Re: [Gendergap] High-heeled shoes as a case study

2011-09-04 Thread Sydney Poore
, and the uploader should state that permission was obtained to take publish the image. If this has not been done, please either contact the uploader or propose deletion. Toby Hudson / 99of9 On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.comwrote: Category:High-heeled shoes

Re: [Gendergap] High-heeled shoes as a case study

2011-09-04 Thread Sydney Poore
-heeled_shoesapplies, and the uploader should state that permission was obtained to take publish the image. If this has not been done, please either contact the uploader or propose deletion. Toby Hudson / 99of9 On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.comwrote

Re: [Gendergap] Females and underrepresented students coming onboard

2011-09-04 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you Karen for letting us know that you are inviting your students to the mailing list. It would be great to hear their perspective on the topics related to gender and Wikipedia (and Wikimedia). So, I hope that they decide to participate. Sydney FloNight On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 1:42 PM,

Re: [Gendergap] High-heeled shoes as a case study

2011-09-05 Thread Sydney Poore
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.comwrote: The number of images in Category:High-heeled shoes is higher than most categories about footwear. Approximately one- third of the images are of full body shots of attractive females who are wearing high heeled

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-07 Thread Sydney Poore
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM, carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: On 9/6/2011 5:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: I have to say that viewing pregnancy as a medical article seems to be a rather male point of view :) I also find it telling that maternity clothing isn't even mentioned in the article

Re: [Gendergap] Pregnancy article lead-image RFC

2011-09-07 Thread Sydney Poore
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 19:27, carolmoor...@verizon.net wrote: Lots of us old hippie women are exhibitionists and I could advertise and get a few of us to pose. Then the young guys would have to discuss whether the 19 year

Re: [Gendergap] Nudity vs Islam in Western Europe

2011-09-07 Thread Sydney Poore
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:34 AM, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.net wrote: On 07/09/2011 04:02, Nathan wrote: Since we know that the gender gap exists in many cultures, and not just the U.S. or Europe, being aware of and sensitive to specific cultural biases takes on special merit

Re: [Gendergap] Nudity vs Islam in Western Europe

2011-09-07 Thread Sydney Poore
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 5:24 AM, paolo massa pa...@gnuband.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.net wrote: On 07/09/2011 04:02, Nathan wrote: If you have time you can have a look at the photos in pregnancy pages in Farsi and Arabic. You have the

Re: [Gendergap] So this is how Commons works?

2011-09-11 Thread Sydney Poore
it was done in the name of education and it is wrong for us to do it now. Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: This is a NSFW photo http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Korean_Vulva2.jpg Five

Re: [Gendergap] So this is how Commons works?

2011-09-12 Thread Sydney Poore
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:32 AM, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.netwrote: On 12/09/2011 02:43, Sarah Stierch wrote: One thing Wikimedia as a whole *suffers* from is no solidity when it comes to policy and rules. Everything seems that it can be adapted, broken, changed, manipulated..etc. I

Re: [Gendergap] So this is how Commons works?

2011-09-12 Thread Sydney Poore
part of the problems with the images on Commons. Sydney Poore On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:35 AM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 05:17, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.net wrote: IMO, the policies need to be tweaked so that admins like him will have better policy

Re: [Gendergap] So this is how Commons works?

2011-09-12 Thread Sydney Poore
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.netwrote: On 12/09/2011 12:18, Sydney Poore wrote: If you look at the full body of his work, this admin truly is trying to follow policy and the customs of Commons and WMF projects in general. Well I might have been too

Re: [Gendergap] So this is how Commons works?

2011-09-12 Thread Sydney Poore
with all of this on Wikimedia is the anonymity factor. People could say I am the model and I hereby give consent. I don't know how we get round that. Sarah On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 05:45, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote: No, not really. The assumption is toward the uploader having

Re: [Gendergap] Resolution:Images of identifiable people

2011-09-12 Thread Sydney Poore
practices. Sydney Poore User:FloNight ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Photos of girl-friends

2011-09-12 Thread Sydney Poore
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Arnaud HERVE arnaudhe...@x-mail.netwrote: On 12/09/2011 13:45, Sydney Poore wrote: No, not really. The assumption is toward the uploader having the appropriate permission if it appears to be an amateur image and it has not obvious signs of being a copyright

Re: [Gendergap] CBC Radio on Wikipedia's Gender Gap

2011-09-13 Thread Sydney Poore
in reading the research on the topic, and discussing it. Sydney Poore User:FloNight ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

