Re: [Gendergap] Wiki gender balance inclusive languaje
The @ device is very clearly anti-sexist, for example l@s maestr@s quienes lo organizaron, and in my opinion it really encourages the language to evolve. How would you promote these guidelines? Otherwise, using the feminine form as generic sounds like a good idea to me. Anyone who is offended by that convention can start a productive discussion about their concerns. Saludos, Adam Wight mayo.fus...@eui.eu: Hello! First congrats to all for the great progress on the gender gap! I am looking for data or research on: If and how the adoption of inclusive language (or non-sexist language) tend to favor or not more woman participation/gender balance participation in wikis? Sarah Stierch (thanks!) suggested me that someone in this list might have insights on this question. In the romanic languages (Spanish, Italian, Catalan, etc), contrary to English, the language has much more gender references. So in this languages, it emerges more the debate if there should be adopted an inclusive language (Ej. not taking male as generic, but making both references to woman and men, etc such as “usuarios” (male) and “usuarias” (women)) as a way to favor woman participation. Does Wikipedia experience in some way this? I am wikipedian (and also a researched on wiki and gender), but I am asking this in regard to another experience that would like to build upon Wikipedia experience - an encyclopedia of the 15M movement in Spain (http://wiki.15m.cc), that just started. I am looking to see ways in order to not reproduce the horrible data on gender balance of other wiki experiences. I would appreciate any insight on this. Thank you and congrats again! Mayo/Lilaroja «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·» «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info Fellow Berkman center for Internet and Society. Harvard University. Researcher. Institute of Govern and Public Policies. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Ph.D European University Institute E-mail: mayo.fus...@eui.eu Twitter/Identica: Lilaroja Skype: mayoneti Phone United States: 001 - 8576548231 Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748 Berkman Center 23 Everett Street, 2nd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 +1 (617) 495-7547 (Phone) +1 (617) 495-7641 (Fax) Personal Postal Address USA: The Acetarium http://www.acetarium.com/ 265 Elm Street - 4 Somerville, MA, USA 02144 The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ___ 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] page patroller intro Re: So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?
Hi Emily, hi all, thanks :-) to me this seems like an interesting role for WP users who have no strong inclination for writing new articles etc. yet wish to contribute their share Emily, by way of introducing the activity profile to WP newcomers, can you maybe point me to any role description that I might pass on to lurking WP newcomers who might be waiting for exactly such an entry point? Maybe there even is a WP page that already has a few interwiki links? ah, just found the one for new pages here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol - apparently also available in العربية, Česky, Deutsch, Español, עברית, Português, Русский, Українська, 中文 is there a page for random page patrolling, too? I think this would be the best appetizer :-) thanks cheers Claudia On Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:31:33 -0500, Emily Monroe wrote I am a page patroller; whether it's recent change, new page, or random page patrolling, I've done it. For now, I am random page patrolling, with the occasional Google search for things I'm interested in, flitting from page to page, copyediting, wikifying, tagging/untagging, and updating/adding Wikiproject banners. From, Emily [...] ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
[Gendergap] GirlsInTech Pick Their Top 100 Women In Tech In Europe
I know that inclusion in a list like this does not guarantee notability, but you might want to check how many of these women have articles on your wiki: http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/01/girlsintech-pick-their-top-100-women-in-tech-in-europe/ Regards, Ole -- http://palnatoke.org * @palnatoke * +4522934588 ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] page patroller intro Re: So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?
The random page patrol is herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random_page_patrol, and recent changes patrol page is herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol. The latter has interwiki links; random page patrol, however, does not. Also, Wikipedia:Patrol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patrols has two interwiki links. Do you need anything else? From, Emily On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 3:03 AM, koltzenb...@w4w.net wrote: Hi Emily, hi all, thanks :-) to me this seems like an interesting role for WP users who have no strong inclination for writing new articles etc. yet wish to contribute their share Emily, by way of introducing the activity profile to WP newcomers, can you maybe point me to any role description that I might pass on to lurking WP newcomers who might be waiting for exactly such an entry point? Maybe there even is a WP page that already has a few interwiki links? ah, just found the one for new pages here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol - apparently also available in العربية, Česky, Deutsch, Español, עברית, Português, Русский, Українська, 中文 is there a page for random page patrolling, too? I think this would be the best appetizer :-) thanks cheers Claudia On Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:31:33 -0500, Emily Monroe wrote I am a page patroller; whether it's recent change, new page, or random page patrolling, I've done it. For now, I am random page patrolling, with the occasional Google search for things I'm interested in, flitting from page to page, copyediting, wikifying, tagging/untagging, and updating/adding Wikiproject banners. From, Emily [...] ___ 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
