Re: [Gendergap] [wmau:members] Re: Wikipedia: Biography of Living People guide (focusing on sport)

2011-09-15 Thread Tony Souter
But could things be downcased unless there's a good reason not to? See en.WP Manual of Style and most other authorities. Ta. Tony On 15/09/2011, at 3:31 PM, Laura Hale wrote: On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: That's a great start! One thing

[Gendergap] Wikiquotes

2011-09-15 Thread carolmooredc
Looking at my wikiquotes talk page for the first time in a while, I was reminded that is another area women's contributions may not be taken as seriously. Example: the deletion in 2009 of poet Marcella Boccia's quotes from English wikipedia after her article had been deleted from En

Re: [Gendergap] Wikiquotes

2011-09-15 Thread Sarah Stierch
Yes! I have never edited or contributed anything to wikiquote. I have contributed to Wikisource, and I'm starting to think I'm the only woman who ever has, even though it was two documents. I don't even think there is much of anything related to women's history on Wikisource... We were discussing

Re: [Gendergap] Hairdresser, hairstylist...barber?

2011-09-15 Thread Fred Bauder
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: I searched for hairdresser and was directed to barber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairdresser Kind of interesting, that it directs to barber and then discusses male barbers and men's haircutting culture.

Re: [Gendergap] [wmau:members] Re: Wikipedia: Biography of Living People guide (focusing on sport)

2011-09-15 Thread Pete Forsyth
Just so it doesn't get lost as we look at the details (which is important work, of course) -- I want to jump up and cheer! This is a really good resource, as good and in some respects better than the outreach materials we developed as part of the original Booshelf project:

Re: [Gendergap] Wikiquote

2011-09-15 Thread Fred Bauder
Did anyone see the quote of the day? Part of me wonders if was intended for us.. ;-) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page Hahaha! ;-) Never argue with a garbage truck

Re: [Gendergap] Wikiquote

2011-09-15 Thread Fred Bauder
Did anyone see the quote of the day? Part of me wonders if was intended for us.. ;-) http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page Hahaha! ;-) Never argue with a garbage truck

Re: [Gendergap] Wikiquotes

2011-09-15 Thread Ryan Kaldari
Speaking of topics that need expansion, there are still HUGE gaps in Wikipedia's coverage of art outside of the United States. For example, there are no articles for Mexican art, Polish art, Swiss art, etc. (not even stubs!) and don't even bother looking for African, South American, or Asian

Re: [Gendergap] Wikiquotes

2011-09-15 Thread Sydney Poore
There is a portal feminism on Wikisource but it is very under developed. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Portal:Feminism See Josephine K. Henry added to the portal by me in March 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_K._Henry http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Josephine_K._Henry The

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2011-09-15 Thread Tomas Ayala
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Re: [Gendergap] Hairdresser, hairstylist...barber?

2011-09-15 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hopefully that'll change (I think?) I encourage everyone to improve on it and watch the super awesome video I just added from the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. They sure don't do hair like they used to :D -Sarah On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Nicole Willson

Re: [Gendergap] Hairdresser, hairstylist...barber?

2011-09-15 Thread Sarah Stierch
Ack! I just nominated somethingand you did also! -Sarah (mine was about the 5 foot tall hairdo and Marie Antoinette...) On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:11 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.orgwrote: ** Wow, that was fast! Nice work. I think this deserves a DYK :) Ryan Kaldari On 9/15/11