[Gendergap] How to increase the diversity of Wikimedia technical contributors and staff?

2017-08-06 Thread Pine W
I read the unofficial Google internal memo that has been the subject of some controversy, and upon reading it my Wikipedian-trained instincts were to wonder where the citations were that should, if they were available, have supported numerous assertions that were made in that memo. I'm not an exper

Re: [Gendergap] [Wiki-research-l] [Announcement] Voice and exit in a voluntary work environment

2017-07-19 Thread Pine W
This sounds like a great project. Forwarding. Pine On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Leila Zia wrote: > Hi all, > > With the start of the new fiscal year in Wikimedia Foundation on July > 1, the Research team has officially started the work on Program 12: > Growing contributor diversity. [1] H

Re: [Gendergap] FYI - GGTF case appeal

2017-07-15 Thread Pine W
Hi JJ, I can't speak for anyone else, but I was responding specifically to the statement "four arbitrators posted personally identifying information about me and did not respond to my requests to remove it.", which would be a concern to me both in regards to the specific case and also the broader i

Re: [Gendergap] FYI - GGTF case appeal

2017-07-10 Thread Pine W
he dox within an hour of my request. > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 5:56 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> Hmm. I'd like to take a closer look at this, but unfortunately I'm >> already backlogged with other projects. I wish I knew what to suggest here. >> If you have already b

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] [fellowship] Opportunity for people working on "open projects that support a healthy Internet."

2017-07-10 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Melody Kramer Date: Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 2:26 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [fellowship] Opportunity for people working on "open projects that support a healthy Internet." To: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org Hi all, I wanted to pass

Re: [Gendergap] FYI - GGTF case appeal

2017-07-10 Thread Pine W
Hmm. I'd like to take a closer look at this, but unfortunately I'm already backlogged with other projects. I wish I knew what to suggest here. If you have already been to the Ombudsman Commission and you disagree with their interpretation of WMF policies, then you might try to contact WMF Legal, al

Re: [Gendergap] FYI - GGTF case appeal

2017-07-09 Thread Pine W
If Arbcom members actually posted information which could be considered "outing" in violation of WMF policies, please take that information to the Ombudsmen Commission. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ombudsman_commission Pine On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Neotarf wrote: > The arbitration

[Gendergap] Video: Women in botany and Wikipedia

2017-06-22 Thread Pine W
Sharing a video from the Plants and People edit-a-thon at the New York Botanical Garden's LuEsther T. Mertz Library. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Women_in_botany_and_Wikipedia.webm Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Affiliates] Affiliations Committee: Call for Candidates

2017-06-10 Thread Pine W
Forwarding in the hopes of encouraging diverse participation. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Kirill Lokshin Date: Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 1:50 PM Subject: [Affiliates] Affiliations Committee: Call for Candidates To: Wikimedia Movement Affiliates discussion list < affilia...@list

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia Announcements] Project Grants program will fund 10 community-led projects

2017-06-10 Thread Pine W
Forwarding this email to other lists, where some of these grants may be of interest. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Marti Johnson Date: Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:08 PM Subject: [Wikimedia Announcements] Project Grants program will fund 10 community-led projects To: wikimediaanno

Re: [Gendergap] Women only events ?

2017-06-01 Thread Pine W
Hi Natacha, Like you, find it a bit discouraging that there remain such large disparities in our diversity. WMF has been working on this issue for years, and while there have been some successful projects, my hunch is that the percentage of female contributors as a percentage of all contributors r

Re: [Gendergap] Women only events ?

2017-05-26 Thread Pine W
Hi Natacha, I just now got this email (perhaps it was held for list moderation) but thought I would note that there have been gender-specific events before. I'm aware of the WikiWomen's lunch which seems to be held yearly at Wikimania, and I believe that Wikimedia Mexico has women-only editathons.

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to WMF May 2017 Metrics & Activities Meeting: Thursday, May 25, 18:00 UTC

2017-05-18 Thread Pine W
Forwarding for folks on the GG list who aren't subscribed to Wikimediaannounce-l and Wikimedia-l, and may want to watch the video (live or afterward) for the section on the Keilana Effect. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Lena Traer Date: Thu, May 18, 2017 at 4:11 PM Subject:

Re: [Gendergap] "A Call to Men UK " manhood workshops

2017-04-14 Thread Pine W
t; which has impacted the credibility of arbcom and susa > (i was not witness, but i find the complainants credible) > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> I'm unfamiliar with this situation, but if there's a functionary whose >> off-wiki behav

Re: [Gendergap] "A Call to Men UK " manhood workshops

2017-04-13 Thread Pine W
I'm unfamiliar with this situation, but if there's a functionary whose off-wiki behavior calls into question of the appropriateness of his/her continuing to have access to PII, please do forward that information to SuSa, the Ombudsman Committee, and/or (as applicable) the local arbitration committe

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] The Revision Scoring weekly update

2017-03-16 Thread Pine W
Sharing some good news, both about the progress of ORES and (my primary inspiration for sharing this email) significant improvements in article quality thanks to WikiProject Women scientists. The latter has been designated as the Keilana Effect. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From:

Re: [Gendergap] Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center

2017-02-21 Thread Pine W
Hi Maria, Sounds good. Just to clarify: if someone in the community wants to start a big Meta main page redesign initiative of their own without waiting for me, I don't mean to stop anyone from proceeding. (: And I'm not sure to what extent I'll be working on this project during the summer, as I h

Re: [Gendergap] Introducing the Wikimedia Resource Center

2017-02-21 Thread Pine W
FWIW, I'm in favor of a significant update of the Meta main page. The WRC link could be one small part of that update. The initiative would need to be led by the community (not WMF), and it could involve a lot of complicated consultation and design work. If someone wants to lead that project I'd be

Re: [Gendergap] "A Call to Men UK " manhood workshops

2017-02-20 Thread Pine W
Hi Neotarf, Sounds like an interesting program. There are similar programs in the US to encourage males in their younger years (under 18) to treat other people respectfully and to try to inspire them with visions of hopeful futures (e.g. high-quality jobs instead of membership in gangs). I'm not s

Re: [Gendergap] Craigslist founder donates $500K to curb Wikipedia trolls - Email filters?

2017-02-12 Thread Pine W
I agree with Risker here. Pine On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Risker wrote: > > > On 12 February 2017 at 17:22, Jonathan Cardy > wrote: > >> Thanks Risker, >> >> Clearly not everyone would opt into it if there was an option to do so. >> Do you object to the idea of developing an option to o

Re: [Gendergap] In memory of User:Danveg

2017-01-02 Thread Pine W
Hi Michal and Tsipi, Thank you for sharing this news, sad as it is. Would you be OK with my sharing your email broadly, to remind people of the value of being observant for people who are experiencing personal difficulties and offering them assistance, including professional resources, in situatio

Re: [Gendergap] New publications on harmful online speech

2016-12-14 Thread Pine W
Thanks for the updates. I'm pinging Patrick Earley, who is tracking this kind of research for WMF, in case he has yet to see this info. Pine On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Neotarf wrote: > The Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University has > four new publications onl

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Statement by Wikimedia Board on Healthy Community Culture, Inclusivity, and Safe Spaces

2016-12-08 Thread Pine W
This email might interest others who would like to know what next steps WMF is considering address this set of issues, in terms of policies, practices, and technical developments. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: Patrick Earley Date: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [

[Gendergap] Job posting: program coordinator for Art+Feminism; 1 year part-time contract; $35/hour

2016-11-29 Thread Pine W
Job posting for those who may be interested: http://www.artandfeminism.org/program-coordinator/ Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wi

Re: [Gendergap] Katherine Maher speech at MozFest 2016

2016-11-17 Thread Pine W
After listening and reading some comments at the WMF Metrics Meeting today, I have a few other thoughts. These aren't directed at anyone in particular, and I hope other people will comment in this discussion. * With regard to adding, clarifying, or changing rules: the situation may be different in

Re: [Gendergap] Katherine Maher speech at MozFest 2016

2016-11-17 Thread Pine W
ow what they are--failing that, what laws should be in >> place. >> >> (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Protection >> (2) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement/Leaders >> hip_Development_Dialogue >> (3) https://en.wikisource.org/wik

Re: [Gendergap] Katherine Maher speech at MozFest 2016

2016-11-14 Thread Pine W
n.wikisource.org/wiki/Danielle_Citron_speaks_ > at_WikiConference_USA_2015#Question_.231:_Official_Wiki_ > process_and_banning_all_the_women > > > On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:36 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> Thanks for those notes. I'm boldly pinging Katherine here in case she&#

Re: [Gendergap] Katherine Maher speech at MozFest 2016

2016-11-12 Thread Pine W
Thanks for those notes. I'm boldly pinging Katherine here in case she'll want to respond to these comments. On the subject of harassment, I was one of the many people today, mainly administrators and WMF staff, trying to address incidents of compromised Wikimedia accounts that have happened in the

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Project Grant proposals (Sep 12-October 11)

2016-09-13 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. -- Forwarded message -- From: Marti Johnson Date: Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 4:34 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Open call for Project Grant proposals (Sep 12-October 11) To: Wikimedia Mailing List Hi everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program launches its seco

[Gendergap] Women in Red wikiproject statistic

2016-09-06 Thread Pine W
A quick note to congratulate the Women in Red wikiproject ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red). By one measure Women in Red is the second most active wikiproject on English Wikipedia. Click on https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/12332 and sort by "no_bots_count". (: Pi

[Gendergap] Training bias in machine learning

2016-09-01 Thread Pine W
Perhaps of interest: http://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft/how-linkedins-search-engine-may-reflect-a-bias/ "“Histories of discrimination can live on in digital platforms,” Kate Crawford, a Microsoft researcher, wrote

[Gendergap] Fwd: Essay: "Editing Wikipedia as self-care activism"

2016-07-09 Thread Pine W
https://medium.com/@verbistheword/editing-wikipedia-as-self-care-activism-72bbcb67b02c by Veronica Erb might be of interest to Wikimedians. Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including u

[Gendergap] Fwd: [GLAM-US] Wikipedians of the Year - Emily Temple-Wood/Rosie Stephenson-Goodnight

2016-06-24 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Congrats, Emily and Rosie! Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Andrew Lih" Date: Jun 24, 2016 06:04 Subject: [GLAM-US] Wikipedians of the Year - Emily Temple-Wood/Rosie Stephenson-Goodnight To: "North American Cultural Partnerships" , "North American Cultural Partners

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to upcoming office hours with interim ED

2016-05-05 Thread Pine W
Forwarding two opportunities to ask the interim ED questions about harrassment, diversity, and anything else. (: Please note the time correction from Risker: "Just noting that 1700-1800 PDT on Wednesday May 11 is -0100 UTC on Thursday May 12. Based on the link given, this seems to be when the

[Gendergap] NYTimes: "Teaching men to be emotionally honest"

2016-04-06 Thread Pine W
In the context of thinking about training male Wikipedians (particularly male administrators) in interpersonal, teamwork and leadership skills, I thought that this was an interesting read: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/10/education/edlife/teaching-men-to-be-emotionally-honest.html Pine _

[Gendergap] Article in The New Yorker: "A Feminist Edit-a-Thon Seeks to Reshape Wikipedia"

2016-03-11 Thread Pine W
Forwarding an article that others may find interesting: http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/a-feminist-edit-a-thon-seeks-to-reshape-wikipedia Have a good weekend, Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscripti

Re: [Gendergap] Gendergap Digest, Vol 62, Issue 1

2016-03-03 Thread Pine W
Hello, The chapters and thematic organizations are nominating people for the chapter-selected WMF Board seats. See https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliate-selected_Board_seats The searches for an interim WMF ED and a long-term WMF ED have had few specifics published about them so far. I am an

[Gendergap] "How Does Gender Affect One's Willingness To Compete?"

2016-03-01 Thread Pine W
I heard this clip on NPR today and think that others on this list might be interested. http://www.npr.org/2016/03/01/468751715/how-does-gender-affect-ones-willingness-to-compete Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage you

[Gendergap] Fwd: Thank yous and video recordings for the Wikipedia 15 joint celebrations (SF, NYC, and Seattle)

2016-01-16 Thread Pine W
Forwarding video links (: -- Forwarded message -- From: Pine W Date: Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:43 PM Subject: Thank yous and video recordings for the Wikipedia 15 joint celebrations (SF, NYC, and Seattle) To: Video links to Youtube (Commons uploads will happen in the near future

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: [libraries] Why GLAM Wiki:

2015-12-18 Thread Pine W
Thanks Jane. Forwarding to the GLAM lists. Pine On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 5:40 AM, Jane Darnell wrote: > forwarding to this list > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Bob Kosovsky > Date: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 2:00 PM > Subject: [libraries] Why GLAM Wiki: > To: Wikimedia & Libraries

[Gendergap] "The Pie is Rotten: Re-Evaluating Tech Feminism in 2016"

2015-12-17 Thread Pine W
I think this might interest some members on this list: https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-pie-is-rotten-re-evaluating-tech-feminism-in-2016 It would be interesting to hear responses to the article. One of my personal hopes is that technologies and tech organizations promote meritocracy and en

Re: [Gendergap] [Gender Gap] Call for Participation in Study on Wiki Women

2015-11-17 Thread Pine W
Hi Danielle, Has this research project been reviewed by the Wikimedia Foundation's Research Committee? If not, I suggest that you contact them. More than one research project on Wikipedia has run into problems, so I think that consulting with RCom would be wise. You can find some info about RCom at

[Gendergap] Evaluation report: under what conditions are US university students likely to edit Wikipedia?

