Re: [Gendergap] press coverage of Gamergate arbcom case

2015-02-14 Thread Marie Earley
After thought: Crimestoppers in the UK is anonymous, which would make https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats unenforceable, https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/give-information-online/ Marie From: eir...@hotmail.com To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Sun, 15 Fe

Re: [Gendergap] press coverage of Gamergate arbcom case

2015-02-14 Thread Marie Earley
I don't know of a case of hate speech under UK law that has been brought by a non-UK resident. Looking online tends to push you towards information regarding extradition, but that's not really what we are talking about. This week laws against revenge porn came into force within the UK with a po

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers

2015-02-14 Thread Yana Welinder
This is excellent! Thanks Jane! On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Jane Darnell wrote: > In 2013 the Dutch Wikimedia chapter hired an external party to conduct a > survey and the results (translated to English) are here: > > https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Motivaction_report_translation_v0

[Gendergap] Show Wikimedia some love: Let's Talk Diversity

2015-02-14 Thread Maria Cruz
Hi all, (Pardon the cross-posting) Starting today, we want to show Wikimedia some love in a very special way: talking about diversity! [1] Diversity in Wikimedia projects is key to achieve our shared vision: that anyone can contribute in the sum of all knowledge. We know many efforts have been m

Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers

2015-02-14 Thread Jane Darnell
In 2013 the Dutch Wikimedia chapter hired an external party to conduct a survey and the results (translated to English) are here: https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Motivaction_report_translation_v02.pdf The study was split into two parts; one on the contributors and one on the "users", aka rea