Re: [Gendergap] "Is Wikipedia Woke?"

2016-12-23 Thread J Hayes
was it normal release, or release of user name + name? i believe Erika Herzog may not have understood about the user name issue. perhaps i am overly sensitive to this issue, since a WMDC editor was outed, in a less friendlier venue On Fri, Dec 23,

Re: [Gendergap] "Is Wikipedia Woke?"

2016-12-23 Thread Pharos
Yes, Rob is right, the Bloomberg photographer did seek individual information and permission. Most people just put their given names on the nametags anyway, the photographer followed up with asking if they wanted to be included and how they wanted to be attributed. Thanks, Pharos On Fri, Dec

Re: [Gendergap] "Is Wikipedia Woke?"

2016-12-23 Thread Robert Fernandez
Some of the editors were identified by names which did not appear on their name tags, and at least one was not identified by name in the caption, only by user name. That appears to indicate that the photographer sought individual information and permission. I'll ping some of the NYC folks who

Re: [Gendergap] "Is Wikipedia Woke?"

2016-12-23 Thread Pete Forsyth
If BBW failed to confirm that photos with nametags were OK with any of those they depicted, yes, that would be a problem. I'm confident they would want to know about that, and I'd be happy to pass that feedback along if it hasn't already been delivered. But is there any reason to believe that

Re: [Gendergap] "Is Wikipedia Woke?"

2016-12-23 Thread J Hayes
yes and some time dilation and taking pictures of people with user name tags on, so outing On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Pete Forsyth wrote: > This feature article from Bloomberg BusinessWeek does, IMO, a great job of > exploring and contextualizing Wikipedia's

[Gendergap] "Is Wikipedia Woke?"

2016-12-23 Thread Pete Forsyth
This feature article from Bloomberg BusinessWeek does, IMO, a great job of exploring and contextualizing Wikipedia's diversity issues. The reporters really did their homework on this one, taking the time to explore all angles. There are certainly a few factual errors, the most egregious are