2015-11-15 Thread Pine W
Recent info thanks to Wiki Ed and WMF Eval that will inform future endeavors at Cascadia Wikimedians: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Newsletter/2015/2/6#Awesome6 Comments welcome! Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikim

Re: [Gendergap] [Wiki-research-l] abuse and online game communities

2015-11-13 Thread Pine W
Very interesting article, thanks Toby. Forwarding this on. I particularly like this paragraph: "As a result of these governance systems changing online cultural norms, incidences of homophobia, sexism and racism in League of Legends have fallen to a combined 2 percent of all games. Verbal abuse ha

Re: [Gendergap] Request for advice about editathons

2015-11-08 Thread Pine W
Hi Keilana, Lennart and J, Thanks for the feedback. Based on your suggestions, if we try this again, we might try moving to weekend dates and slowing our cadence to alternate weeks. We're hoping that the University of Washington Libraries will identify someone on their staff who they're already f

[Gendergap] Request for advice about editathons

2015-11-06 Thread Pine W
Hi GG mailing list and Maria from WMF Eval, Cascadia Wikimedians ran a series of editathons at the University of Washington with themes like "Women and astronomy" and "Women and Health Sciences". We did some communications through the University's Facebook pages and mailing lists. While we had reg

[Gendergap] Some comments on recent civility and diversity discussion trends

2015-10-25 Thread Pine W
I'm glad to see the uptick in the number of high profile gender gap discussions in the past few months. I hope that this will give the theme some momentum that leads to meaningful improvements in the civility on Wikimedia and a variety of our community health statistics. There's a piece in the NYT

Re: [Gendergap] Eligibility to vote in arbcom elections - and encouragement to do if you have not yet

2015-10-20 Thread Pine W
I agree with Kevin on most points. However I would point out that WMF has overruled community decisions on multiple occasions, and Jimbo also can theoretically override Arbcom, so for better and for worse, Arbcom is not always ENWP's binding authority. I am hopeful that, with the new composition of

Re: [Gendergap] Linux's culture problem

2015-10-10 Thread Pine W
Update: remote participation appears to be unlikely at this point. We would need a room like a WMF video conference room or the great room used for the monthly metrics meetings. Pine On Oct 8, 2015 7:41 PM, "Pine W" wrote: > Maybe! Those of us who are planning to help with recor

Re: [Gendergap] Linux's culture problem

2015-10-08 Thread Pine W
f > possible. > On Oct 8, 2015 12:39 PM, "Pine W" wrote: > >> FWIW, some of us attending WCONUSA are hoping to have an unconference >> session about incentivizing desirable user behaviors on ENWP, and I imagine >> that some portions of that discussion will be ext

Re: [Gendergap] Linux's culture problem

2015-10-08 Thread Pine W
FWIW, some of us attending WCONUSA are hoping to have an unconference session about incentivizing desirable user behaviors on ENWP, and I imagine that some portions of that discussion will be extensible to other habitats in the Wikimedia ecosystem. If anyone in this conversation online would like t

Re: [Gendergap] Linux's culture problem

2015-10-07 Thread Pine W
I wish that we had a proven solution for that kind of issue in online communities in general. It's quite disappointing. Thanks for forwarding that post. Pine On Oct 7, 2015 6:44 AM, "Jason Radford" wrote: > > > I think folks here will unders

Re: [Gendergap] Meeting at the Wikiconference?

2015-10-05 Thread Pine W
As part of the highly unofficial video crew for the conference, please LMK off-list if you want video coverage of the meetup or any presentations. There will be a few of us with video equipment; our deployment to specific conference sessions and meetups is TBD. On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Kat

[Gendergap] Ada Lovelace Day on October 13th

2015-09-26 Thread Pine W
Ada Lovelace Day will be on October 13th this year. Crisco 1492 has selected a relevant POTD for English Wikipedia for that day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:POTD/2015-10-13 Pine ___ Gendergap m

[Gendergap] Post in the Wikimedia Blog: women, science and Wikipedia

2015-09-25 Thread Pine W
In case others are interested: “It’s addicting, editing Wikipedia. It’s just something I love to do”: Paulina Sanchez. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/24/addicting-editing-paulina-sanchez/ Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org

[Gendergap] Blog post and video related to Wikipedia coverage of women scientists

2015-09-01 Thread Pine W
FYI: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/31/funding-projects-pizza-grants/ Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/li

[Gendergap] Fwd: Seeking comments and translations for proposed video project

2015-08-07 Thread Pine W
(cross-posting) -- Forwarded message -- From: Pine W Date: Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:56 PM Subject: Seeking comments and translations for proposed video project Dear Wikimedia colleagues: I am developing a proposal for a video series that's designed to introduce Wikimedia t

[Gendergap] Fwd: WikiConference USA coming in October 2015

2015-08-06 Thread Pine W
(Cross-posting) -- Forwarded message -- Hi Wikimedians, WikiConference USA 2015 will be held *October 9–11* at the U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C. Registration and scholarship applications are open. Session proposals may be submitted. Website: http://wikiconferenceusa

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

2015-08-05 Thread Pine W
:04 PM, Valerie Aurora wrote: > They will continue to be hosted on our web site indefinitely, and the > licenses are all CC BY-SA so you may also copy them to Wikisource if > you would like. > > -VAL > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Pine W wrote: > > Hi Val, > >

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

2015-08-05 Thread Pine W
if the community decides it is useful. Wikimedia > affiliates would be very useful in supporting and hosting this training. > > -VAL > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:58 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> I am sorry to hear about this news. My impression as an outsider is that >> the

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Social-media] Wikipedia and the Fashion Weeks: A Look at Usage Patterns

2015-08-04 Thread Pine W
I think there was at least one fashion week Wikipedia editathon in Europe a year or two ago. I wonder if anyone would be interested in having more of them, in Seattle or elsewhere. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Joe Sutherland" Date: Aug 4, 2015 10:08 AM Subject: [Social-medi

Re: [Gendergap] Fwd: Announcing the shutdown of the Ada Initiative

2015-08-04 Thread Pine W
I am sorry to hear about this news. My impression as an outsider is that the Ada Initiative was doing good work, and I had hoped to participate in an ally skills workshop someday. I would like to think that the Wikimedia affiliates are collectively supportive of women in tech, including Wikimedia

Re: [Gendergap] WikiWomen's User Group Invitation

2015-07-20 Thread Pine W
It's nice to see this new user group. I hope to meet your representative(s) at Wikiconference USA later this year and the Wikimedia Conference next year so that we can collaborate on subjects on mutual interest. In the meantime, my email inbox is always open and I'd be happy to communicate anytime.

Re: [Gendergap] Help us fill the Ally Skills Workshop at Wikimania!

2015-07-07 Thread Pine W
I'd just thought that I would note that WMF's Community Dept said recently that anti-harassment initatives will be a focus for them in their goals for this quarter. Also, I would like to ask about the reach of this initiative. If the pilot is deemed a success, would it make sense to offer online w

[Gendergap] Motivating women to run for board seats

2015-06-06 Thread Pine W
We had no new female candidates for board seats in the WMF election. For affiliates, I know of at least two affiliates that also have male board members saying that they/we would like to have more gender diversity on our boards but women aren't generally volunteering to run. What could be done to e

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Social-media] Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures

2015-05-14 Thread Pine W
Forwarding an interesting blog post in which the author shares thoughts about the Wikimedia communities, including the editor engagement roles and attributes of offline meetups for Wikimedians. Some of this blog post might also be relevant for those who are involved in thinking about creating a pro

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] WMF Communications is looking for interns!

