Wow, how nice is this. As a WP editor, you don't expect any recognition so I appreciate your kind words and the kind words of others who have responded.
Christine On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com>wrote: > I second everyone's comments before mine! I was actually out with a > friend and was saying "oh wow, Figureskatingfan has been working on Maya > Angelou.." and was bragging (for lack of a better word!) about how awesome > your work is with Wikipedia and how amazing your new news about Miss > Angelou is. > > Your work is inspiring and so amazing!!! Congratulations !!! > > -Sarah > > > On 8/1/12 3:16 AM, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson wrote: > > My own thoughts echo those expressed by others. Great job, Christine! No > surprise though, I think your work is outstanding! > > Cindy > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Christine, that's truly awesome. :-) >> >> I've watched you working on the Maya Angelou topic for years now, and >> thrilled to see that you've got her biography to FA. It will be fantastic >> for her article to be on the main page on her birthday as a feature article! >> >> Sydney >> User:FloNight >> >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Christine Meyer < >> christinewme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've been doing my part in addressing the gender gap in en.Wikipedia, >>> and this week marks a major accomplishment for me in this area and for me >>> as an editor. [[Maya Angelou]] is now a featured article. >>> >>> I've been literally working on Angelou's article for years; my very >>> first edit of it was early in my WP-editing career, in September 2007: >>> [diff >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maya_Angelou&diff=prev&oldid=158867180]. >>> It took this long mostly because I do have a life, most of the time. When >>> I came across it, I realized that Angelou's work and life was sorely >>> underrepresented and not at all comprehensive, way before I came to >>> understand the gender gap in this project. I also realized that in order >>> to do the subject justice, I needed to become a MA-expert, something >>> I definitely was not at the time. I realized that at the very least, I >>> needed to read her six autobiographies, and while I was at it, write >>> articles about them. Only one article existed at the time: her first >>> autobiography [[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]], which was in >>> a pitiable state. A year's worth of research, a lot of assistance from >>> some of the most premiere editors in the project, and 3 FACs later, it >>> became an FA. >>> >>> In the ensuing years, I created and wrote articles about Angelou's >>> five remaining autobiographies (one is a FA, the others are GAs), >>> some ancillary articles about her other works, and a couple of lists. >>> ([[Works of Maya Angelou]] is currently up for FLC.) After I completed >>> the article about Angelou's final autobiography, I worked to get her bio up >>> to snuff, and it had a relatively easy FAC, my first FA to pass in its >>> first candidacy. I think that was due to the fact that the article was >>> truly prepared before it was submitted. For anyone who wants to drive an >>> article through the FAC process, that's my advice: make sure it's ready to >>> be reviewed, and do not use FAC (or GAC, even) to review it. There are >>> other places for that, so use them before bringing it to FAC. >>> >>> My next goal is to create a Maya Angelou Featured Topic. There are >>> some things that need to be accomplished before that; my goal is to get >>> there before Dr. Angelou's 85th birthday in April. I'm certain, at the >>> very least, that her bio will on the front page. Ironically, this is the >>> week I started researching the article about another elderly and important >>> woman: [[Joan Ganz Cooney]], co-creator of Sesame Street. >>> >>> Christine >>> Username: Figureskatingfan >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Cindy Ashley-Nelson > "Yes. *Her again.*" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cindamuse > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing > listGendergap@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > *Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow* > >>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate > >>today<https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > << > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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