Thank you all! I appreciate the kind words. On Jun 10, 2014 3:14 PM, "Keilana" <keilanaw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to add my kudos! Your work on Maya Angelou articles is nothing > short of inspiring. Thank you! > > -Emily > > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I truly appreciate your work on this and related articles. They stand out >> as an example of the high quality of work that Wikipedians can produce. >> >> Warm regards, >> Sydney >> On Jun 9, 2014 1:16 AM, "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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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