sarah.stie...@gmail.com
To: Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the
participation of women within Wikimedia projects.
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Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Women's biographies at the main page's DYK
(Did You Know?) section
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DYK is pretty dysfunctional behind the scenes so I don't think there's any
hope of changing DYK processes to address this issue. What can be done is
to encourage individual WikiProjects addressing the gender gap to include
submitting new and improved articles to DYK as a part of their regular
Yeah I stopped submitting DYK a long time ago...drama, rude people, too
complex of a process for something so simple...
On Jul 17, 2014 8:19 AM, Rob gamali...@gmail.com wrote:
DYK is pretty dysfunctional behind the scenes so I don't think there's any
hope of changing DYK processes to address
Glad you're raising this issue, Rosie, and thinking about a grant-funded
project to address it seems like a smart plan! Testing new ways for making
engagement with DYK a more regular part of any workshops or other times
where women's biographies are being worked on makes sense to me. My 1 and
only
I've noticed this for years -- fewer women's biographies vs. men's in an
average week at the DYK section of the main page. Maybe I've noticed this
because I'm a highly prolific contributor to DYK. But I've wondered how
many reader eyeballs land on the main page and notice the same thing?
Some
