Re: [Gendergap] Bikini example

2011-09-19 Thread paolo massa
You can compare how different language Wikipedias use images in the same article using Manypedia. All images appearing in the articles are conveniently grouped on top of it, and if you mouse over them, you can see a larger version. For example, below you find links of comparisons of the page

Re: [Gendergap] Bikini example

2011-09-19 Thread Lennart Guldbrandsson
Manypedia is a really cool thing. Best wishes, Lennart Lennart Guldbrandsson, Wikimedia Sverige http://wikimedia.se Tfn: 031 - 12 50 48 Mobil: 070 - 207 80 05 Epost: l_guldbrands...@hotmail.com Användarsida: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anv%C3%A4ndare:Hannibal Blogg:

[Gendergap] Women Rock at Supporting Nonprofit Causes

2011-09-19 Thread Sarah Stierch
Doing a bit of research on trends in museums (for an internship) and stumbled across this article from May... http://nonprofit.about.com/od/generationalfundraising/a/Women-Rock-At-Supporting-Nonprofit-Causes.htm A lot of it solidifies many things some of us have been saying, believing and

[Gendergap] A translation request

2011-09-19 Thread Ole Palnatoke Andersen
I compiled a small article about FastCompany.com's Most Influential Women in Technology. Most or all of these women are notable, I guess - they are on the list for a reason... http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastCompany.com%27s_Most_Influential_Women_in_Technology - it is in Danish, but should be

Re: [Gendergap] A translation request

2011-09-19 Thread Ryan Kaldari
It looks like we have biographies for slightly less than half of these people on the English Wikipedia. I would hazard that not all of them are actually notable per our guidelines, but I'm sure we're missing a lot that are. Ryan Kaldari On 9/19/11 2:12 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen wrote: I

Re: [Gendergap] Black skins

2011-09-19 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Arnaud, I've just remembered a documentary related to your post that is very much worth watching. Here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXG38QxXY-s Andreas --- On Mon, 19/9/11, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.net wrote: From: Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.net Subject: [Gendergap]

Re: [Gendergap] Black skins

2011-09-19 Thread Andreas Kolbe
Here is an example of Caucasian bias: the en:WP article on [[hair straightening]].  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_straightening Despite the fact that this is a topic of great practical interest to black women, many of whom either have straightened their hair or have thought about doing it,

Re: [Gendergap] Black skins

2011-09-19 Thread Brandon Harris
On 9/19/11 4:26 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: Here is an example of Caucasian bias: the en:WP article on [[hair straightening]]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_straightening Despite the fact that this is a topic of great practical interest to black women, many of whom either have

Re: [Gendergap] Black skins

2011-09-19 Thread Sarah Stierch
History continues to be written by Anglos and it's just as apparent in Wikipedia..and add a male dominated voice, and well...that's history. The same goes for topics about Native American subjects. I say it in my lecture about Indigenous peoples working with Wikipedia - it's just like any other

Re: [Gendergap] Question for the Foundation about photographs

2011-09-19 Thread Jutta von Dincklage
Message: 1 Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:33:30 -0700 From: Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Question for the Foundation about photographs of women To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: