Re: [Gendergap] Question for the Foundation about photographs of women

2011-09-03 Thread phoebe ayers
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Fred Bauder fredb...@fairpoint.net wrote: Several women, including on WikiProject Feminism on the English Wikipedia, have recently expressed concern about the number of photographs of women's body parts that Wikimedia hosts, particularly regarding the issue of

Re: [Gendergap] Resolution:Images of identifiable people

2011-09-12 Thread phoebe ayers
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: I have no clue how I missed this (and perhaps it's been posted before?)

Re: [Gendergap] Resolution:Images of identifiable people

2011-09-12 Thread phoebe ayers
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: Sydney -- all good ideas, for sure! The resolution was intended as a (re)focusing device, as you note; and there is still lots of work to be done. One of the areas is making sure that all wikis have a similar

[Gendergap] WikiSym best papers

2011-09-22 Thread phoebe ayers
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 year. There is always a good deal of Wikipedia research presented at WikiSym. This

Re: [Gendergap] WikiSym best papers

2011-09-22 Thread phoebe ayers
Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: That's really great! I wish I could attend WikiSym this year (but the perils of being a poor student prevail..) Thanks for sharing this Phoebe! -Sarah On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:32 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, You may

Re: [Gendergap] Research into causes of the gender gap?

2011-12-14 Thread phoebe ayers
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Johannes Rohr johannes.r...@wikimedia.de wrote: Dear all, I recently joined this list as I am one of the persons in charge of the community-oriented goals which Wikimedia Deutschland has set for itself for the coming year, one of which is to increase female

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-08 Thread phoebe ayers
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Christine Meyer christinewme...@gmail.com wrote: I like this thread but have hesitated contributing to it because I'm a little worried that you'll all laugh at me... ;) Actually, that's a little true.  These days, I've been working on [[The Wiggles]].  You may

Re: [Gendergap] Accidental Troll Policy - beyond gender gap

2013-05-09 Thread phoebe ayers
(changing the topic back) On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Sylvia Ventura slvent...@gmail.com wrote: Anne, you're absolutely right on the 'high profile'. The broader the reach, impact, exposure, the more likely you are to become the target of good and bad 'attention'. The question is, much

Re: [Gendergap] can the Commons images thread move?

2013-05-14 Thread phoebe ayers
Well, I haven't read ANY of the emails in the thread, for the petty reason that the subject line makes me cringe every time I see it. And according to my gmail count there's something like 100 mails on the topic, so I'm probably not going to start now. So if indeed there is actual progress being

Re: [Gendergap] can the Commons images thread move?

2013-05-14 Thread phoebe ayers
images and categories of images are rather blatant violations of Commons's and/or the Board's policies/resolutions. Hope this helps. -Fluff On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:51 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.comwrote: Well, I haven't read ANY of the emails in the thread, for the petty reason

Re: [Gendergap] Women on the list: what have you been editing lately?

2013-05-20 Thread phoebe ayers
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Jane Darnell jane...@gmail.com wrote: Good luck with the AfC backlog Sarah - it depresses me to just think about that. ... After talking about it for 2 years, I have finally created the list of Frans Hals paintings, and though I promised myself I would be

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi Lennart! Not addressing the question of whether we've made any difference... but if you're quoting numbers AFAIK the best research on the gender gap numbers is Mako Hill and Aaron Shaw, from last year: http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/the-wikipedia-gender-gap-revisited which tries to correct for

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Cynthia Ashley-Nelson (Cindamuse)

2014-04-12 Thread phoebe ayers
Dear friends, We are all heartbroken here in Berlin where the Wikimedia Conference is going on, and where Cynthia was participating. It has been a very rough week for our community. Let's support and be kind to each other, and continue the work that Adrianne and Cynthia believed in and loved.

Re: [Gendergap] Wadewitz Tribute Edit-a-thons - May 2014

2014-04-21 Thread phoebe ayers
Taranet, that's fantastic :) Let us know if you need any help, and let us know how the event goes! Sarah, thanks so much for putting together the page. Adrianne would be honored. best, Phoebe On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 8:56 AM, taranet tara...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone, I'm a new member of

Re: [Gendergap] Why Women Have No Time For Wikipedia (WPO article)

2014-08-27 Thread phoebe ayers
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote: I will have to look into Hill Shaw, but would note that the Wikimedia Foundation itself reported the figures from the UNU survey as they stood (see e.g. p. 8 of the February 2011 Strategic Plan: According to the