[Gendergap] Sexual Harassment in Online Communications: Effects of Gender and Discourse Medium

2011-09-14 Thread Sydney Poore
Interesting article that supports the idea that women and men perceive content differently. The research found that in terms of gender differences, women rated online pictures and jokes as significantly more harassing than men. http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/109493102753685863 We

Re: [Gendergap] Other women's wiki's

2011-09-14 Thread Sydney Poore
I'm creating account on these two wikis to better understand ways that these wikis function since they have more women, and were created more recently than WMF projects. Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: These are two

Re: [Gendergap] Consent for photographs on Commons

2011-09-14 Thread Sydney Poore
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.orgwrote: On 9/13/11 8:03 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: I think this is really great, thank you Kaldari for taking the time to create this. The n00b in me asks : 1) Is this trackable? That is, a hidden category or anything?

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

Re: [Gendergap] Weird lame body fashion whatever website of the, day

2011-09-17 Thread Sydney Poore
I requested the name change for Boobies.jpg today, and was pleased to see that Mattbuck did it quickly. :-) Sydney On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:51 PM, The Richardsons dons...@optonline.netwrote: On 9/17/2011 3:00 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: The choices are really mediocre for the neckline

Re: [Gendergap] Kelly Wearstler

2011-09-18 Thread Sydney Poore
remember where. I see that Scott McDonald fixed the article. Scott McDonald rewrites BLP articles to make them adhere to NPOV especially when undue weight is an issue. So he is a good person to ask for help with difficult case if he is active. Sydney Poore User:FloNight

Re: [Gendergap] Question for the Foundation about photographs

2011-09-20 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you for pointing this out, Jutta, and your reply,Lennart. I see this area of improvement as being critical to participation of non-tech minded people. Sydney Poore On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Lennart Guldbrandsson l_guldbrands...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello, Thanks

Re: [Gendergap] WikiSym best papers

2011-09-22 Thread Sydney Poore
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:32 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, You may know about WikiSym -- the international symposium on wikis and open collaboration -- which is an annual research conference about wikis. It is being held week after next in Mountain View, CA this

Re: [Gendergap] washington dc

2011-10-07 Thread Sydney Poore
. People take into account an users past history when they vote for steward or WMF Board members. So, I don't have a problem with someone raising a concern about it in this situation. Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikimedia chapters are not beholden to one specific project. There are hundreds

Re: [Gendergap] washington dc

2011-10-07 Thread Sydney Poore
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: I am saying that you are questioning the decision of an independent body to select a person for membership in the same way that he questioned the WMF

Re: [Gendergap] Commons Searches

2011-10-13 Thread Sydney Poore
The first hit is a gallery page. From Wikipedia articles we link to Commons and limit it to galleries images if one exists. But with searches all the images show up. Sydney On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.orgwrote: ** One easy way to fix all of these searches

Re: [Gendergap] The Dell Summit

2012-05-13 Thread Sydney Poore
some aspects of the situation. IIRC, independent and me, Sue came up with similar thinking that she posted somewhere during Strategic Planning process several years back. Sydney Poore On May 12, 2012 11:01 PM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure what this has to do with Wikis, but its

Re: [Gendergap] what follows from most editors do not gender-identify

2012-06-18 Thread Sydney Poore
this in the past and found them very approachable and more than willing to listen to ideas. Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:52 AM, koltzenb...@w4w.net wrote: Sarah, thanks I am focusing my energy on taking action versus research investment. fair enough, the versus reads

Re: [Gendergap] Surplus women and World War I

2012-06-20 Thread Sydney Poore
Very pleased to see this come out of that Editathon. :-) Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Chris Keating chriskeatingw...@gmail.comwrote: Dear all, Just wanted to let you know about some interesting contributions to the Wikimedia article gender balance from

Re: [Gendergap] Maya Angelou

2012-08-01 Thread Sydney Poore
Christine, that's truly awesome. :-) I've watched you working on the Maya Angelou topic for years now, and thrilled to see that you've got her biography to FA. It will be fantastic for her article to be on the main page on her birthday as a feature article! Sydney User:FloNight On Wed, Aug 1,

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia Women Workshop in Mumbai Report