2015-04-20 Thread Pine W
Forwarding internship recruiting announcement from WMF Communications. Please forward to current students and others who would be interested in internships. Pine *This is an Encyclopedia* *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Nominations being accepted for 2015 Wikimedia Foundation elections

2015-04-20 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to the Treasurers mailing list in the hope that a community member with a finance backround will run for a WMF Board seat, and forwarding to the Gender Gap mailing list with the hope of encouraging diversity-minded candidates to run. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "G

Re: [Gendergap] Article: Wikipedia trolls now vs. women architects

2015-04-17 Thread Pine W
Yes, ask Leigh. I heard previously that Spanish Wikipedia has some eager deletionists, as English.Wikipedia does also. Pine On Apr 17, 2015 6:20 AM, "J Hayes" wrote: > maybe a note to leigh themadattar User:Thelmadatter? > > who was mentioned in a blog > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/13/wik

Re: [Gendergap] Inspire Campaign Proposal: Request for Feedback

2015-04-14 Thread Pine W
Hi Hahahammond, I like the idea of figuring out what Pinterest is doing well and attempting to attract some of its users to Wikimedia. Because of the visual nature of Pinterest, I wonder if VisualEditor would be helpful in this case. I also think that you might try encouraging uploads and categor

[Gendergap] Some motivation (:

2015-03-25 Thread Pine W
Quoted from the publicly logged #wikimedia-office IRC channel, and emailing with the consent of Emily: [17:14:19] Finnegan: or in emily's case, "there are not enough articles on women scientists. this is an outrage to us." [17:15:19] i am now enjoying a mental image of her delivering a podium-p

Re: [Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

2015-03-06 Thread Pine W
editors being announced in a tone that makes > them sound like exotic zoo animals. > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> Forwarding to the Gendergap list in case others are interested, and >> forwarding to Jason and Peaceray in case they want to share this blog

[Gendergap] FW: [Social-media] Blog post: Meet some of the women who contribute to Wikipedia

2015-03-06 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to the Gendergap list in case others are interested, and forwarding to Jason and Peaceray in case they want to share this blog post at the Art and Feminism event in Portland, Oregon (Cascadia territory!) this weekend. Cheers, Pine On Mar 6, 2015 4:24 PM, "Fabrice Florin" wrote: > Loo

Re: [Gendergap] Inspire Campaign launches today!

2015-03-06 Thread Pine W
I'm impressed with some of the ideas that people are proposing for the campaign. This is quite encouraging. Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: http

[Gendergap] Gender data by project

2015-02-18 Thread Pine W
Hi all, Does anyone know if data about gender of contributors on projects other than English Wikipedia is available? In addition to other language Wikipedias, it would be interesring if we have data about Commons, Wikisource, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary, Wikispecies, etc. Also, anecodotally I obeserve

Re: [Gendergap] Look who's in the paper!! :)

2014-11-07 Thread Pine W
OK, here we go: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-cascadia/2014-November/000179.html Pine > ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Look who's in the paper!! :)

2014-11-07 Thread Pine W
ved in Wikipedia. I believe that > the librarians would be interested, but they don't know how to go about > such a thing, so an outreach event would be helpful. > > Thanks, > Christine > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> I am trying to ca

Re: [Gendergap] Look who's in the paper!! :)

2014-11-06 Thread Pine W
I am trying to catch up on email, and just now responding to this nice thread about work by a colleague in Cascadia Wikimedians territory at Washington State University. Thanks for your work Christine, and I hope that you will join the Cascadia Wikimedians email list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/ma

Re: [Gendergap] Childcare at an edit-a-thon

2014-11-01 Thread Pine W
Just a quick note: at Wikimedia events in general, there may be dads who appreciate the availability of childcare also. (: Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Re: [Gendergap] Childcare at an edit-a-thon

2014-11-01 Thread Pine W
Pinging Mssemantics and Keilana in case they want to comment, and/or contribute to this event (: Pine ___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

[Gendergap] Research discussion: Visions for Wikipedia

2014-10-23 Thread Pine W
Both of the presentations at the October Wikimedia Research Showcase were fascinating and I encourage everyone to watch them [1]. I would like to continue to discuss the themes from the showcase about Wikipedia's adaptability, viability, and diversity. Aaron's discussion about Wikipedia's ongoing

[Gendergap] Editor interaction data sets and visualizations

2014-10-17 Thread Pine W
Dear colleagues, As you may have heard, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Editor_Interaction_Data_Extraction_and_Visualization is an individual engagement grant proposal. I am working on this proposal with volunteer assistance and advice from Aaron Halfaker (WMF), Haitham Shammaa (WMF), a

[Gendergap] Happy Ada Lovelace Day

2014-10-14 Thread Pine W
Ada Lovelace Day is celebrated on October 14 this year. Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (born in the year 1815) was a mathematician and computer programmer who worked on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. She foresaw how computers could evolve into devices that perform tasks more sophisti

