Re: [Gendergap] Adrienne Wadewitz featured in short piece about Gendergap on the English Wikipedia

2014-07-07 Thread Tom Morris
That’s really cool. (Just don’t read the comments. Awful misogyny contained therein. Is there any way we can get that crap removed?) -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ - Original message - From: Jane Darnell jane...@gmail.com To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects

Re: [Gendergap] how sewing circles became secret queer celebrity love fests

2013-06-03 Thread Tom Morris
circles used in the lesbian sense... -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Sexuality-related userboxen: give me your thoughts!

2013-05-14 Thread Tom Morris
for them. I just hope that we don't throw the useful baby (things like LGBT userboxes) out with the bathwater. Yours, -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ On Tuesday, 14 May 2013 at 16:01, Katherine Casey wrote: I've noticed that enwp has a lot of sexuality-related userboxen. Some

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Tom Morris
confirm that the people requesting deletion are who they say they are. Until we have enough people to handle these issues, we should err on the side of caution - in this case, probably deleting. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-10 Thread Tom Morris
, but that's another matter...) -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

[Gendergap] Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines

2013-01-16 Thread Tom Morris
, but not limited to people of varied age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender-identity, language, race, sexual orientation, geographical location and religious views. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap

[Gendergap] List of celebrity hairdressers

2012-10-09 Thread Tom Morris
of triviality. Apparently, stereotypically masculine trivial things are fine but stereotypically feminine trivial things aren't. Le sigh. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https

Re: [Gendergap] uk chairman band

2012-08-02 Thread Tom Morris
not another side to this sad tale. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] women on wikiHow (talk at #wikimania)

2012-07-14 Thread Tom Morris
and other editor engagement projects. [1] http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Philosophy-Paper -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-06 Thread Tom Morris
.) -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] recognition of gender gap*s* (in the plural) Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread Tom Morris
Gaga: if I have a POV or a COI, I was born that way. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

[Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-01 Thread Tom Morris
the coverage of LGBT history, issues and culture, and any other issues that specifically affect LGBT editors. You don't have to be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to join. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list

Re: [Gendergap] LGBT mailing list

2012-07-01 Thread Tom Morris
On Sunday, 1 July 2012 at 22:30, Tom Morris wrote: I'm happy to announce that a new Wikimedia LGBT mailing list has been setup. For the time being, it is being hosted on lists.wikiqueer.org (http://lists.wikiqueer.org). http://lists.wikiqueer.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-lgbt The list

Re: [Gendergap] what follows from most editors do not gender-identify

2012-06-18 Thread Tom Morris
and of chapters that any studies they do into the effectiveness of outreach and intervention programmes include gender inclusiveness as a measure in stats-gathering where possible. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap

[Gendergap] Guns, Girls and Games

2012-06-04 Thread Tom Morris
made it so users couldn't express their sexual orientation on their profiles. 'Cos, you know, the best way to make gay users feel like comfortable and welcome members of a community is to force them back in the closet for their own protection… -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org

Re: [Gendergap] The Dell Summit

2012-05-13 Thread Tom Morris
commentator to emcee their event. This isn't so much shooting themselves in the foot as machine gunning their whole leg off. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Gendergap] The Dell Summit

2012-05-13 Thread Tom Morris
On 13 May 2012 23:36, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson cindam...@gmail.com wrote: I would think it could certainly be added to the Mads Christensen article on Wikipedia, found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mads_Barner-Christensen. Have we any sources other than the blog post? -- Tom Morris http

[Gendergap] Austin All-Girl Hack Night

2012-05-10 Thread Tom Morris
This just came across my radar: http://www.meetup.com/Austin-All-Girl-Hack-Night/ It's an event for female coders in Austin, TX. I wonder if there are technically-inclined female MediaWiki developers and assorted Wiki[pm]edia code slingers in the Austin area who might want to attend. -- Tom

[Gendergap] Asking Reddit's /r/asktransgender about Wikipedia

2012-05-09 Thread Tom Morris
feels like how we handle gender identity and transgender issues on-wiki is a nice little litmus test for the community's wider attitudes to inclusion (as well as handling of sensitive BLPs). -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing

Re: [Gendergap] Photo accreditation for the Lesbian Spring in Toulouse (France)

2012-04-02 Thread Tom Morris
Caroline, I've responded on the talk page with some further advice on how to do OR notes. Pi zero is giving you accurate advice about Wikinews original research publishing. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list

Re: [Gendergap] Newsflash: sexism in geek communities demeans everybody - by Tom Morris

2012-03-24 Thread Tom Morris
their geeky obsessions. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Wikinews and women's topic on the front page :)

2012-03-20 Thread Tom Morris
are going to an event, a protest, or pretty much anything interesting and newsy, please, grab a camera, grab a notebook, interview, photograph, video and help improve Wikinews. -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap