[Gendergap] #askawikiwoman anything about Wikipedia on Thursday

2013-01-14 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi everyone, Thursday, Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz (User:Wadewitz) will be participating in our first #askawikiwoman event on Twitter. This event encourages people to ask short questions about Wikipedia (about editing it, policies, what it's like to be a Wikipedian, gender gap, whatever) and Adriann

Re: [Gendergap] #askawikiwoman anything about Wikipedia on Thursday

2013-01-14 Thread Michael J. Lowrey
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Thursday, Dr. Adrianne Wadewitz (User:Wadewitz) will be participating in our > first #askawikiwoman event on Twitter. This event encourages people to ask > short questions about Wikipedia (about editing it, policies, what it'

Re: [Gendergap] #askawikiwoman anything about Wikipedia on Thursday

2013-01-14 Thread Sarah Stierch
On 1/14/13 11:40 AM, Michael J. Lowrey wrote: On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: Are similar things planned for those of us who find Twitter repugnant and refuse to use it? Not on my end! It's a common practice to do events like this on Twitter. I also have brainstormed doi

Re: [Gendergap] Free as in sexist? Free culture and the gender gap by Joseph Reagle

2013-01-14 Thread Valerie Aurora
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:50 AM, Joseph Reagle wrote: > On 01/10/2013 10:04 PM, Emily Monroe wrote: >> >> (I do realize that Asperger's and other afflictions along the autism >> spectrum are supposed to be somewhat gender-linked.) > > > As I mentioned to Mike off-list, in earlier drafts I

Re: [Gendergap] #askawikiwoman anything about Wikipedia on Thursday

2013-01-14 Thread John Vandenberg
What about reddit IAmA? John Vandenberg. sent from Galaxy Note On Jan 15, 2013 6:45 AM, "Sarah Stierch" wrote: > On 1/14/13 11:40 AM, Michael J. Lowrey wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Sarah Stierch > wrote: > > > Are similar things planned for those of us who find Twitter repugna

Re: [Gendergap] #askawikiwoman anything about Wikipedia on Thursday

2013-01-14 Thread Leigh Honeywell
Reddit is one of the worst places on the internet when it comes to gender stuff, in my experience :/ On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:18 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: > What about reddit IAmA? > > John Vandenberg. > sent from Galaxy Note > > On Jan 15, 2013 6:45 AM, "Sarah Stierch" wrote: >> >> On 1/14/13

Re: [Gendergap] #askawikiwoman anything about Wikipedia on Thursday

2013-01-14 Thread Sarah Stierch
Yeah I have little to no desire to ever do anything on reddit. But, others are welcome to try it. Again, this is a volunteer ran project! Sent from my iPhone On Jan 14, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Leigh Honeywell wrote: > Reddit is one of the worst places on the internet when it comes to > gender stuff

[Gendergap] [PRESS] Study Shows Gender Bias in Wikipedia, Linux via Yahoo! News

2013-01-14 Thread Sarah Stierch
A number of folks involved here are mentioned - Joseph Reagle, Sue Gardner, Denise Paolucci (Dreamwidth!) and a project I worked on, the Teahouse. http://news.yahoo.com/study-shows-gender-bias-wikipedia-linux-180400641.html ByJared Spurbeck