Re: [Gendergap] [Press] The women of Wikipedia: Closing the site's giant gender gap

2013-01-25 Thread Ole Palnatoke Andersen
I thought of sharing the article, but then I read the comment. :-( regards, Ole On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Myself and Joseph Reagle were interviewed by the Daily Dot about the > gender gap. > > You can read it here: > http://www.dailydot.com/society/wikipedia-gende

Re: [Gendergap] [Press] The women of Wikipedia: Closing the site's giant gender gap

2013-01-25 Thread Sarah Stierch
Don't we know by now not to read the comment sections? ;) I gave that up a while ago. If I read the comment sections I would have quit my fellowship months ago and given up the fight. -Sarah Sent from my iPhone On Jan 25, 2013, at 12:32 AM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen wrote: > I thought of sha

[Gendergap] inspired me

2013-01-25 Thread Kathleen McCook
I have read this list with great care. I am a senior faculty member in what used to be a library school but is now an iSchool. Most of our new hires have been men who try very hard to pretend that the librarian legacy is disappearing. In my classes (one is the History of Libraries) my students are

[Gendergap] #wikiparty

2013-01-25 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi everyone, Tonight I'm hosting a #wikiparty at my house, inspired by Siko's recent blog post[1]. A few of us decided to use the hashtag #wikiparty in regards to the event, and similar events we do in the future. Sowhether you're partying with friends...or editing alone (with your favori

Re: [Gendergap] inspired me

2013-01-25 Thread Ryan Vesey
Hi Kathleen, I'm sorry you've had so much difficult uploading this journal cover. There's a couple options we can take to make this easier. First, to upload the cover of the journal on commons, you'll need to make sure that the designer of the cover not only permits you to upload it, but also perm

Re: [Gendergap] inspired me

2013-01-25 Thread Kathleen McCook
Thank you. I had someone help me this morning. The covers were made available under creative commons when we first used them--we the editorial board who put together each issue. This somehow reminds me, when people give people overly complicated. directions when they don't really want them to fin

Re: [Gendergap] #wikiparty

2013-01-25 Thread Nicole Ebber
Nice one! I really love the idea and hope that it will spread throughout the wikiverse and even further. Looking forward to following your tweets, have fun! Cheers, Nicole On 25 January 2013 20:38, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Tonight I'm hosting a #wikiparty at my house, inspired by

[Gendergap] Wiki New Zealand

2013-01-25 Thread Andreas Kolbe
A lady down under has started her own "Wikipedia about New Zealand". http://www.hawkesbay.co.nz/general-stories-page:/52063-a-new-wikipedia-about-new-zealand-origionates-in-hawkes-bay.html ---o0o--- Wiki web to satisfy Kiwi curiosity If knowledge is power then Lillian Grace's new website - Wiki