2012-11-05 Thread Sydney Poore
Krutikaa, Congratulations. I'm thrilled to hear that the workshop went well. Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Krutikaa Jawanjal krutika...@gmail.comwrote: A Day Spent well. The Wikipedia Women Workshop which took place on November, 4th 2012 in Vidyalankar

Re: [Gendergap] Final WikiWomen's Collaborative post + end of my fellowship

2013-01-28 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you, Sarah for sticking your ore in the water and paddling up stream. :-) :-) IMO, you raised awareness about the gender gap and tried several projects that are going to have a long term effect on the way that we deal with new users as Wikipedia tries to be more diverse. Good luck in the

Re: [Gendergap] Please welcome Liz Kent Leon, our new co-moderator

2013-03-30 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you Liz for volunteering for the extra job. Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: Hi everyone, Please welcome Liz Kent Leon, our new co-moderator of the gender gap list. Liz is a librarian at Sweet Brian College

Re: [Gendergap] Chemical Heritage Foundation's new Wikipedian in Residence

2013-04-30 Thread Sydney Poore
Very awesome news!! Sydney On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.comwrote: It's official! The Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has a Wikipedian in Residence...and it's a woman! They told me it's official, and encouraged me to share the

Re: [Gendergap] Renewing gender gap conversations on meta

2013-10-17 Thread Sydney Poore
of this thread. One of the key discussion will be the name of the group. So everyone put their thinking caps on so we can make this decision within the next month of so. Sydney Poore On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Sydney sydney.po

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Edit-a-thon for editing articles on violence against women

2013-12-04 Thread Sydney Poore
Hi there Rohini, This sounds like a great idea. I plan to participate too remotely. And I'll be happy to be a resource to help people figure out if specific content meets the content policy and guidelines on Wikipedia English. Or help them to rewrite it so that it does. Warm regards, Sydney Poore

[Gendergap] Asking for volunteers to help assess the WMF FDC Proposal.

2014-04-11 Thread Sydney Poore
. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:APG/Proposals/2013-2014_round2 Warm regards, Sydney Poore User:FloNight Member of FDC -- Forwarded message -- From: Sue Gardner sgard...@wikimedia.org Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:05 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] WMF FDC Proposal: we invite your

Re: [Gendergap] A reason to celebrate

2014-06-09 Thread Sydney Poore
I truly appreciate your work on this and related articles. They stand out as an example of the high quality of work that Wikipedians can produce. Warm regards, Sydney On Jun 9, 2014 1:16 AM, Christine Meyer christinewme...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Yes, I'm responsible for the Angelou article.

Re: [Gendergap] A cautionary tale

2014-06-23 Thread Sydney Poore
I agree with Ryan that the wiki etiquette board was not helpful in many situations largely because people who regularly patrol the board are often people formerly brought to the board with issues about civility. While the average editor stays away from this area. So often the discussions are less

Re: [Gendergap] Addressing incivility (was: men on lists)

2014-07-03 Thread Sydney Poore
policy on a global community where cultural norms differ at great deal. So, we need to be careful that an attempt to assist one group of users does not make it harder for other groups of people who are also under represented on Wikipedia English. Sydney Sydney Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight

Re: [Gendergap] Addressing incivility (was: men on lists)

2014-07-07 Thread Sydney Poore
. It's a dirty job, but it's gotta be done. And the more guys who help promote civility and are willing to counter the good-old-boy mentality, the better... :-) On 7/3/2014 3:18 PM, Sydney Poore wrote: There was an attempt to address the civility problem on Wikipedia English

Re: [Gendergap] Hi Gender Gap list

2014-07-24 Thread Sydney Poore
Welcome, Georgia. :-) Looks interesting. I'll be sure to check it all out. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Georgia Guthrie geor...@thehacktory.org wrote: Hi there, I'm messaging from Philadelphia, where

[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 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

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] Wikimedia Research showcase – October 15 2014, 11.30 PT

2014-10-15 Thread Sydney Poore
Reminder about the Research Showcase today that has an discussion of *Emotions under Discussion: Gender, Status and Communication in Wikipedia.* Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration -- Forwarded message -- From: Dario Taraborelli dtarabore

Re: [Gendergap] Help write an article about American Airlines' first female commercial pilot

2015-02-04 Thread Sydney Poore
Hi Jodi, The article is looking good. I deleted the re-direct. You can do a page move into mainspace when you are ready. I think that it will make a great DYK! Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Jodi

Re: [Gendergap] Computational Linguistics Reveals How Wikipedia Articles Are Biased Against Women

2015-02-04 Thread Sydney Poore
Hi, I think that there is a problem of not creating articles about women who are notable in there own right but are mentioned in articles of family members. It is not uncommon to do use Wikipedias search for a notable woman and find a mention of their name in articles about a family member. It

Re: [Gendergap] Thank someone today.

