[Gendergap] article differentials/unnecessary drama

2011-12-26 Thread Erin O'Rourke
I'll echo Kevin's words, as I couldn't have said it better myself: To me, article differentials like this are one of the most interesting manifestations of the gender gap, and are worth talking about on this list. Content that deals primarily with women is systematically underdeveloped throughout

Re: [Gendergap] article differentials/unnecessary drama

2011-12-26 Thread Béria Lima
Hi Erin. First we are - and we never - discussed *Content that deals primarily with women is systematically underdeveloped throughout the projects* what we did discussed here was 3 or 4 articles *from en.wiki* that Sarah thinks need to be remade. As far as I know, we have more than 700

Re: [Gendergap] article differentials/unnecessary drama

2011-12-26 Thread Caroline Becker
This is exactly where my problem comes from : en-wiki is not wikipedia but one of many wikipedias, and wikipedias is not Wikimedia project. Just to illustrate how the discussion pimp vs madam is cultural-biased, in French wikipedia, the inter-wiki for pimp is proxénétisme (hustling) and the

Re: [Gendergap] I'm fed up - was Re: article differentials/unnecessary drama

2011-12-26 Thread Emily Monroe
Sarah, I assume you're the list moderator? Then you should be able to decide who joins/stays on/posts on the list, and not have to resort to rants such at this one. From, Emily On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: And one think is discuss something -

Re: [Gendergap] I'm fed up - was Re: article differentials/unnecessary drama

2011-12-26 Thread Emily Monroe
So, if you're reluctant to moderate somebody who disrespects you, why be a moderator? From, Emily On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: On 12/26/11 10:43 AM, Emily Monroe wrote: Sarah, I assume you're the list moderator? Then you should be able to

Re: [Gendergap] I'm fed up - was Re: article differentials/unnecessary drama

2011-12-26 Thread Sarah Stierch
On 12/26/11 11:29 AM, Florence wrote: Sarah Seriously When it comes to bullying... There are several options as to how to answer it. One is blahblahblah. It takes your time, it takes our time, it takes its toll on the environment, and is bad on your health :) But blahblahblahblah

[Gendergap] Some Food for Thought

2011-12-26 Thread Marc Riddell
Some food for thought for all: Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. Eleanor Roosevelt MR ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Gendergap] possible resolution... article differentials/unnecessary drama

2011-12-26 Thread Carol Moore
While I'm not really familiar with various conflicts among the various wikipedias in different languages and english-language oriented Wikimedia.org and the foundation. I don't know if a short listing of them would help clarify that for those of us who are confused. Being an anti-imperialist

Re: [Gendergap] possible resolution... article differentials/unnecessary drama

2011-12-26 Thread Laura Hale
On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Carol Moore carolmoor...@verizon.netwrote: If the main problem here is the emphasis on English language solutions and the mention of problems with articles that only concern En.wikipedia, perhaps those speaking other languages could generate proposals on any