Re: [Gendergap] Commons Searches
Funnily, I just answered that question on Quora: http://www.quora.com/Why-is-the-second-image-returned-on-Wikimedia-Commons-when-one-searches-for-electric-toothbrush-an-image-of-a-female-masturbating On 10/12/11 7:48 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: Brandon, On a matter that originally arose in Meta and on the Foundation list, but may be of interest to this list as well, do you know the answer to the question posed here ... http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2011-October/006290.html ... or do you know someone who does? Andreas *From:* Brandon Harris bhar...@wikimedia.org *To:* Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org *Sent:* Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 6:13 *Subject:* Re: [Gendergap] Mind the Gap Award is here. (offlist) I think your efforts are perfect, and above and beyond. I don't need to step in here. On 10/11/11 10:10 PM, Jutta von Dincklage wrote: Brandon, I still think we need to remake the logo. This was just a quick, basic whiz. I would still love your graphic skills on this one if you can spare the time ... cause I am a woman and I truly appreciate amazing design ... and this award deserves it ;-) Ah, too fast for me! I was about to remake the entire thing, but got stuck trying to find an acceptable replacement font (the real one is for sale at the princely sum of $299.00!). ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org mailto: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 -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] Mind the Gap Award is here.
Ah, too fast for me! I was about to remake the entire thing, but got stuck trying to find an acceptable replacement font (the real one is for sale at the princely sum of $299.00!). On 10/11/11 8:10 PM, Jutta von Dincklage wrote: Sarah, You are awesome! I have quickly vectorized anddropshadowed the image and included the updated image in the template http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Mind_the_Gap_Award. Could you check and ensurethat I included the correct metadata on commons? Lots of wikilove from Sydney! Jutta From: Sarah Stierchsarah.stie...@gmail.com To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 17:18 Subject: [Gendergap] Mind the Gap Award is here. The London Feminists Group gave permission to use their logo, however, it's only in low resolution (the person who designed it has since left the group). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Mind_the_Gap_Award Again, I'm not a designer, so feel free to clean up the logo to the best of your ability! Book mark that template page and award away!!! -Sarah That's great! I really like that logo. Andreas -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/attachments/20111011/91936 3f9/attachment-0001.htm ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] Mind the Gap Award is here.
(offlist) I think your efforts are perfect, and above and beyond. I don't need to step in here. On 10/11/11 10:10 PM, Jutta von Dincklage wrote: Brandon, I still think we need to remake the logo. This was just a quick, basic whiz. I would still love your graphic skills on this one if you can spare the time ... cause I am a woman and I truly appreciate amazing design ... and this award deserves it ;-) Ah, too fast for me! I was about to remake the entire thing, but got stuck trying to find an acceptable replacement font (the real one is for sale at the princely sum of $299.00!). ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] Sue's new blog
FYI: Mind the Gap is an ancient(?) achievement in a couple video games about skateboarding. On 9/29/11 11:33 PM, Philippe Beaudette wrote: On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com mailto:sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Do we have a Mind the Gap Gender Gap barnstar yet? :) This is a really cool barnstar idea! Any graphic geniuses who can do this? pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Head of Reader Relations Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org mailto:phili...@wikimedia.org ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] Black skins
On 9/19/11 4:26 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: Here is an example of Caucasian bias: the en:WP article on [[hair straightening]]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_straightening Despite the fact that this is a topic of great practical interest to black women, many of whom either have straightened their hair or have thought about doing it, the article makes no mention of afro hair, and the only two images are of Caucasian women. Topical to this, there is a documentary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Hair That points out that hair straightening (Relaxer) is a billion dollar industry. This is a clear bias; I'm actually flabbergasted by this. ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] Wikifashion
On 9/14/11 8:41 AM, Sarah Stierch wrote: I really like the layout and such of the website I am on record in a number of places expressing my love for their skin design. I don't necessarily like the color scheme but the skin layout is top-notch. ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
Re: [Gendergap] Resolution:Images of identifiable people
On 9/12/11 3:58 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: I'm not sure if we're ready to move it to meta yet, I do wish we had a more private place to develop this. It's a rather sensitive topic for folks. Perhaps a google doc or...? To be honest, I think that working as publicly as possible is only good, in the long run, for what needs to happen. Transparency is super important. We've actually been having some interesting arguments about the use of Google docs within the office. One camp favors multiple edits at a time usability. The other camp believes that the use of a non-transparent medium is antithetical to the nature of the projects. (I fall in the second camp, personally). ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
