[Gendergap] Signpost interview with Lila

Hi all, The Signpost has published the first of our two planned audio interviews with Lila. In this first interview one of the topics was the gender gap, so I think members of this list may be interested in listening. Discussion about the gender gap starts around 8:50. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

[Gendergap] WMF employee editing

Hi, this is a question I've been wondering about for awhile, and I am interested in hearing comments. My impression is that few of WMF's female employees are regular content editors or regular Commons media contributors, although they occasionally have office discussions about how to increase the

Re: [Gendergap] Moderation and the future of Gendergap-L

(: Yes, I think Keilana is a good apple. I think anyone who's been around Wikipedia long enough will encounter a genuine emergency sooner or later, although in my experience there are many more fake or over-hyped "emergencies" than real emergencies. In my IEGCom capacity, I can say I would be hap

Re: [Gendergap] men on lists

Valerie's interesting comments are in line with one of the reasons I've stayed off of this list in the past. I am ok with women having a space without men around, just like I feel men should be able to have a space without women around. I'm familiar with a workplace where at least one employee loun

Re: [Gendergap] men on lists

it" but want to, who try to > understand but don't notice that they're stuck in the same issues we're > trying to improve. > > If we don't handle those situations, we will lose the allies we *have* to > have in order to commit realistic changes in the com

Re: [Gendergap] WikiWomen at Wikimania

Suggestions for publicity: recruit on Wikimania-l and also send individual invites through personalized talk page invites, social networking, or emails. Also, get Lila involved in recruiting if possible. I've been surprised at how many more responses I get for requests for participation in many ty

[Gendergap] Gender diversity and women's biographies discussed in July WMF Research showcase

This subject was discussed during this month's Research and Data showcase. >From Leila's summary: > *Using Open Data and Stories to Broaden Crowd Content > *By Nathan Matias*: > Nathan will share a series of research on gender diversity online and > designs for collaborative content creation that

[Gendergap] Blog post "Creating Safe Spaces"

Blog post by Mssemantics https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/14/creating-safe-spaces/ Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Gender Gap brouhaha at en.Talk WP:ANI

That discussion seems to have fragmented badly away from the original topic of a civility board, and I'm not sure that listing grievances, even legitimate ones, is likely to produce any good outcomes in that discussion. Might be better to start a new discussion with a narrow focus and specific prop

Re: [Gendergap] [Spam] Re: Sexualized environment on Commons

Marie, Thanks very much for this overview of your early experience as an editor. Would you mind sending this email to the editor growth team so that they can look at your experience for ideas about what they can improve? Their email list is called "Editor Engagement" and you can find it on lists.w

[Gendergap] Invitation: Research Hackathon on August 6 and 7

The Wikimedia Research Hackathon on August 6 and 7 takes place parallel to the general Wikimania Hackathon in London. Wikimania Hackathon information is available at https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon Research Hackathon information is available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/R

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

We already have #wikipedia-en-help which is remarkably good for a volunteer help project. Links to join that IRC channel could be offered in multiple places. Other languages may have similar channels. Pine On Aug 2, 2014 8:42 AM, "Jeremy Baron" wrote: > On Aug 2, 2014 11:01 AM, "LtPowers" > wro

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

> IRC is almost embarrassingly old technology; Wikimedia Foundation > projects are the only place I've seen it mentioned in the last five > years or more. > > > On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Pine W wrote: > > We already have #wikipedia-en-help which is remarkably good for a >

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

PM, Michael J. Lowrey > wrote: > >> That's exactly my point, Pine. This kind of inside-baseball geekery is >> so much Choctaw to the ordinary new editor we are trying to recruit >> and retain, people more likely to be using Pinterest or Skype or >> Ravelry to communi

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

That sounds workable and hopefully friendly. Pine On Aug 2, 2014 7:51 PM, "Janine Starykowicz" wrote: > 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

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

e 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...@barntowire.com>> wrote: >>

Re: [Gendergap] Report “Charting Diversity - Working together towards diversity in Wikipedia” published and @Wikimania

Thanks very much, Valentin. I am forwarding your email to Wiki-research-l. I am interested in the topic of editor engagement in general, and I am very happy that you included work done by LauraHale, Hawkeye7 and I in your literature review. Thank you! Pine On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 4:58 AM, Valent

[Gendergap] Lila's keynote speech at Wikimania 2014

Hi all, I would like to encourage those of us who may have missed Lila's keynote speech at Wikimania to listen to it. [1] In her speech, Lila takes a long view of Wikimedia's history and future. She talks about incremental and disruptive changes that are happening socially and technologically such

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

ey want to keep their current client it may still be possible for Wikimedia to change the default chat client used when people connect directly from English Wikipedia to #wikipedia-en-help. Pine On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Pine W wrote: > Janine, can you share links to the sites? I'm

[Gendergap] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

Hi, Following up on a conversation on the gendergap email list, I am discussing with Freenode the possibility of changing the default web client to one that is friendlier and has a less technical feel, primarily for the benefit of new users who access #wikipedia-en-help by clicking on a link. The

Re: [Gendergap] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

y have (a > community that has a massive gendergap and a declining active editor base). > > > > Kerry > > > ------ > > *From:* gendergap-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: > gendergap-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Pine W > *Sent:* Monday, 11 August 2014 3:18 PM > *

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

That proposal could be considered in the long term, but right now we have plenty of people who seek and get help on IRC, and we can make incremental improvements to their experience faster than we can build a new tool from scratch. Few newbies fail hard at IRC. The basics are similar to texting and

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

> told where to type. I would think this would qualify as "failing hard". > > From, > Emily > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> That proposal could be considered in the long term, but right now we have >> plenty of people who see

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

nce" is paying attention to this. > > Sarah > On Aug 12, 2014 7:44 AM, "Emily Monroe" wrote: > >> I often help out at en-help. Often, people who are new at IRC need to be >> told where to type. I would think this would qualify as "failing hard". >>

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

nowing is not proving. > > Proof is in the pudding and we need some tasty pudding to get people to > pay attention :) > > Sarah > > I > On Aug 12, 2014 10:19 AM, "Pine W" wrote: > >> Sarah, the cynicism in your comment is depressing and unnecessary. I >&g

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

need to prove that there is a demand for IRC help and that newbies are >> failing to get oriented with it. I know there are problems with it...but >> knowing is not proving. >> >> Proof is in the pudding and we need some tasty pudding to get people to >> pay attention :)

Re: [Gendergap] [EE] [Wikitech-l] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

ault client uses http://www.qwebirc.org/ ) > > HTH, > Quiddity > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> That proposal could be considered in the long term, but right now we have >> plenty of people who seek and get help on IRC, and we can make incremen

Re: [Gendergap] [EE] [Wikitech-l] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

on in > #wikipedia-en-help, unless it's increased participation from helpers and > not helpees. > > From, > Emily > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> Thanks for finding that page. I don't know how much that kind of chat >> syst

Re: [Gendergap] [EE] [Wikitech-l] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

15 AM, "Emily Monroe" wrote: > Interesting. You were just talking about IRC and #wikipedia-en-help and > not using research, and now you have seem to given up. > > From, > Emily > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> The chat system

Re: [Gendergap] [EE] [Wikitech-l] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

m, > Emily > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Emily Monroe > wrote: > >> Interesting. You were just talking about IRC and #wikipedia-en-help and >> not using research, and now you have seem to given up. >> >> From, >> Emily >> >>

Re: [Gendergap] What is status of Foundation Gender Gap projects and relation to wikimedia Gender Gap project?

Carol, my instinct is that this outreach program is within scope for the outreach wiki. Pine On Aug 30, 2014 7:26 PM, "Carol Moore dc" wrote: > People in the know can answer when it's covenient next week, but since > it's on my mind, posting now. > > As we write on Gender Gap Task Force main pag

[Gendergap] FW: Emotions under Discussion: Gender, Status and Communication in Online Collaboration

Thanks Andreas. Forwarding to Research. Pine On Sep 1, 2014 4:09 PM, "Andreas Kolbe" wrote: > This is a new paper, published a couple of weeks ago. (Sorry if it's been > mentioned before, I couldn't see a related thread.) > > http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.010

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] FOSS OPW: looking for female technical contributors

Forwarding to TA3M Seattle (please forward to the local and national TA3M communication lists for redistribution if that seems appropriate), Cascadia Wikimedians, WALRUS, and the Wikimedia gender gap list. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Quim Gil" Date: Sep 17, 2014 8:28 AM Su

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming help sessions for drafting Individual Engagement Grant proposals

Forwarding. Please take this opportunity to ask questions! Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Siko Bouterse" Date: Sep 18, 2014 3:30 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming help sessions for drafting Individual Engagement Grant proposals To: Cc: Hi all, As we announced earlier this

