Re: [Gendergap] Maya Angelou

2012-08-01 Thread Sydney Poore
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,

Re: [Gendergap] Maya Angelou

2012-08-01 Thread Cynthia Ashley-Nelson
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.comwrote: Christine, that's truly awesome. :-) I've watched you working on the Maya Angelou topic

[Gendergap] uk chairman band

2012-08-01 Thread Sandra Ordonez
the uk chairman band was mentioned in daily dot today http://dly.do/M9K4Sv Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2012, at 6:16 AM, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson cindam...@gmail.com wrote: My own thoughts echo those expressed by others. Great job, Christine! No surprise though, I think your work is

[Gendergap] Today deadline for Travel Bursaries to attend Open Knowledge Festival: Track on gender and diversity in openness

2012-08-01 Thread Fuster, Mayo
Dear GenderGappers! I hope that you are all fine. It was great to see some of you at Wikimania, the women luncheon was a very happy experience! Let me also make you notice that some of us are involved in the organization of a track on gender and diversity in openness at the Open Knowledge

Re: [Gendergap] Maya Angelou

2012-08-01 Thread Christine Meyer
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.comwrote: I second everyone's comments before mine! I was

Re: [Gendergap] uk chairman band

2012-08-01 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Also coverage of varying quality in ... The Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/wikipedia/9439046/Chairman-of-Wikipedia-charity-banned-after-pornography-row.html Civil Society (media outlet focused on charities)

Re: [Gendergap] uk chairman band

2012-08-01 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Sandra Ordonez sandratordo...@gmail.com wrote: the uk chairman band was mentioned in daily dot today http://dly.do/M9K4Sv Ugh, please, please, please just start a new thread from scratch (send an email to gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org ) if it's unrelated to an

Re: [Gendergap] uk chairman band

2012-08-01 Thread Risker
I have to be honest here, I'm not really certain what this thread has to do with the gender gap. It just feels more like gossip than anything, particularly as a significant portion of the reporting either (a) has nothing to do with the purported subject of the articles and/or (b) is inaccurate.

Re: [Gendergap] uk chairman band

2012-08-01 Thread Laura Hale
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I have to be honest here, I'm not really certain what this thread has to do with the gender gap. It just feels more like gossip than anything, particularly as a significant portion of the reporting either (a) has nothing to do

Re: [Gendergap] uk chairman band

2012-08-01 Thread Pete Forsyth
In my opinion, it's very much within the remit of this list to share anything that creates an environment that is not welcoming to new contributors. It doesn't need to be proven every time, as far as I'm concerned, that women are disproportionately affected, for a topic to be germane to this list.

Re: [Gendergap] Wikimania Feedback Comment on luncheon

2012-08-01 Thread Pete Forsyth
I've been following this thread with great interest -- this is a subject that fascinates me, and that I've put a lot of thought into. In particular, I looked into a variety of ways to approach introductions when working with Sarah and Lori Byrd Phillips to plan GLAMcamp DC. The consistent theme

Re: [Gendergap] uk chairman banned

2012-08-01 Thread Carol Moore DC
I actually didn't read the first few posts because of the misspelling ;-) But when I read in the telegraph article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7883064/MPs-scandals-covered-up-on-Wikipedia.html *He's used multiple accounts *Very interested in bondage *Can be hostile to other users I

Re: [Gendergap] uk chairman band

2012-08-01 Thread Sandra ordonez
if i was a woman who wasn't familiar with Wikipedia, and I read this article, I would be a bit put off. #JustSaying Maybe its my ADD creating that connection, but I obviously thought it relevant enough to post. You don't have to agree with me, but I would appreciate you don't discredit my