That is nice, and includes a nice plug for the IEG grant process as well! 2014-04-01 19:28 GMT+02:00, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com>: > Nice work Netha and Emily! > > -Sarah > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Netha Hussain > <nethahuss...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> Dear all, >> >> Here is a blog post interviewing Emily Temple-Wood, the co-founder of >> Wikiproject: >> Women >> Scientists<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists>. >> Congratulations, Emily! >> >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/netha-hussain/countering-the-systemic-bias-on-wikipedia--an-interview-with-emily-temple-wood_b_5064947.html?just_reloaded=1 >> >> - Netha >> >> >> Countering the Systemic Bias on Wikipedia : An Interview With Emily >> Temple-Wood >> Posted: 01/04/2014 >> 14:28<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/netha-hussain/countering-the-systemic-bias-on-wikipedia--an-interview-with-emily-temple-wood_b_5064947.html?view=print&comm_ref=false> >> Follow >> Wikipedia <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/wikipedia/>, United >> States<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/united-states/> >> , Editing <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/editing/>, Gender >> Gaps<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/gender-gaps/> >> , Interview <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/interview/>, Systemic >> Bias <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/systemic-bias/>, >> Woman<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/woman/> >> , UK Tech News <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/uk-tech> >> >> *GET UK TECH NEWSLETTERS:* >> SUBSCRIBE >> >> "I love to collect information, and I love that I get to share that >> information with the world," says Emily Temple-Wood, a veteran editor on >> English Wikipedia. Emily, who likes reading encyclopedias from >> cover-to-cover, finds writing on Wikipedia a transition from being a >> consumer to a creator of knowledge. >> >> Her first attempt at writing on Wikipedia was in 2005, when she was 10 >> years old. She wrote a page about her little sister saying that she was a >> "stupid butthead", which got removed from Wikipedia instantly. As she >> grew >> older, she knew that she could do more productive things on Wikipedia. >> >> In 2007, when Emily Temple-Wood created an account on Wikipedia, she was >> just 12 years old. She started off by categorizing and cleaning up >> existing >> wikipedia articles. Eventually, she found it and useful to contribute >> knowledge to Wikipedia. Her first interest was endangered languages. She >> created several articles related to endangered languages and became >> dedicated to Wikipedia. >> >> Emily, now 19, has written over 200 articles on Wikipedia. Lately, she >> has >> been writing about rare genetic diseases, Islamic history and mythology. >> Her pet project is Wikiproject: Women >> scientists<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists>, >> an initiative to create and expand articles about women scientists. >> "WikiProject Women Scientists is growing into a nice space for >> contributing >> to this less-covered area and we are gaining some active participants, so >> that is great! I'm so glad to be a part of something that is making a >> real >> difference on Wikipedia," she says. She is also an administrator on >> Wikipedia, a trusted editor who has been granted the technical ability to >> perform special actions on English Wikipedia. >> >> [image: >> 2014-03-31-800pxGLAM_Wiki_Boot_Camp_DC_2013__User_Keilana.JPG]<http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2014-03-31-800pxGLAM_Wiki_Boot_Camp_DC_2013__User_Keilana.JPG> >> >> Emily is an undergraduate student at the Loyola University in Chicago, >> majoring in molecular biology with additional two minors : Arabic and >> Islamic world studies. She aspires to go to graduate school and get an >> MD/ >> PhD in medicine to fulfil her dream of becoming research physician. She >> has >> basic knowledge of Arabic, Korean and French and wants to be a fluent >> speaker of these three languages someday. She is undergoing training as >> an >> emergency medical technician along with her undergraduate studies. >> Because >> of the many real-life commitments, Emily is not being able to spend as >> much >> time for writing articles as she wants. >> >> "First of all, I schedule time to edit, either with workshops or with >> friends. Editing with friends makes it a lot easier to make the time for >> it. I also edit as I read. Like many of us, I use Wikipedia every day to >> look up facts and whenever I see something that needs to be fixed, I do >> it. >> Treating my editing as a social endeavor has been really helpful and >> definitely motivates me to contribute more, and I think that's my message >> to fellow women. Have fun together while editing - enjoy food and drink >> and >> socialize! Some people take Wikipedia too seriously and make it an >> anti-social space a lot of the time, so you can counter that by enjoying >> wiki-socialization in real life and being serious online.", says Emily >> when >> asked about how she manages her time to be able to do a variety of >> real-life and online volunteering. >> >> She is also a Individual Engagement >> Grantee<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> of >> the Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>, the >> not-for-profit organization that hosts Wikipedia. In her role as a >> grantee, >> she is aiming to create a new model for bringing women into the Wikimedia >> movement and creating more content to fill the coverage gap with topics >> related to women, especially biographies of women. She is trying to >> change >> the gender situation on English Wikipedia where only around 10-25 percent >> of all contributors are women. She is also looking forward to create a >> best >> practice kit for running workshops on systemic bias. Systemic bias is an >> insidious problem on Wikipedia, where women, people of color, and >> non-Western topics are severely underrepresented. She thinks that her >> biggest contribution to the Wikipedia community has been helping to bring >> awareness about the systemic bias problem. She has attended three >> international conferences, where she presented her learnings and >> experiences in working with Wikipedia. She finds it exciting to get to >> travel around the world and meet amazing Wikipedians from different >> language communities. >> >> Emily thinks that "women's voices are so important in this [Wikipedia] >> community and [women] need to speak up, especially because there are so >> few >> women participating in the movement". She asks women "to trust in their >> own >> competence and jump in, and don't take criticism too hard," to be a >> successful writer on Wikipedia. You can view Emily's userpage on >> Wikipedia >> here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keilana>. >> >> *Copyright notes: Image by Fuzheado (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 >> (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) >> <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)>], via Wikimedia Commons* >> >> >> *Follow Netha Hussain on Twitter: www.twitter.com/nethahussain >> <http://www.twitter.com/nethahussain>* >> FOLLOW UK TECH >> >> >> -- >> Netha Hussain >> Student of Medicine and Surgery >> Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode >> Blogs : >> *nethahussain.blogspot.com <http://nethahussain.blogspot.com> >> swethaambari.wordpress.com <http://swethaambari.wordpress.com>* >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > > -- > > Sarah Stierch > > ----- > > Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. > > www.sarahstierch.com >
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