Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair
Congratulations Rohini! Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 16:53:58 +0530 From: visdav...@gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [WMIN-Members] Appointment of new SIG chair Congratulations, Rohini! Best,Vishnu On 9 March 2013 11:45, Bishakha Datta bishakhada...@gmail.com wrote: Nice! Congratulations, Rohini, and look forward to more wiki women workshops and other related stuff. Best Bishakha On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar sudhanwa@gmail.com wrote: Congrats Rohini!! All the best wishes to you!! Regards -Sudhanwa On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Rohini Lakshané rohini.laksh...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you everyone for giving me this opportunity -- those who voted for me, Krutikaa and Netha who nominated me, and the members of the EC who conducted the election process. On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan srik.r...@wikimedia.in wrote: Heya, this is inform you that Rohini Lakshane has been appointed as the chair of the Gender-gap SIG. This was the first nomination for an SIG chair where there were other candidates, in this case Pavithra H. Rohini was nominated and seconded by Krutikaa Jawanjal and Netha Hussain, and got 20 votes in her favour, the highest in any Wikimedia India voting process, beating Karthik's record of 19 votes in September 2012. Rohini can be contacted on roh...@wikimedia.in -- Srikanth Ramakrishnan Treasurer, Wikimedia Chapter [India] Donate to the Wikimedia India Chapter todayhttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Donations -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups wmin-members group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to wmin-members+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] women and technology
Dear Rohini, The problem is common for all newbies. It seems to have been interpreted in this manner in the context of the workshop. As per statistics, there are only 9% women in Wikipedia and the count is similar for other FOSS projects as well. So the underlying message is to a. ensure that more women participate and b. make all newbie editors/contributors feel comfortable On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Tejaswini Niranjana t...@cscs.res.inwrote: Hi Ansuman, your point about opening new ways is well-taken. It is the wiki community that has identified a gender gap, so to think of ways of dealing with it is not to show gender bias. Thanks for the support. On 10 March 2013 23:32, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I am sorry. I din't mean to make it a gender bias. I totally understand your point and I think you are right. I just thought, that way it could help. Still I think as per Gender Gap Campaign, if we discuss and make it a point on the guidelines that as we are trying to have more female wikipedians, be nice to new editors. I understand the review process should not be based on the gender. And I am not saying identifying female editors is the solution, but if they wish to reveal (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Female_Wikipedians), the community should think of something, which could help. I am not deciding anything for them. I am trying to open new ways which could help. Thanks , http://twitter.com/an5umAnsuman On 10 March 2013 18:47, Tejaswini Niranjana t...@cscs.res.in wrote: Hi Ansuman, The gender gap link provides useful information about the kinds of projects people are working on. Thanks for pointing it out. Not sure about the need to identify female editors. Increasing relevant and gender-sensitive content whether in the Indian languages or in English could be a task for all of us. And yes, be nice to all newbies! Tejaswini On 10 March 2013 14:39, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Having read this, I think you girls should start a RFC on English Wikipedia highlighting this issue, and may be many would agree to have a point added to WP:Deletion Policy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy) or at least at Wikipedia:NPP#Be nice to the newbies ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPP#Be_nice_to_the_newbies) and even Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers Also you may raise this issue at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap. It's a possibility others may have been raised this issue already, and you can join the discussion. Many new comers work at WP:NPP and there is no way to recognize female editors on Wiki unless they mentioned it on their userpages. And they don't visit userpages. A solution could be to add a new gadget like markAdmins, which works like this http://en.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q6636985curid=6466221action=history I don't know if it is possible technically. But if we could add a similar gadget and if they like to reveal their gender, then it'd be easy. Just my thought, many would find it extra burden. But you may go ahead and give it a try. Regards, Ansuman http://twitter.com/an5um* * On 10 March 2013 11:48, swetapadma d. satpathy swetapadm...@gmail.comwrote: A very good read and truly written. Regards, Swetapadma On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam arunra...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for sharing this Tejaswini. Made interesting read. Good to see wikipedians mentioned in the article. Interesting to note the article mention the following... *When at the workshop, the girls began to create articles on Wiki, male editors were quick to pull them down. “This can be intimidating for anyone, and more so for girls.” Instead of spending the time creating a template to delete, she wishes her male friends would just “be more supportive” and encourage those who step in to what is surely a male-dominated world of code. * Makes me wonder if it is to be deemed as the case of male editors pulling the pages down. Or is it the case of experienced editors being less tolerant and not encouraging to most new editors irrespective of their gender. I believe it more often than not the second. To share another incident to illustrate the point. There was another Women's Wikipedia workshophttp://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikipedia_Women%27s_Workshop_Bangalore_2013running in town wikipedian Omshivaprakash was working with a new lady editor to take her through the paces of a new article title Nalini Nayak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalini_Nayak. This was being shown on a projector for the rest of the lady participants to watch and learn. And lo and behold we had an editor for nowhere slap a Speedy Delete notice on a page that had no grounds for it. At best one could Afd-ed it and have questioned the merits of noteability. We all know the treatment of new editors... they have a rough time getting on to
[Wikimediaindia-l] Wiki-recruitment ad - Volunteer coordinator for Women gender issues Task Force of WikiProject India
The page on Women gender issues Task Force of WikiProject India was created in Feb 2012. Thanks to a few editors, this page is now start class ;) rather than stub. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Women_and_gender_issues This is an appropriate time to request all those WikiProject India members who participated in the Women's Day editathon to kindly enlist for this task force. We are also looking for a Volunteer coordinator (feminine volunteer preferable) as the first volunteer coordinator for this task Force. The volunteer coordinator's job is to coordinate editing efforts, encourage editors and carry out housekeeping and general tender loving care of the articles under the aegis of the task force. The current list of articles under the TF can be found here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Indian_women_and_gender_issues_articles Needless to say, we expect the volunteer coordinator to cooperate with Rohini Lakshane, the newly elected SIG of the Women's Issues for the Wikimedia India chapter. One may volunteer for this post by replying on this thread. Hoping to find many members enlisting for the TF and volunteers for the post of coordinator! Warm regards, AshLin -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
[Wikimediaindia-l] to Bangalore based members
As I had mentioned earlier, Patricia Pena from the Global Fund Raising team of Wikimedia Foundation is in Bangalore to survey donors on their experiences in the donation process. Any one who wishes to talk to her for providing feedback on the appeal, process, etc and or make an online contribution in front of her can take an appointment and meet her. The idea is to not only hear your feedback, but also observe --where possible-- a demonstration of the online contribution process. The following time slots have been taken. 10:30 AM to 12 AM 2 PM to 3 PM 4 PM to 5 PM Pls let me know your convenience to meet her at CIS office (/ WMIN Chapter address) no 194, 2nd C Cross, Dommaluru 2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560 071, at Bangalore. Today is the last day of Pena's stay in Bangalore. Kindly call me with the time slot you desire today. Regards, Sowmyan - 96329 11650 Exec Manager, Wikimedia (India) Chapter, Bangalore ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
