Re: [Gendergap] High-heeled shoes as a case study

2011-09-05 Thread Samuel Klein
I would tackle this at the level of deletion templates. Flickrwashing is a known widespread source of copyvios. 1. There should be a template specifically for that class of deletion. 2. This should be added as a new reason for deletion to the appropriate policy page. A Flickr-imported image

Re: [Gendergap] High-heeled shoes as a case study

2011-09-05 Thread Sydney Poore
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.comwrote: The number of images in Category:High-heeled shoes is higher than most categories about footwear. Approximately one- third of the images are of full body shots of attractive females who are wearing high heeled

[Gendergap] CFP: From Veiling to Blogging: Women and Media in the Middle East

2011-09-05 Thread Sarah Stierch
Call for Papers: From Veiling to Blogging: Women and Media in the Middle East A great opportunity to papers regarding representation of Middle Eastern women in technology; Wikipedia, specifically. Learn more here:

Re: [Gendergap] High-heeled shoes as a case study

2011-09-05 Thread Sarah Stierch
LOL, at least he realizes I'm on a vendetta against crappy profile personal photos too: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Bio_picture.jpg The more people speak out against crap on Commons the more our voices will be heard. ;) On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Sarah

Re: [Gendergap] fyi: Gender Bias in Wikipedia and Britannica

2011-09-05 Thread Joseph Reagle
Hello Ryan, On Friday, September 02, 2011, Ryan Kaldari wrote: * Do you know what the ratio of male to female contributors is at Encyclopedia Britannica? No, unfortunately not. It'd be great to have that data and -- as we note -- to have a comprehensive listing of all biographies in EB. *

[Gendergap] Sesame Street articles

2011-09-05 Thread Christine Meyer
This may not qualify as appropriate for this list, but in the little bit of time I've been in this mailing list I've seen that articles written by women are fair game. I also believe that this would be appropriate because the subject, the children's television show Sesame Street, is a

Re: [Gendergap] Sesame Street articles

2011-09-05 Thread Sarah Stierch
Christine, I love that you shared this with us. While I am [[childfree]] (Visit WP:Feminism for that story), I was raised on a steady diet of Sesame Street and the Muppet Show. I think it's super awesome that Sesame Street is up for FA, amazing that you've had so many, I can't even imagine having

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-05 Thread Sarah Stierch
Daniel, I totally 3 your use of denial and hostile work environment. Chiming in right now. Been following it since it was posted on WP:Feminism and was sickened by the conversation, so had to move on.. -Sarah On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case danc...@frontiernet.net