Re: [Gendergap] Free as in sexist? Free culture and the gender gap by Joseph Reagle

2013-01-15 Thread Alolita Sharma
Sarah Thanks for sharing this paper by J Reagle - very insightful. Alolita On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Valerie Aurora vale...@adainitiative.org wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Joseph Reagle joseph.2...@reagle.org wrote: On 01/10/2013 10:04 PM, Emily Monroe wrote: (I do

Re: [Gendergap] Excellent Women's Portal on French Portuguese Wikis, missing in the English Wiki

2013-01-15 Thread Ryan Kaldari
English Wikipedia tends to have more specific portals than many of the other Wikipedias. For example, Women's sport, Feminism, Jane Austen, and even Celine Dion have their own portals. Typically, portals are created by corresponding WikiProjects. Although English Wikipedia has several

[Gendergap] Do the April Fool's Day jokes on English Wikipedia's front page deter women editors?

2013-01-15 Thread Sarah Stierch
http://thewikipedian.net/2013/01/15/wikifoolery/ April Fools' Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Dayis still about 2 1/2 months off, butWikipedians are already planning

[Gendergap] Fwd: New WMF grants program for individuals

2013-01-15 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi all - see below! Siko headed the fellowship program and has provided great guidance and insight in regards to my gender gap related projects. I encourage you to apply for an Individual Engagement Grant for projects related to helping encourage more women editors in your projects!! (Or

Re: [Gendergap] Do the April Fool's Day jokes on English Wikipedia's front page deter women editors?

2013-01-15 Thread Risker
On 15 January 2013 21:09, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: http://thewikipedian.net/2013/01/15/wikifoolery/ April Fools’ Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day is still about 2 1/2 months off, but Wikipedians are already