> On 2/13/12, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:54 PM, stephen wanjau > >> <wanjaus...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> > >>> I came across this and I would like to share. click > >>> here<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp/FAQ/Perspectives/Kenya> > >>> > >> > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Grace Kariuki <gkariuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> the statistics are quite alarming. > >> > > > > Are they? Are we worried about there not being a featured article on > > Women's sports in Kenya on English Wikipedia? How is that a priority?
With all due respect, Asaf, I don't think its a question of prioritizing women's issues over content. It doesn't (and shouldn't, I believe) be an *either/or* issue. Ideally, we should be thinking of building inclusive, diverse communities who write a diverse range of Wikipedia articles. These two things go together, not in any particular order. > If > > we care about featured articles (and I'm not sure we should, very much), > > perhaps we can undertake to improve a more basic topic first, such as > > [[Kenya]], which is, as of this writing, not even a "Good Article" on > > English Wikipedia? > > > > Likewise, is it at all meaningful that there was no Kenyan woman among the > > eight (8!) researchers employed at the foundation this summer? There was > > no Kenyan man, either. So what is the "perspective" this gives us on women > > in the movement? > > > > What is it that you found alarming? > > > > Asaf > > -- > > Asaf Bartov > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaKE mailing list > WikimediaKE@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediake Heather Ford Ethnographer: Ushahidi / SwiftRiver http://ushahidi.com | http://swiftly.org @hfordsa on Twitter http://hblog.org
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