Thank you Christine - very inspiring!
On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Christine for your tireless effort and work. > > Sarah > On Jun 8, 2014 10:16 PM, "Christine Meyer" <christinewme...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Yes, I'm responsible for the Angelou article. I must say, when I saw the >> view counts in the Signpost, I was overwhelmed and honored that for my part >> in bringing Dr. Angelou's bio article, as well as all seven of her >> autobiographies, the list of her works, and articles about her poetry and >> themes in her autobiographies, all to FA status. I also feel proud that >> the English WP honored this great artist with high-quality articles when >> the world most needed them. >> >> Like with the other article you mentioned, the Angelou articles all had >> Adedewit's influence. Early in my WP editing career, way back in 2007, she >> mentored me. She (along with User:Scartol) basically led me by the hand >> through the article development process as we worked on [[I Know Why the >> Caged Bird Sings]], Angelou's first autobiography. She taught me how to do >> research, gather sources, write scholarly, and find appropriate images. I >> remember going to her talk page at one point, and freaking out because I >> felt overwhelmed by the fact that here I was, a middle-aged white woman >> from the West Coast, trying to write about racism and childhood rape. She >> was very calm with me and told me, "Well, you took this on and now you need >> to finish it." Which eventually I did. We suffered a terrible loss this >> year. >> >> I'm thankful for being exposed to the life and writings of Dr. Angelou, >> something I wouldn't have done if it weren't for WP. Millions of people >> looked at something that I basically wrote, and that's incredible to me. >> It makes all the gender gap garbage we go through worth it. >> >> Christine/Figureskatingfan. >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Yana Welinder <ywelin...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Risker, >>> >>> That is awesome! I was really pleased to see that too. Thanks to >>> everyone who worked on the two articles! >>> >>> On a somewhat related note, I started a twitter account this week (as a >>> minor side project) to tweet about notable women on their birthdays with >>> their Wikipedia articles to raise awareness: >>> https://twitter.com/sis_ninja. If anyone on this list have particular >>> Wikipedia articles that you would like to be included, please shoot me an >>> email. >>> >>> Best, >>> Yana >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Looking at the Signpost today, I was really pleased and pleasantly >>>> surprised to discover that the top two most-viewed articles this past week >>>> were biographical articles about women. Not only that, they were both >>>> featured articles, so our reading public got a really good, informative >>>> article. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-06-04/Traffic_report >>>> >>>> A thank you to Christine for the Maya Angelou article, and to Sage Ross >>>> (with support from Awadewit) for the Rachel Carson article. >>>> >>>> Risker/Anne >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Christine >> ____________________ >> Christine W. Meyer >> christinewme...@gmail.com >> 208/310-1549 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang
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