[Gendergap] Happy Ada Lovelace Day

Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated on October 14 this year. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (born in the year 1815) was a mathematician and computer programmer who worked on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. She foresaw how computers could evolve into devices that perform tasks more sophisti

[Gendergap] Editor interaction data sets and visualizations

Dear colleagues, As you may have heard, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Editor_Interaction_Data_Extraction_and_Visualization is an individual engagement grant proposal. I am working on this proposal with volunteer assistance and advice from Aaron Halfaker (WMF), Haitham Shammaa (WMF), a

[Gendergap] Research discussion: Visions for Wikipedia

Both of the presentations at the October Wikimedia Research Showcase were fascinating and I encourage everyone to watch them [1]. I would like to continue to discuss the themes from the showcase about Wikipedia's adaptability, viability, and diversity. Aaron's discussion about Wikipedia's ongoing

Re: [Gendergap] Childcare at an edit-a-thon

Pinging Mssemantics and Keilana in case they want to comment, and/or contribute to this event (: Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Childcare at an edit-a-thon

Just a quick note: at Wikimedia events in general, there may be dads who appreciate the availability of childcare also. (: Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Look who's in the paper!! :)

I am trying to catch up on email, and just now responding to this nice thread about work by a colleague in Cascadia Wikimedians territory at Washington State University. Thanks for your work Christine, and I hope that you will join the Cascadia Wikimedians email list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ma

Re: [Gendergap] Look who's in the paper!! :)

ved in Wikipedia. I believe that > the librarians would be interested, but they don't know how to go about > such a thing, so an outreach event would be helpful. > > Thanks, > Christine > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> I am trying to ca

Re: [Gendergap] Look who's in the paper!! :)

OK, here we go: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/2014-November/000179.html Pine > ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

[Gendergap] Gender data by project

Hi all, Does anyone know if data about gender of contributors on projects other than English Wikipedia is available? In addition to other language Wikipedias, it would be interesring if we have data about Commons, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, etc. Also, anecodotally I obeserve

Re: [Gendergap] Inspire Campaign launches today!

I'm impressed with some of the ideas that people are proposing for the campaign. This is quite encouraging. Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: http

[Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

Forwarding to the Gendergap list in case others are interested, and forwarding to Jason and Peaceray in case they want to share this blog post at the Art and Feminism event in Portland, Oregon (Cascadia territory!) this weekend. Cheers, Pine On Mar 6, 2015 4:24 PM, "Fabrice Florin" wrote: > Loo

Re: [Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

editors being announced in a tone that makes > them sound like exotic zoo animals. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> Forwarding to the Gendergap list in case others are interested, and >> forwarding to Jason and Peaceray in case they want to share this blog

[Gendergap] Some motivation (:

Quoted from the publicly logged #wikimedia-office IRC channel, and emailing with the consent of Emily: [17:14:19] Finnegan: or in emily's case, "there are not enough articles on women scientists. this is an outrage to us." [17:15:19] i am now enjoying a mental image of her delivering a podium-p

Re: [Gendergap] Inspire Campaign Proposal: Request for Feedback

Hi Hahahammond, I like the idea of figuring out what Pinterest is doing well and attempting to attract some of its users to Wikimedia. Because of the visual nature of Pinterest, I wonder if VisualEditor would be helpful in this case. I also think that you might try encouraging uploads and categor

Re: [Gendergap] Article: Wikipedia trolls now vs. women architects

Yes, ask Leigh. I heard previously that Spanish Wikipedia has some eager deletionists, as English.Wikipedia does also. Pine On Apr 17, 2015 6:20 AM, "J Hayes" wrote: > maybe a note to leigh themadattar User:Thelmadatter? > > who was mentioned in a blog > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/13/wik

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

Forwarding to the Treasurers mailing list in the hope that a community member with a finance backround will run for a WMF Board seat, and forwarding to the Gender Gap mailing list with the hope of encouraging diversity-minded candidates to run. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "G

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Communications is looking for interns!

