[Gendergap] Shining light on the gender gap by Twitter

2014-09-09 Thread Gender Gap
Hey, I've been following this list for a while. I'm pretty sick of the constant sexism on Wikipedia, and depressed because it's not just a few users, but seen in the opinions and suggestions of so many. I've started a twitter account (https://twitter.com/SaidOnWP) to give some examples of what I

Re: [Gendergap] Shining light on the gender gap by Twitter

2014-09-09 Thread Kathleen McCook
The *#WhyIStayed hashtag shows also applies to this discussion. * On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:05 AM, Gender Gap saido...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I've been following this list for a while. I'm pretty sick of the constant sexism on Wikipedia, and depressed because it's not just a few users, but seen

[Gendergap] The Insane Double Standard for Women Working in Tech

2014-09-09 Thread Sydney Poore
This article is interesting and relevant to the gender gap issue on Wikipedia. Sydney The Insane Double Standard for Women Working in Tech http://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/insane-double-standard-for-tech-women.html ___ Gendergap mailing list

Re: [Gendergap] The Insane Double Standard for Women Working in Tech

2014-09-09 Thread LB
Thanks! Lightbreather On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote: This article is interesting and relevant to the gender gap issue on Wikipedia. Sydney The Insane Double Standard for Women Working in Tech

Re: [Gendergap] The Insane Double Standard for Women Working in Tech

2014-09-09 Thread Sydney Poore
Here is a better article about in Fortune. http://fortune.com/2014/08/26/performance-review-gender-bias/ Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote: This article is interesting

Re: [Gendergap] Shining light on the gender gap by Twitter

2014-09-09 Thread Carol Moore dc
Frankly, given the hostility to the Gender Gap project, I have to wonder about this Hashtag effort. Lightbreather quoted some obnoxious guy statements a month ago out of her own account and was roundly criticized. Forum shopping and canvassing issues were raised while others applauded it.

[Gendergap] Result: WP:ANI on Disruption of Gender Gap Task Force; plus Arbitraition Denial

2014-09-09 Thread Carol Moore dc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive853#Disruption_of_Wikiproject There will clearly never be a consensus for any administrative action to be taken with respect to this incident, therefore this discussion only continues to serve as a

[Gendergap] Wikipedia and the war on women’s dignity

2014-09-09 Thread Carol Moore dc
Wikipedia and the war on women’s dignity http://wikipediocracy.com/2014/09/07/wikipedia-and-the-war-on-womens-dignity/ This article mentions an individual who's caused problems at the Gender Gap task force. Off wiki sites engaging in outing is, like hashtags, a two edged sword. It can be

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and the war on women’s dignity

2014-09-09 Thread Katherine Casey
I don't think it's appropriate to use this list to link to pages that out other users. I understand your frustration with nothing onwiki getting done, Carol, I truly do, but part of the social contract of being a Wikipedian is that we're expected to not attack the real lives of other Wikipedians -

Re: [Gendergap] Shining light on the gender gap by Twitter

2014-09-09 Thread LB
I'm going to keep at it, for now. Honestly, I'm tired of it being a mostly internally discussed problem... Perhaps I'll change my mind at some point, but that's my thinking on it at this time. Lightbreather On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: