[Gendergap] "Gender Namespaces" bug

2011-12-18 Thread Sarah Stierch
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2011/12/addressing-women-properly.html Gerard reports that the bug "is done." -Sarah [[User:SarahStierch]] en.wp ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listin

Re: [Gendergap] Techies You Decide! You're either a feminist or a misogynist - by Trevor Owens

2011-12-18 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 13:09, Sarah Stierch wrote: > http://www.trevorowens.org/2011/12/techies-you-decide-you’re-either-a-feminist-or-a-misogynist/ evil, evil smart quotes. http://www.trevorowens.org/2011/12/techies-you-decide-you%E2%80%99re-either-a-feminist-or-a-misogynist/

[Gendergap] Techies You Decide! You're either a feminist or a misogynist - by Trevor Owens

2011-12-18 Thread Sarah Stierch
Trevor Owens, a colleague of mine in the DC GLAM world has written a nice and honest blog about open source and feminism. It talks about the fear women have of representing themselves or writing like "themselves" online, the experiences of Skud her ideas about harassment, and Trevor stating why

[Gendergap] A nice mix - our edit-a-thon sure shook up the gender gap!

2011-12-18 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi folks, I'm going to be a little selfish here, so pardon me. But, yesterday I coordinated a "fine art" themed edit-a-thon at our local downtown library, here in Washington, DC, followed by a meet-up at a local pub. I'm proud to say we had 13 people at the edit-a-thon, and six were women. The

[Gendergap] Cause and effect research - gender and diversity in Wikipedia

2011-12-18 Thread Karen Sue Rolph
Dear Colleagues, I have just completed (teaching) a (California - Bay Area) college Wikipedia 'workshop' class, intended to: 1) encourage women and more culturally diverse communities to engage with Wikipedia, and 2) to help us all better understand participation disparity among females and mo

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Fwd: [cultural-partners] Wiki Loves Monuments... 2012!

2011-12-18 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi everyone - this is the announcement for WIki Loves Monuments. The US will be participating (in some capacity) for the 2012 event, and we're of course looking for participants around the world. And since this is gender gap - perhaps you know some cool women's groups, or yourself - who would l