[Gendergap] Girl Geeks and a Wikipedia Editing Day

2011-11-02 Thread Fiona Apps
Heya, I've put up a geonotice but just in case anyone has them disabled (I wouldn't blame you), we're having an editing day with the Manchester Girl Geeks on the 12th. Any presence, female or otherwise, would be appreciated. Invitations went out today to their 400 strong mailing list and we're

Re: [Gendergap] the state of civility on en.wiki

2011-10-28 Thread Fiona Apps
I hate to be overly simplistic but I find in these circumstances that IAR applies. Just be courteous to all users involved, even those accused of incivility, and use the Socratic method. Question them about their actions in a way that suggests that you are not taking sides (which as an

Re: [Gendergap] Girl Geek Dinner Volunteers

2011-10-02 Thread Fiona Apps
to host an event in both cities, or work with orgs in both. Feel free to add me into any mailings or conversations. Thanks for taking initiative with this. -Sarah On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Fiona Apps wikipa...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys! So, I've been speaking at Girl Geek Dinner

[Gendergap] Girl Geek Dinner Volunteers

2011-09-30 Thread Fiona Apps
Hey guys! So, I've been speaking at Girl Geek Dinner events in the UK, spreading the good word about what it is we do, having editing sessions and then getting feedback from women on why they don't edit, or if they do, how they think Wikipedia can be improved to be more women-friendly. It's