[Gendergap] Polish Wikipedia Monument shows only men

2014-10-10 Thread Carol Moore dc
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/10/09/polish-town-to-have-monument-honoring-wikipedia/?intcmp=obmod_ffointcmp=obnetwork Polish town to have monument honoring Wikipedia The lack of anatomical precision did confuse me a bit as to whether male or female. Others pointed out narrow hips and broad

[Gendergap] Update: Re: Polish Wikipedia Monument shows only men

2014-10-10 Thread Carol Moore dc
I thought it was going up a year from now, but it's this October, so a bit late. But hopefully they have or ''will have'' a plaque mentioning women editors. Actually, it's probably best that Polish Wikipedia women editors approach whom so ever. But for the heck of it, I found the Polish

Re: [Gendergap] Update: Re: Polish Wikipedia Monument shows only men

2014-10-10 Thread Sarah Stierch
According to Polish women participants on the WikiWomen's Collaborative Facebook, this has been a source of frustration and has been discussed by the Polish community. Originally, there were going to be to female and two male figures, but, that was..scrapped for whatever reason. We've had a lot

[Gendergap] Ada Lovelace event in Bangalore - participate IRL or online!

2014-10-10 Thread Sarah Stierch
It starts today (Oct 11) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Bangalore/Ada_Lovelace_Edit-a-thon_2014 if you find yourself in bangalore you can probably still register... Or participate online! -- Sarah Stierch - Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization.

Re: [Gendergap] Update: Re: Polish Wikipedia Monument shows only men

2014-10-10 Thread Kerry Raymond
Solution. Get some women to put on bodysuits and bathing caps and photograph them holding up a large WP logo. Fix the details in Photoshop as required. Put the image on Commons, ask WP women to put it on their User page, share it with friends on social media, etc. Ensure this photo is more widely

Re: [Gendergap] Update: Re: Polish Wikipedia Monument shows only men

2014-10-10 Thread Sarah Stierch
Ha ha, that's a great idea. Group Halloween costume anyone? :) -Sar On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Kerry Raymond kerry.raym...@gmail.com wrote: Solution. Get some women to put on bodysuits and bathing caps and photograph them holding up a large WP logo. Fix the details in Photoshop