I definitely understand Risker's point, but despite my jokes about
metaphorical gang bang at Wikipedia, this really isn't a discussion of
personal violence and assault, but of organized political intimidation.
And we should feel free to speak out about that and make sure lots of
people hear
Hi Carole,
But if you ask people to lurk out of camera shot and not ask questions
unless they are willing to have them taped aren't you making them second
class participants at that event?
Better in my view to create an edited taped version, and if someone isn't
prepared to be in the final cut
The workshop will absolutely not be recorded. If we do record a future
workshop, it will be done the same way as the video currently on our web
site: I will repeat everyone's comments myself and the video editor will
edit out all the participant comments.
-VAL
On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, Carol
Another good option. People who want to speak out should not be silenced
by those who say they don't want to be taped. (And heavens forbid it be
the guys who want to harass us or their female enablers.)
On 7/14/2015 10:02 AM, WereSpielChequers wrote:
Hi Carole,
But if you ask people to lurk
I'd just thought that I would note that WMF's Community Dept said recently
that anti-harassment initatives will be a focus for them in their goals for
this quarter.
Also, I would like to ask about the reach of this initiative. If the pilot
is deemed a success, would it make sense to offer online
This is a bit of a problem, as I see it. While it is invitation only (and
at this point, there is no feedback about what percentage of the available
seats are taken), the very limited advertising is not targeting people who
are actually going to be at Wikimania. Now, it could be that all the
Hey folks,
We really appreciate everyone's concern and help with the Ally Skills
Workshop! Some answers to questions or concerns on this thread:
1. We are working to get the workshop into the programme.
2. The workshop is on the Wikimania wiki here:
Hi long-suffering Gender Gap list members,
I have good news! Thanks to the hard work of many of the people on
this list, the WMF funded a grant to run a pilot Ally Skills Workshop
at Wikimania in July:
https://adainitiative.org/2015/06/apply-now-for-the-ally-skills-workshop-at-wikimania-2015/
