In general, creating articles are very difficult. The learning curve is steep, and it may be best to have people expand/improve articles instead of creating them.
From, Emily On Mar 12, 2016 11:48 AM, "Ryan Kaldari" <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I find it disappointing that so many of the Art and Feminism editathons > end up focusing almost exclusively on creating new articles for artists at > the hosting institution. Not only does this lead to a high percentage of > the articles being deleted, but it's a waste of a huge opportunity to > create and expand articles about artists and artworks with unquestionable > notability and high encyclopedic value. > > I have no doubt that many of the Art and Feminism articles that are > nominated for deletion are nominated due to gender bias (as some of them > seem rather trivial to find sources for and improve), but many of them are > also legitimately on the notability borderline. At all of the Art and > Feminism editathons that I've volunteered at, I've discouraged people from > creating articles about people they knew personally, and encouraged them to > use the lists at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks > instead. If you are helping to run an Art and Feminism editathon, I would > also suggest doing this, as it provides more value for Wikipedia and leads > to fewer deletions. I would also like to encourage everyone to edit the > lists at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks and > help keep them full of good suggestions. Editathons are a great tool for > addressing the gendergap, and I would hate for them to get a reputation for > just being self-promotional events. > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Carol Moore dc <carolmoor...@verizon.net > > wrote: > >> Someone should write a letter to the editor of the those 5 or 6 >> publications that came in my google alerts on the topic of the edit a thon. >> (Search news google to find them.) And of course deal with the few >> legtimate complaints and the trolls with nonsense complaints. >> >> >> On 3/12/2016 10:17 AM, Neotarf wrote: >> >>> All the articles created at Regina ArtAndFeminism event have been >>> tagged. Ten of them have been submitted for deletion. >>> >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Regina/ArtAndFeminism_2016/University_of_Regina >>> >>> For example, see comments here: >>> >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Risa_Horowitz >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >>> visit: >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >>> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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