Re: [Gendergap] Minor explosion on dawiki

2013-09-30 Thread Russavia
And here is Sanne wearing pink badges -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/7405752@N06/2513156755/in/photolist-4Q5zWT-4Q9PEs And here is Sanne standing directly next to some big arsed pink balloons -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/7405752@N06/2513983346/in/photolist-4Q9PEs I am guessing that she

Re: [Gendergap] Minor explosion on dawiki

2013-09-30 Thread Ole Palnatoke Andersen
You never know with allergies - it could be a recent development :-) More seriously: I guess pink is given the connotations of cutesy, little-girl-donesn't-know-a-thing and such. -Ole On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Russavia russavia.wikipe...@gmail.comwrote: And here is Sanne wearing pink

Re: [Gendergap] Minor explosion on dawiki

2013-09-30 Thread Russavia
From: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_for_kvinder in the info on WikiWednesday, part of what is done is: Sladre om de andre brugere Bwahahahahaha, if that's not reinforcing stereotypes, what is? :) On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen

[Gendergap] Call for feedback on Welcome to Wikipedia brochure

2013-09-30 Thread LiAnna Davis
(Please excuse cross-posting) Over the next few months, I will be overhauling the Welcome to Wikipedia brochure[1] to better reflect what new editors need to know when learning how to contribute to Wikipedia. I'm hoping to get a wide variety of feedback on what people like and do not like about

Re: [Gendergap] Minor explosion on dawiki

2013-09-30 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
In the US we call it pink washing. It does attract some women. And then there are others who absolutely turned off by it. I'll let you guess what category I fall into ;) I wonder if this might have—or might be defended as—something to do with Breast Cancer Awareness Month:

Re: [Gendergap] Minor explosion on dawiki

2013-09-30 Thread Joseph Reagle
On 09/30/2013 07:28 AM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen wrote: More seriously: I guess pink is given the connotations of cutesy, little-girl-donesn't-know-a-thing and such. I agree that's the case on that page. Little known historical aside though, pink used to be thought masculine:

Re: [Gendergap] Minor explosion on dawiki

2013-09-30 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
Sladre om de andre brugere Bwahahahahaha, if that's not reinforcing stereotypes, what is? :) For those of you too afraid to try it at home, Google Translate rendered this as Gossip about other editors. (Or something to that effect). Then again, does the Danish word Sladre have the

Re: [Gendergap] Minor explosion on dawiki

2013-09-30 Thread Ole Palnatoke Andersen
Oh yes, sladre is gossiping, and it is something done by airheads and women (stereotypically speaking). In other contexts, it also means telling on someone. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case danc...@frontiernet.net wrote: Sladre om de andre brugere