Out of 12 deletion nominations for that group, the final result was one delete, one merge, and one draft moved to article space, plus some others created, for a net total of 19 articles.
A few new editors submitted draft articles for review. None of the submissions that went that route ended up as articles, and those new editors didn't receive any help, other than a rejection notice on a template. Wikimedia Blog has a post about the event. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/24/art-feminism-editathon/ On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:22 PM, J Hayes <slowki...@gmail.com> wrote: > it's hard to tell the privileged ignorance from the actively sexist. > ultimately motive does not matter. > the biting culture rejects what does not fit the stereotype > just as associate professor is a delete me sign, so is "feminist" > an editathon for newbies are SPA, and where one of the article subjects > are present is COI > it's all about the NPOV ethics. lol > > and after 12 nominations maybe 2 deletions. > we should expect this kind of push back from the cultural buzzsaw. > our scrunity of the newbie work will be part of the editathon process. > so it goes. > > cheers > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Emily Monroe <emilymonro...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> It was mostly a passing impulse that I was worried about, and decided to >> express, just in case. >> >> But since I'm currently semi-wikibonked, and you're actually >> participating in the discussions (thanks!), you probably know more than I >> do. >> >> From, >> Emily >> >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Emily, could you elaborate on your reason for thinking sexist >>> Wikipedians were a significant factor here? Having reviewed and engaged >>> with several of the articles and AfDs under discussion, I don't see any >>> reason for that. In my view, there were some unnecessarily unpleasant >>> comments, but nothing that struck me as sexist. But if I've missed >>> something, I'd like to know. >>> -Pete >>> [[User:Peteforsyth]] >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Emily Monroe <emilymonro...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Do you think the draft templates were the issue? Maybe I'm overly >>>> cynical, perhaps they advertised the fact that they were created by arts >>>> and feminism to sexist wikipedians. >>>> >>>> From, >>>> Emily >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Pharos <pharosofalexand...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This is actually the 3rd year of Art+Feminism, and the organizers' >>>>> focus has consistently been on improving existing articles (particularly >>>>> stubs!), as most appropriate to new Wikipedians, particularly at this >>>>> scale >>>>> of effort. >>>>> >>>>> Of course some new Wikipedians are eager to start new articles, and we >>>>> accommodate that as best we can, both with personal assistance from >>>>> long-term Wikipedians where possible, and also technical innovations like >>>>> the draft template system we premiered this year. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Pharos >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Pete Forsyth <petefors...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I very much agree, Emily. I wonder if this time, perhaps all the >>>>>> (wonderful and timely) media coverage of Emily Temple Wood's efforts to >>>>>> create new articles may have influenced organizers and/or participants? >>>>>> Perhaps it created a bit of a consensus, conscious or unconscious, that >>>>>> *creating new articles* was the main desired result. >>>>>> >>>>>> If so, this might be a bit of a one-time anomaly, may not indicate a >>>>>> need for major changes. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Pete >>>>>> [[User:Peteforsyth]] >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Emily Monroe < >>>>>> emilymonro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> In general, creating articles are very difficult. The learning curve >>>>>>> is steep, and it may be best to have people expand/improve articles >>>>>>> instead >>>>>>> of creating them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> From, >>>>>>> Emily >>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2016 11:48 AM, "Ryan Kaldari" <rkald...@wikimedia.org> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I find it disappointing that so many of the Art and Feminism >>>>>>>> editathons end up focusing almost exclusively on creating new articles >>>>>>>> for >>>>>>>> artists at the hosting institution. Not only does this lead to a high >>>>>>>> percentage of the articles being deleted, but it's a waste of a huge >>>>>>>> opportunity to create and expand articles about artists and artworks >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> unquestionable notability and high encyclopedic value. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have no doubt that many of the Art and Feminism articles that are >>>>>>>> nominated for deletion are nominated due to gender bias (as some of >>>>>>>> them >>>>>>>> seem rather trivial to find sources for and improve), but many of them >>>>>>>> are >>>>>>>> also legitimately on the notability borderline. At all of the Art and >>>>>>>> Feminism editathons that I've volunteered at, I've discouraged people >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> creating articles about people they knew personally, and encouraged >>>>>>>> them to >>>>>>>> use the lists at >>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks >>>>>>>> instead. If you are helping to run an Art and Feminism editathon, I >>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>> also suggest doing this, as it provides more value for Wikipedia and >>>>>>>> leads >>>>>>>> to fewer deletions. I would also like to encourage everyone to edit the >>>>>>>> lists at >>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks >>>>>>>> and help keep them full of good suggestions. Editathons are a great >>>>>>>> tool >>>>>>>> for addressing the gendergap, and I would hate for them to get a >>>>>>>> reputation >>>>>>>> for just being self-promotional events. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Carol Moore dc < >>>>>>>> carolmoor...@verizon.net> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Someone should write a letter to the editor of the those 5 or 6 >>>>>>>>> publications that came in my google alerts on the topic of the edit a >>>>>>>>> thon. >>>>>>>>> (Search news google to find them.) And of course deal with the few >>>>>>>>> legtimate complaints and the trolls with nonsense complaints. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 3/12/2016 10:17 AM, Neotarf wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> All the articles created at Regina ArtAndFeminism event have been >>>>>>>>>> tagged. Ten of them have been submitted for deletion. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Regina/ArtAndFeminism_2016/University_of_Regina >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> For example, see comments here: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Risa_Horowitz >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> Gendergap mailing list >>>>>>>>>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>>>>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, >>>>>>>>>> please visit: >>>>>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus >>>>>>>>> software. >>>>>>>>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Gendergap mailing list >>>>>>>>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>>>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, >>>>>>>>> please visit: >>>>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Gendergap mailing list >>>>>>>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, >>>>>>>> please visit: >>>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Gendergap mailing list >>>>>>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, >>>>>>> please visit: >>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Gendergap mailing list >>>>>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, >>>>>> please visit: >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Gendergap mailing list >>>>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Gendergap mailing list >>>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >>> visit: >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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