Re: [Gendergap] What motivates women to edit??

Before I say anything: Happy International Women's Day, everyone! Fred wrote: Having some experience in caring for elderly parents, that is one activity which, restricting your movement and forcing you to stay home, offers a great opportunity to get involved online. My response: >From the other

Re: [Gendergap] What motivates women to edit? ...Gendergap Digest, Vol 2, Issue 5

Carol writes: Also, get people in the habit by just encouraging minor edits to start, even just grammar or spelling or wikilinks. Frequently when I watch a movie I search for background in the Wikipedia article. Sometimes I make minor corrections. I'm sure others use it for similar purposes.

[Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix...

On Signpost: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-03-07/In_the_news http://lola-pr.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-women-wikis-do-mix.html Fred ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://list

Re: [Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix...

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: > On Signpost: > > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-03-07/In_the_news > > http://lola-pr.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-women-wikis-do-mix.html > > Fred > Not a fan of either. The author has an assump

Re: [Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix...

--- On Tue, 8/3/11, Fred Bauder wrote: > From: Fred Bauder > Subject: [Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix... > To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > Date: Tuesday, 8 March, 2011, 19:09 > On Signpost: > > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-03-07/In_t

Re: [Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix...

Is there any way to sync articles between Wikipedia and other wikis, especially those using MediaWiki? That would greatly expand the number and breadth of articles, not to mention reduce the inefficiency of duplication. Janine Andreas Kolbe wrote: > --- On Tue, 8/3/11, Fred Bauder wrote: >

Re: [Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix...

> Is there any way to sync articles between Wikipedia and other wikis, > especially those using MediaWiki? That would greatly expand the number > and breadth of articles, not to mention reduce the inefficiency of > duplication. > > Janine We can link to their articles easily enough, either direct

Re: [Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix...

--- On Tue, 8/3/11, Janine Starykowicz wrote: > From: Janine Starykowicz > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Why women and wikis do mix... > Is there any way to sync articles > between Wikipedia and other wikis, > especially those using MediaWiki?  That would greatly > expand the number > and breadth o

[Gendergap] "Wikipedia celebrates International Women’s Day"

Quick blog post this afternoon about the content featured on English Wikipedia, on the main page and in the Signpost... http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2011/03/08/wikipedia-celebrates-international-womens-day/