Hi Ian, Douglas, all, Steve Virgin managed to jump in and do the interview - thanks anyway!
In terms of figures, the WMF have put out a couple of blog posts about this, which are well worth reading: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/15/shedding-light-on-women-who-edit-wikipedia/ http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/03/31/campus-ambassador-program-tackles-gender-gap/ http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/02/01/wikipedias-gender-gap/ Thanks, Mike On 8 Aug 2011, at 17:43, <[email protected]> wrote: > > <realises this was sent direct and hence reply didn't go thru-list> > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio > Scotland about women and Wikipedia > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 5:28 pm > To: "Douglas Gardner" <[email protected]> > > Ha! I'm a (bad) actor and I can think on my feet, so I could probably handle > it... But my inactivity makes me a poor choice. > > Regarding what's been said about figures, I do seem to recall there was some > kind of survey done. That said: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_survey is unhelpful in that > regard, as is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BIAS - so maybe I'm > wrong there. Actually, it's quite telling that en:WP:BIAS scarcely mentions > gender. A systemically biased page on systemic bias... > > Iain > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio > Scotland about women and Wikipedia > From: Douglas Gardner <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 5:07 pm > To: [email protected] > > I cannot imagine you on radio. :P > > Douglas > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 3:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > If I was as active as I was a few years ago on WP, I'd jump at it (I'm an > > admin). As it is, nowadays I'm semiretired and not up to speed on what goes > > on there - a shame; as a Scot, I'm ideal for them. Although, I'm busy much > > of this afternoon owing to an urgent vet appointment. > > I was planning to take myself off this list, it was only meant to be > > temp.... But every so often, something catches my interest. :p > > Iain (Blood Red Sandman onwiki). > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio > > Scotland about women and Wikipedia > > From: David Gerard <[email protected]> > > Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 2:46 pm > > To: [email protected] > > > > On 8 August 2011 14:40, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> "I'm writing to you from BBC Radio Scotland's "Newsdrive" programme. We > >> spotted an article in today's press about Wikipedia's drive for more female > >> contributors and would like to requst an interview with Jimmy Wales. If > >> that's not possible, would there be anyone else from Wikipedia available > >> to > >> talk to us at 17.45 UK time ? It would be a short interview over the > >> telephone (3.00-3.30 mins). We'd be asking why there's a shortage of female > >> contributors, and what subjects women might be more likely cover." > > > > > > Probably not able to do this one myself ... but do we have talking > > point answers on this one? Anything resembling actual data, not > > surmise. > > > > > > - d. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
