gap in representation, > involvement, participation, and acceptance of women on Wikipedia. We are > concerned about it because of its impact on the encyclopaedia and on some > people working

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-05 Thread John Vandenberg
On Jul 6, 2012 10:56 AM, "Gillian White" wrote: > ... > I think we should ignore sexual > orientation on THIS one as it is irrelevant > for addressing the the lack of female > participation in Wikmedia projects. I agree, mostly, but. . my understanding is that the surveys (ignoring the faults in

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-05 Thread Gillian White
The GenderGap list is about the gender gap - the gap in representation, involvement, participation, and acceptance of women on Wikipedia. We are concerned about it because of its impact on the encyclopaedia and on some people working in good faith on it. The sexual orientation and indeed, the sex l

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread Sarah Stierch
Thanks for starting this list and for letting us know Tom. Joining now, Sarah On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 1:09 AM, Tom Morris wrote: > On Sunday, 1 July 2012 at 22:30, Tom Morris wrote: > > I'm happy to announce that a new Wikimedia LGBT mailing list has been > setup. For the time being, it is bein

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-01 Thread Tom Morris
On Sunday, 1 July 2012 at 22:30, Tom Morris wrote: > I'm happy to announce that a new Wikimedia LGBT mailing list has been setup. > For the time being, it is being hosted on lists.wikiqueer.org > (http://lists.wikiqueer.org). > > http://lists.wikiqueer.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-lgbt > > Th

[Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-01 Thread Tom Morris
I'm happy to announce that a new Wikimedia LGBT mailing list has been setup. For the time being, it is being hosted on lists.wikiqueer.org. http://lists.wikiqueer.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-lgbt The list is for discussion of possible future LGBT outreach and partnership work, increasing th