Forwarding internship recruiting announcement from WMF Communications. Please forward to current students and others who would be interested in internships. Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Social-media] Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures

Forwarding an interesting blog post in which the author shares thoughts about the Wikimedia communities, including the editor engagement roles and attributes of offline meetups for Wikimedians. Some of this blog post might also be relevant for those who are involved in thinking about creating a pro

[Gendergap] Motivating women to run for board seats

We had no new female candidates for board seats in the WMF election. For affiliates, I know of at least two affiliates that also have male board members saying that they/we would like to have more gender diversity on our boards but women aren't generally volunteering to run. What could be done to e

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

I'd just thought that I would note that WMF's Community Dept said recently that anti-harassment initatives will be a focus for them in their goals for this quarter. Also, I would like to ask about the reach of this initiative. If the pilot is deemed a success, would it make sense to offer online w

Re: [Gendergap] WikiWomen's User Group Invitation

It's nice to see this new user group. I hope to meet your representative(s) at Wikiconference USA later this year and the Wikimedia Conference next year so that we can collaborate on subjects on mutual interest. In the meantime, my email inbox is always open and I'd be happy to communicate anytime.

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

I am sorry to hear about this news. My impression as an outsider is that the Ada Initiative was doing good work, and I had hoped to participate in an ally skills workshop someday. I would like to think that the Wikimedia affiliates are collectively supportive of women in tech, including Wikimedia

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Social-media] Wikipedia and the Fashion Weeks: A Look at Usage Patterns

I think there was at least one fashion week Wikipedia editathon in Europe a year or two ago. I wonder if anyone would be interested in having more of them, in Seattle or elsewhere. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Joe Sutherland" Date: Aug 4, 2015 10:08 AM Subject: [Social-medi

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

if the community decides it is useful. Wikimedia > affiliates would be very useful in supporting and hosting this training. > > -VAL > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> I am sorry to hear about this news. My impression as an outsider is that >> the

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

:04 PM, Valerie Aurora wrote: > They will continue to be hosted on our web site indefinitely, and the > licenses are all CC BY-SA so you may also copy them to Wikisource if > you would like. > > -VAL > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Pine W wrote: > > Hi Val, > >

[Gendergap] Fwd: WikiConference USA coming in October 2015

(Cross-posting) -- Forwarded message -- Hi Wikimedians, WikiConference USA 2015 will be held *October 9–11* at the U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C. Registration and scholarship applications are open. Session proposals may be submitted. Website: http://wikiconferenceusa

[Gendergap] Fwd: Seeking comments and translations for proposed video project

(cross-posting) -- Forwarded message -- From: Pine W Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:56 PM Subject: Seeking comments and translations for proposed video project Dear Wikimedia colleagues: I am developing a proposal for a video series that's designed to introduce Wikimedia t

[Gendergap] Blog post and video related to Wikipedia coverage of women scientists

FYI: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/31/funding-projects-pizza-grants/ Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/li

[Gendergap] Post in the Wikimedia Blog: women, science and Wikipedia

In case others are interested: “It’s addicting, editing Wikipedia. It’s just something I love to do”: Paulina Sanchez. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/24/addicting-editing-paulina-sanchez/ Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org

[Gendergap] Ada Lovelace Day on October 13th

Ada Lovelace Day will be on October 13th this year. Crisco 1492 has selected a relevant POTD for English Wikipedia for that day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2015-10-13 Pine ___ Gendergap m

Re: [Gendergap] Meeting at the Wikiconference?

As part of the highly unofficial video crew for the conference, please LMK off-list if you want video coverage of the meetup or any presentations. There will be a few of us with video equipment; our deployment to specific conference sessions and meetups is TBD. On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Kat

Re: [Gendergap] Linux's culture problem

I wish that we had a proven solution for that kind of issue in online communities in general. It's quite disappointing. Thanks for forwarding that post. Pine On Oct 7, 2015 6:44 AM, "Jason Radford" wrote: > > > I think folks here will unders

Re: [Gendergap] Linux's culture problem

FWIW, some of us attending WCONUSA are hoping to have an unconference session about incentivizing desirable user behaviors on ENWP, and I imagine that some portions of that discussion will be extensible to other habitats in the Wikimedia ecosystem. If anyone in this conversation online would like t

Re: [Gendergap] Linux's culture problem

f > possible. > On Oct 8, 2015 12:39 PM, "Pine W" wrote: > >> FWIW, some of us attending WCONUSA are hoping to have an unconference >> session about incentivizing desirable user behaviors on ENWP, and I imagine >> that some portions of that discussion will be ext

Re: [Gendergap] Linux's culture problem

Update: remote participation appears to be unlikely at this point. We would need a room like a WMF video conference room or the great room used for the monthly metrics meetings. Pine On Oct 8, 2015 7:41 PM, "Pine W" wrote: > Maybe! Those of us who are planning to help with recor

Re: [Gendergap] Eligibility to vote in arbcom elections - and encouragement to do if you have not yet

I agree with Kevin on most points. However I would point out that WMF has overruled community decisions on multiple occasions, and Jimbo also can theoretically override Arbcom, so for better and for worse, Arbcom is not always ENWP's binding authority. I am hopeful that, with the new composition of

[Gendergap] Some comments on recent civility and diversity discussion trends

I'm glad to see the uptick in the number of high profile gender gap discussions in the past few months. I hope that this will give the theme some momentum that leads to meaningful improvements in the civility on Wikimedia and a variety of our community health statistics. There's a piece in the NYT

[Gendergap] Request for advice about editathons

Hi GG mailing list and Maria from WMF Eval, Cascadia Wikimedians ran a series of editathons at the University of Washington with themes like "Women and astronomy" and "Women and Health Sciences". We did some communications through the University's Facebook pages and mailing lists. While we had reg

Re: [Gendergap] Request for advice about editathons

Hi Keilana, Lennart and J, Thanks for the feedback. Based on your suggestions, if we try this again, we might try moving to weekend dates and slowing our cadence to alternate weeks. We're hoping that the University of Washington Libraries will identify someone on their staff who they're already f

Re: [Gendergap] [Wiki-research-l] abuse and online game communities

Very interesting article, thanks Toby. Forwarding this on. I particularly like this paragraph: "As a result of these governance systems changing online cultural norms, incidences of homophobia, sexism and racism in League of Legends have fallen to a combined 2 percent of all games. Verbal abuse ha

[Gendergap] Evaluation report: under what conditions are US university students likely to edit Wikipedia?

Recent info thanks to Wiki Ed and WMF Eval that will inform future endeavors at Cascadia Wikimedians: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Newsletter/2015/2/6#Awesome6 Comments welcome! Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikim

Re: [Gendergap] [Gender Gap] Call for Participation in Study on Wiki Women

Hi Danielle, Has this research project been reviewed by the Wikimedia Foundation's Research Committee? If not, I suggest that you contact them. More than one research project on Wikipedia has run into problems, so I think that consulting with RCom would be wise. You can find some info about RCom at

[Gendergap] "The Pie is Rotten: Re-Evaluating Tech Feminism in 2016"

I think this might interest some members on this list: https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-pie-is-rotten-re-evaluating-tech-feminism-in-2016 It would be interesting to hear responses to the article. One of my personal hopes is that technologies and tech organizations promote meritocracy and en

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: [libraries] Why GLAM Wiki:

Thanks Jane. Forwarding to the GLAM lists. Pine On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 5:40 AM, Jane Darnell wrote: > forwarding to this list > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Bob Kosovsky > Date: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 2:00 PM > Subject: [libraries] Why GLAM Wiki: > To: Wikimedia & Libraries

[Gendergap] Fwd: Thank yous and video recordings for the Wikipedia 15 joint celebrations (SF, NYC, and Seattle)

Forwarding video links (: -- Forwarded message -- From: Pine W Date: Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:43 PM Subject: Thank yous and video recordings for the Wikipedia 15 joint celebrations (SF, NYC, and Seattle) To: Video links to Youtube (Commons uploads will happen in the near future

[Gendergap] "How Does Gender Affect One's Willingness To Compete?"

I heard this clip on NPR today and think that others on this list might be interested. http://www.npr.org/2016/03/01/468751715/how-does-gender-affect-ones-willingness-to-compete Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage you

Re: [Gendergap] Gendergap Digest, Vol 62, Issue 1

Hello, The chapters and thematic organizations are nominating people for the chapter-selected WMF Board seats. See https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats The searches for an interim WMF ED and a long-term WMF ED have had few specifics published about them so far. I am an

[Gendergap] Article in The New Yorker: "A Feminist Edit-a-Thon Seeks to Reshape Wikipedia"

Forwarding an article that others may find interesting: http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/a-feminist-edit-a-thon-seeks-to-reshape-wikipedia Have a good weekend, Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscripti

[Gendergap] NYTimes: "Teaching men to be emotionally honest"

In the context of thinking about training male Wikipedians (particularly male administrators) in interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills, I thought that this was an interesting read: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html Pine _

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to upcoming office hours with interim ED

