[Gendergap] Advice for BLP situation (possibly off-topic)

2011-05-11 Thread Deanna Zandt
Hey all, Apologies if this isn't the appropriate list/discussion to post to; I learned a lot by following the last BLP discussion, so I'm hoping to get some advice here. It's a question that as a technology consultant I'm asked a lot, and I don't have the greatest answer... I have a friend

Re: [Gendergap] Advice for BLP situation (possibly off-topic)

2011-05-11 Thread Pete Forsyth
Hi Deanna, This is a great question, and something that comes up a lot. There's lots that can be said, but I think the best piece of advice is this: it is NOT prohibited for her to edit her own biography. The conflict of interest guideline is just that..a guideline, not policy. Of course it's

Re: [Gendergap] Advice for BLP situation (possibly off-topic)

2011-05-11 Thread Fred Bauder
Hey all, Apologies if this isn't the appropriate list/discussion to post to; I learned a lot by following the last BLP discussion, so I'm hoping to get some advice here. It's a question that as a technology consultant I'm asked a lot, and I don't have the greatest answer... I have a

Re: [Gendergap] Advice for BLP situation (possibly off-topic)

2011-05-11 Thread Sue Gardner
On May 11, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Deanna Zandt wrote: Any advice is greatly appreciated. Hey Deanna, It's a tough problem. Your friend is right -- Wikipedia biographies of people who are only marginally famous/notable (as opposed to, like, Barack Obama) are among our lowest-quality articles, and

Re: [Gendergap] Advice for BLP situation (possibly off-topic)

2011-05-11 Thread Andreas Kolbe
, along with some sources that could be used to balance the article. Andreas --- On Wed, 11/5/11, Deanna Zandt dea...@deannazandt.com wrote: From: Deanna Zandt dea...@deannazandt.com Subject: [Gendergap] Advice for BLP situation (possibly off-topic) To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia

Re: [Gendergap] Advice for BLP situation (possibly off-topic)

2011-05-11 Thread Fred Bauder
, 11/5/11, Deanna Zandt dea...@deannazandt.com wrote: From: Deanna Zandt dea...@deannazandt.com Subject: [Gendergap] Advice for BLP situation (possibly off-topic) To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, 11 May, 2011, 17:58 Hey