2015-02-04 Thread Sydney Poore
I agree. I'm especially thrilled when someone notices an article about a notable woman and thanks me for creating it. I usually thank them back!!! Can't have too much wikilove! Sydney On Feb 4, 2015 7:12 PM, Keilana keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: I love the thanks button, it's such an easy way

Re: [Gendergap] press coverage of Gamergate arbcom case

2015-01-25 Thread Sydney Poore
that they are doing in the face of the harassment and negative publicity in the media. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: I am now on digest mode with this mailing list. The traffic

Re: [Gendergap] FYI - another trolling? Fwd: Google Groups: You've been added to Wikimedia-l

2015-01-09 Thread Sydney Poore
yes, I've been subscribed several time to it over the past few days. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: Another trolling I think. A Wikimedia Lesbians group this time

Re: [Gendergap] A path back for day-two editors (was: Wikipedia Day NYC 2015 mini-conferenceh for te project's 14th birthday)

2015-03-26 Thread Sydney Poore
are automatically helping the gender gap. They see this aspect as an added benefit of our collaboration. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 1:11 AM, Christine Meyer christinewme...@gmail.com wrote: Kerry and all, I've

Re: [Gendergap] Progress of Inspire Grants – Gender gap campaign

2015-03-23 Thread Sydney Poore
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire Main page for campaign. Sydney On Mar 23, 2015 8:07 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: Would someone like to summarize how the campaign is doing now it is (presumably) half way through? From the IdeaLab page[1] there is a week left before

Re: [Gendergap] Women reluctant to comment online - any relation to the WP gender gap?

2015-05-03 Thread Sydney Poore
Likely yes. Women not making public statements in the same way as men is not isolated to Wikipedia or the internet. The article mentions the use of a respect button in addition to) a like button to encourage people to stop trashing other peoples opinions. The newspaper that did this and heavily

Re: [Gendergap] Announcing Inspire Campaign Grantees (Carol Mooredc)

2015-05-06 Thread Sydney Poore
perpetuates the problem by continuing to treat that group differently. It's sad but not surprising to know that some people feel so strongly about it that they would attempt to sabotage an on campus event. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed

Re: [Gendergap] Women's health articles

2015-05-14 Thread Sydney Poore
Set it up and sign me up, too. Sydney On May 14, 2015 8:39 PM, keilanawiki keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: Let's do it - I'm happy to help set it up! :) Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org Date:05/14/2015 1:23 PM

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: [wikimedia-dc-internal] Wikipedian-in-Residence at West Virginia University Libraries

2015-04-16 Thread Sydney Poore
/Wikipedian_in_Residence_for_Gender_Equity Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: Cool! -- Forwarded message -- From: Kirill Lokshin kirill.loks...@wikimediadc.org Date: Thu

[Gendergap] Fwd:WVU Gender Wikipedian in Residence for Inspire Campaign

2015-04-18 Thread Sydney Poore
-- Forwarded message -- From: Carroll Wilkinson cwilk...@wvu.edu Date: Apr 18, 2015 7:33 AM Subject: Rejected email To: Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com Cc: Hello - Sydney's observation recently that I would appreciate comments on my proposal to get a Wikipedian in Residence

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Sydney Poore
. They don't care, because they don't have to. until the systemic bias in civility enforcement is dealt with, your thesis will be a dead letter with me. On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote: This part of the we of Wikipedians...me..wants feminist to edit

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Sydney Poore
there is simply no way that Wikipedia's content can be neutral without a large and inclusive body of people creating it. Warm regards, Sydney Poore User:FloNight On Apr 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia) lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote: Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list, My

Re: [Gendergap] Women's health articles

2015-05-30 Thread Sydney Poore
as a supporter or discuss the proposal in the discussion section. On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote: Set it up and sign me up, too. Sydney On May 14, 2015 8:39 PM, keilanawiki keilanaw...@gmail.com wrote: Let's do it - I'm happy to help set it up

Re: [Gendergap] Nice presentation by FloNight on the Cochrane initiative

2015-10-10 Thread Sydney Poore
Thank you, Jane. I agree that reaching out to people in other languages is important to see if we can run the update bot. There are more talks today live or later on video that are focused on the gender gap.The talks have been really good. Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian

Re: [Gendergap] Meeting at the Wikiconference?

