Today we started the Ada Initiative Census of women in open technology
and culture:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/adacensus2011-email
The survey (intended for both women and men) asks two broad sets of
questions: What open projects are you working on, and what is your
opinion of how women are
I think this is a great idea. Since research has shone that women's
biographies are proportionately underrepresented on Wikipedia, lists
of women in particular areas are a useful tool for people interested
in writing biographies of women to fill in the gaps. It's also a
great place to start for
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:
Two recent Buzzfeed articles:
1. Wikipedia's Gender Gap, As Measured By Famous Birthdays, by Anna North
http://www.buzzfeed.com/annanorth/wikipedias-gender-gap-as-measured-by-famous-birt
A gender gap continues to
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Kevin Gorman kgor...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all -
As was announced several months ago, I am now one of the moderators of
this list.
Some time ago, there was a discussion on this list about behavioral
standards for this list. There was widespread agreement in
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Laura Hale la...@fanhistory.com wrote:
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 4:28 AM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote:
I believe issues relating to pornography are germane to a list discussing
the gender gap, and I'm happy to be informed about them (as with
. The day
will end with another plenary session in which we review what we
produced that day.
Please feel free to forward this information to other forums or people
that might be interested in attending!
Valerie Aurora
Executive Director, Ada Initiative
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On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 6:28 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi everyone,
Are you a woman attending Wikimania? Join us for the WikiWomen's Luncheon on
Saturday, July 14 in the Grand Ballroom.
This is a great opportunity to meet women from around the world who
contribute to
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Christine Meyer
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I've been doing my part in addressing the gender gap in en.Wikipedia, and
this week marks a major accomplishment for me in this area and for me as an
editor. [[Maya Angelou]] is now a featured article.
This is
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote:
On Aug 1, 2012 11:09 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
Miss Angelou
Sorry to be a nitpicker, but while in high school I had the privilege of
meeting DOCTOR Angelou (through a Facing History and Ourselves
My experience during over a decade of advocacy for women has been that
active moderation of online forums is both an absolute requirement for
creating a safe space for women and also incredibly hard on the people
doing the moderation itself. Thank you to everyone who does the hard
work to create
I don't know enough about Wikipedia conventions to talk about this
specific topic, but I can talk about the value of lists of women in
X. When we have few role models because there are few women in a
field, one of the ways to increase women's participation is to show
women or girls considering
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 8:10 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks,
Do we have a comprehensive list somewhere of all of the edit-a-thons
that are happening for Open Access week [22-26 Oct] and/or Ada
Lovelace day [16th Oct]? There's a lot going on!
If there's not a list
Can you believe Wikipedia Community Fellow and first Smithsonian
Wikipedian-in-residence Sarah Stierch didn't have a Wikipedia
biography until today?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Stierch
It's only my second article creation, and I could use some help
expanding it from a stub if you have
This is so impressive! Netha, you are a force to be reckoned with!
(Sorry for the delay, catching up on my email today!)
-VAL
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Netha Hussain nethahuss...@gmail.com wrote:
FYI
Here is a report of the events conducted in India during the Women's History
Month in
On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 6:34 AM, pu...@killerchihuahua.com wrote:
Actually, I found the descriptions well written and helpful. I don't quite
understand Sarah's objection.
To expand on Sarah's explanation:
We are discussing these images precisely because viewing them causes
many people,
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Jane Darnell jane...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually you would be surprised at the nature of some of the renaming
debates on Wikipedia in the area of artists like the one you mention,
but also artists from the 17th-century. One could probably write a
funny book about
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Hi Derric,
This list is not for the purpose of improving people's communication
skills. If you would like to help women in Wikimedia
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can turn pretty ugly if
an article is written about a black guy getting arrested. That's less likely
to happen if the suspect is white.
From,
Emily
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Abusive comments are a gender thing. Stories about
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Thanks,
-VAL
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(Great that this is happening, though!)
Chris
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Valerie Aurora
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Hi long-suffering Gender Gap list members,
I have good news! Thanks to the hard work of many of the people on
this list
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To manage your
to Wikisource,
where hopefully they can be reused indefinitely? I have some other options
in mind that could also work depending on the licensing.
Pine
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Valerie Aurora vale...@adainitiative.org
wrote:
Hi all,
Thanks for the kind words, Pine!
When
license noted somewhere? I just see © 2011–2015 Ada
Initiative on the bottom of the homepage.
Thanks!
Pine
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Valerie Aurora vale...@adainitiative.org
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They will continue to be hosted on our web site indefinitely, and the
licenses are all CC BY-SA so
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