I'd say if mens shelters are notable enough to warrant their own articles perhaps that'd be best.
Sent via iPhone - I apologize in advance for my shortness or errors! :) On Jun 5, 2012, at 8:13 AM, Emily Monroe <emilymonro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a way to put information about men's shelters in the woman's shelter > article, without violating civility standards? > > From, > Emily > > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:11 AM, <pu...@killerchihuahua.com> wrote: > Couldn't hurt, and would give a place to direct people who try to insert > Men's shelter info into the Women's shelter article. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Gendergap] Men's_shelter Re: New WikiProject Feminism > Articles from WSG students > From: koltzenb...@w4w.net > Date: Tue, June 05, 2012 12:09 am > To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects > <gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Hi Ryan > > thank you for your message explaining how you see the situation that might be > coming > > what does everyone think about opening an article about "Men's shelter" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men's_shelter ("Wikipedia does not have an > article with this exact name. Please > search for Men's shelter in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or > spellings.") > > and use a few "male" user names to work on it seriously (there is quite a lot > of facts to make known, I > think), then see what happens > > my2cents is that this would cost us not even three Guineas > > any opinions? > cheers > Claudia > > On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:12:46 -0700, Ryan Kaldari wrote > > Just a quick word of warning... you should expect interference at the " > > Women's shelter" article from the highly active "men's rights" activists > > on Wikipedia. They have been pushing the point of view that women's > > shelters are discriminatory against men, that the women's shelter > > movement is part of a conspiracy to hide the "true statistics" about > > male victims of domestic violence, and that women's shelters are just > > scams to get government money, etc. If the students run into problems, > > just have them drop a message on the WikiProject Feminism talk page. > > > > Ryan Kaldari > > > > On 6/4/12 6:29 AM, Kissling, Elizabeth wrote: > > > Now that there's room in the discussion for a new topic :-), I'd like to > > > ask for help from some of you > experienced Wikipedians in bringing a new group of women to the project. > > > > > > I'm a professor of Women's& Gender Studies, and for their senior > > > capstone project, I've had a group of > WSG majors students working on WP articles for the WikiProject Feminism. > They've selected articles from > the list of requested articles and stubs from WP:Feminism > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism), and have been > researching, writing, and > revising in their sandbox pages for the last few weeks. We're planning to > post the articles in class today (a > few make take a little longer, but this week for sure -- it's the last week > of the term). > > > > > > It's been a wonderful experience for them, learning about how to present > > > research for the Wikipedia > audience compared to an academic audience, and to make feminist ideas > accessible to larger audience, and > more. It's given them a new appreciation of Wikipedia -- most of their > professors tell them not to use it, so it > was a big shock the first day of class when I announced we'd spend the > quarter working on it. It's also been > very challenging for many, especially the technical aspects of working with > wiki markup and Wikipedia. > > > > > > Will those of you who volunteer in this area help shepherd them into the > > > fold? I'm not expecting my > students to be treated with kid gloves, but we've watched a few edit wars, > and they're nervous. As with any > group of students, some are stronger writers than others, and some of these > pieces will need more help than > others. Here's the list of articles that will soon be added/updated: > > > > > > > > > American women's firsts > > > Feminism in Thailand > > > Feminism& BDSM > > > Metaformic theory > > > Women's shelters > > > Genderfuck > > > Feminist pedagogy > > > > > > Thank you for the work that you, and for any help you can provide to my > > > students. > > > thanks & cheers, > Claudia > koltzenb...@w4w.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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