2015-10-05 Thread Sydney Poore
Looking forward to seeing you there. On Oct 5, 2015 8:00 PM, "Francesca Tripodi" wrote: > Hello list members! > > I am not sure if any of you are planning on attending the upcoming > conference in DC but it would be wonderful we we could organize a meet up > for those who

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Publicpolicy] Introducing the public policy site

2015-09-02 Thread Sydney Poore
This is significant since good public policy work can make easier for all women around the world to have access to Wikipedia to read and edit, to have less concerns about censorship, and to protect the privacy of women who want to edit on controversial topics. Sydney Poore User:FloNight

Re: [Gendergap] Signpost op-ed (NSFW)

2016-02-23 Thread Sydney Poore
Rob, Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I think it is a good recap of the situation and I support your overall thinking. Warm regards, Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wikipedian in Residence at Cochrane Collaboration On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:02 AM, Rob <gamali...@gmail.com>

[Gendergap] Katy Love promoted to Director of Community Resources

2016-02-26 Thread Sydney Poore
nts programs in order to develop methods to engage more women. https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2016-February/082499.html https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:KLove_(WMF) Warn regards, Sydney Poore User:FloNight ___ Gendergap mailing l

[Gendergap] Lila Tretikov's resignation, Executive Director search

2016-02-25 Thread Sydney Poore
-l/2016-February/082472.html Sydney Poore User:FloNight ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Announcing Rapid Grants

2016-05-18 Thread Sydney Poore
Sharing the announcement about the new WMF Rapid Grants Program. Go forth and use it to decrease the gender gap! Sydney Poore User:FloNight Wiki Project Med Foundation WikiWomen's User Group Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sydney.e.poore -- Forwarded message -- From: Alex Wang

Re: [Gendergap] Sharing knowledge about notable women from the Central and Eastern Europe

2016-05-05 Thread Sydney Poore
Natalia, That's fantastic to hear. Makes my heart happy. <3 Sydney On May 5, 2016 4:07 PM, "Natalia Szafran-Kozakowska" wrote: > Hi all! > > I'm not sure if you know the CEE Spring 2016 project. It is an article > writing contest held on 29 language versions of Wikipedia

[Gendergap] WikiConference North America

2016-08-16 Thread Sydney Poore
for academic submissions at https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Call_for_Academic_Presentations. - Sydney Poore (User:FloNight) and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (User:Rosiestep), conference organizers ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage

[Gendergap] August 31 Final day to submit program sessions at WikiConference North America

2016-08-30 Thread Sydney Poore
on this mailing list. But we welcome more submissions about increasing participation in Wikimedia projects. Sydney Poore User:FloNight WikiConference North America https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sydney.e.poore

[Gendergap] Fwd: [hifa] Are there gender differences in access and use of digital health tech?

2016-12-06 Thread Sydney Poore
Thought would be of interest. Sydney -- Forwarded message -- From: "Amy Lee, USA" Date: Dec 6, 2016 1:21 AM Subject: [hifa] Are there gender differences in access and use of digital health tech? To: "HIFA - Healthcare Information For All" Cc:

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Affiliates] AffCom call for new members

2016-12-17 Thread Sydney Poore
For your consideration. It is important to have more diversity in membership of the committee and those giving feedback about the nominees. Sydney -- Forwarded message -- From: "Maor Malul" Date: Dec 17, 2016 11:44 AM Subject: [Affiliates] AffCom call for new

Re: [Gendergap] In memory of User:Danveg

2017-01-02 Thread Sydney Poore
Hi Tsipi and Michal, Thank you for letting know. I'm sorry for your loss. I'll pass on the idea of editing article about transgender issues in her memory. Warm regards, Sydney Sydney Poore User:FloNight Co-founder Kentucky Wikimedians, Co-founder WikiWomen User Group, Co-founder WikiConference

[Gendergap] [For review] The results of Community Reporting System research are ready

2021-06-23 Thread Sydney Poore
osting a link to the report, or translating the report into your language. You can discuss the results or raise questions on Meta or by contacting communityhealt...@wikimedia.org. Warm regards, Sydney -- Sydney Poore (she/her) Senior Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Trust and Safety team Sydney