Forwarding two opportunities to ask the interim ED questions about harrassment, diversity, and anything else. (: Please note the time correction from Risker: "Just noting that 1700-1800 PDT on Wednesday May 11 is -0100 UTC on Thursday May 12. Based on the link given, this seems to be when the

[Gendergap] Fwd: [GLAM-US] Wikipedians of the Year - Emily Temple-Wood/Rosie Stephenson-Goodnight

Forwarding. Congrats, Emily and Rosie! Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Andrew Lih" Date: Jun 24, 2016 06:04 Subject: [GLAM-US] Wikipedians of the Year - Emily Temple-Wood/Rosie Stephenson-Goodnight To: "North American Cultural Partnerships" , "North American Cultural Partners

[Gendergap] Fwd: Essay: "Editing Wikipedia as self-care activism"

https://medium.com/@verbistheword/editing-wikipedia-as-self-care-activism-72bbcb67b02c by Veronica Erb might be of interest to Wikimedians. Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including u

[Gendergap] Training bias in machine learning

Perhaps of interest: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/how-linkedins-search-engine-may-reflect-a-bias/ "“Histories of discrimination can live on in digital platforms,” Kate Crawford, a Microsoft researcher, wrote

[Gendergap] Women in Red wikiproject statistic

A quick note to congratulate the Women in Red wikiproject ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red). By one measure Women in Red is the second most active wikiproject on English Wikipedia. Click on https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/12332 and sort by "no_bots_count". (: Pi

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Project Grant proposals (Sep 12-October 11)

Forwarding. -- Forwarded message -- From: Marti Johnson Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 4:34 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Project Grant proposals (Sep 12-October 11) To: Wikimedia Mailing List Hi everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program launches its seco

Re: [Gendergap] Katherine Maher speech at MozFest 2016

Thanks for those notes. I'm boldly pinging Katherine here in case she'll want to respond to these comments. On the subject of harassment, I was one of the many people today, mainly administrators and WMF staff, trying to address incidents of compromised Wikimedia accounts that have happened in the

Re: [Gendergap] Katherine Maher speech at MozFest 2016

n.wikisource.org/wiki/Danielle_Citron_speaks_ > at_WikiConference_USA_2015#Question_.231:_Official_Wiki_ > process_and_banning_all_the_women > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:36 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> Thanks for those notes. I'm boldly pinging Katherine here in case she&#

Re: [Gendergap] Katherine Maher speech at MozFest 2016

ow what they are--failing that, what laws should be in >> place. >> >> (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Protection >> (2) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Leaders >> hip_Development_Dialogue >> (3) https://en.wikisource.org/wik

Re: [Gendergap] Katherine Maher speech at MozFest 2016

After listening and reading some comments at the WMF Metrics Meeting today, I have a few other thoughts. These aren't directed at anyone in particular, and I hope other people will comment in this discussion. * With regard to adding, clarifying, or changing rules: the situation may be different in

[Gendergap] Job posting: program coordinator for Art+Feminism; 1 year part-time contract; $35/hour

Job posting for those who may be interested: http://www.artandfeminism.org/program-coordinator/ Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wi

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Statement by Wikimedia Board on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces

This email might interest others who would like to know what next steps WMF is considering address this set of issues, in terms of policies, practices, and technical developments. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Patrick Earley Date: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [

Re: [Gendergap] New publications on harmful online speech

Thanks for the updates. I'm pinging Patrick Earley, who is tracking this kind of research for WMF, in case he has yet to see this info. Pine On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Neotarf wrote: > The Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University has > four new publications onl

Re: [Gendergap] In memory of User:Danveg

Hi Michal and Tsipi, Thank you for sharing this news, sad as it is. Would you be OK with my sharing your email broadly, to remind people of the value of being observant for people who are experiencing personal difficulties and offering them assistance, including professional resources, in situatio

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

I agree with Risker here. Pine On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Risker wrote: > > > On 12 February 2017 at 17:22, Jonathan Cardy > 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 o

Re: [Gendergap] "A Call to Men UK " manhood workshops

Hi Neotarf, Sounds like an interesting program. There are similar programs in the US to encourage males in their younger years (under 18) to treat other people respectfully and to try to inspire them with visions of hopeful futures (e.g. high-quality jobs instead of membership in gangs). I'm not s

Re: [Gendergap] Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center

FWIW, I'm in favor of a significant update of the Meta main page. The WRC link could be one small part of that update. The initiative would need to be led by the community (not WMF), and it could involve a lot of complicated consultation and design work. If someone wants to lead that project I'd be

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