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming help sessions for drafting Individual Engagement Grant proposals

2014-09-18 Thread Pine W
Forwarding. Please take this opportunity to ask questions! Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Siko Bouterse" Date: Sep 18, 2014 3:30 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming help sessions for drafting Individual Engagement Grant proposals To: Cc: Hi all, As we announced earlier this

[Gendergap] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] FOSS OPW: looking for female technical contributors

2014-09-17 Thread Pine W
Forwarding to TA3M Seattle (please forward to the local and national TA3M communication lists for redistribution if that seems appropriate), Cascadia Wikimedians, WALRUS, and the Wikimedia gender gap list. Pine -- Forwarded message -- From: "Quim Gil" Date: Sep 17, 2014 8:28 AM Su

[Gendergap] FW: Emotions under Discussion: Gender, Status and Communication in Online Collaboration

2014-09-01 Thread Pine W
Thanks Andreas. Forwarding to Research. Pine On Sep 1, 2014 4:09 PM, "Andreas Kolbe" wrote: > This is a new paper, published a couple of weeks ago. (Sorry if it's been > mentioned before, I couldn't see a related thread.) > > http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.010

Re: [Gendergap] What is status of Foundation Gender Gap projects and relation to wikimedia Gender Gap project?

2014-08-30 Thread Pine W
Carol, my instinct is that this outreach program is within scope for the outreach wiki. Pine On Aug 30, 2014 7:26 PM, "Carol Moore dc" wrote: > People in the know can answer when it's covenient next week, but since > it's on my mind, posting now. > > As we write on Gender Gap Task Force main pag

Re: [Gendergap] [EE] [Wikitech-l] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-13 Thread Pine W
m, > Emily > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Emily Monroe > wrote: > >> Interesting. You were just talking about IRC and #wikipedia-en-help and >> not using research, and now you have seem to given up. >> >> From, >> Emily >> >>

Re: [Gendergap] [EE] [Wikitech-l] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-13 Thread Pine W
15 AM, "Emily Monroe" wrote: > Interesting. You were just talking about IRC and #wikipedia-en-help and > not using research, and now you have seem to given up. > > From, > Emily > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> The chat system

Re: [Gendergap] [EE] [Wikitech-l] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-12 Thread Pine W
on in > #wikipedia-en-help, unless it's increased participation from helpers and > not helpees. > > From, > Emily > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Pine W wrote: > >> Thanks for finding that page. I don't know how much that kind of chat >> syst

Re: [Gendergap] [EE] [Wikitech-l] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-12 Thread Pine W
ault client uses http://www.qwebirc.org/ ) > > HTH, > Quiddity > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> That proposal could be considered in the long term, but right now we have >> plenty of people who seek and get help on IRC, and we can make incremen

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-12 Thread Pine W
need to prove that there is a demand for IRC help and that newbies are >> failing to get oriented with it. I know there are problems with it...but >> knowing is not proving. >> >> Proof is in the pudding and we need some tasty pudding to get people to >> pay attention :)

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-12 Thread Pine W
nowing is not proving. > > Proof is in the pudding and we need some tasty pudding to get people to > pay attention :) > > Sarah > > I > On Aug 12, 2014 10:19 AM, "Pine W" wrote: > >> Sarah, the cynicism in your comment is depressing and unnecessary. I >&g

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-12 Thread Pine W
nce" is paying attention to this. > > Sarah > On Aug 12, 2014 7:44 AM, "Emily Monroe" wrote: > >> I often help out at en-help. Often, people who are new at IRC need to be >> told where to type. I would think this would qualify as "failing hard". >>

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-12 Thread Pine W
> told where to type. I would think this would qualify as "failing hard". > > From, > Emily > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Pine W wrote: > >> That proposal could be considered in the long term, but right now we have >> plenty of people who see

Re: [Gendergap] [Wikitech-l] [EE] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-12 Thread Pine W
That proposal could be considered in the long term, but right now we have plenty of people who seek and get help on IRC, and we can make incremental improvements to their experience faster than we can build a new tool from scratch. Few newbies fail hard at IRC. The basics are similar to texting and

Re: [Gendergap] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-11 Thread Pine W
y have (a > community that has a massive gendergap and a declining active editor base). > > > > Kerry > > > ------ > > *From:* gendergap-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: > gendergap-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Pine W > *Sent:* Monday, 11 August 2014 3:18 PM > *

[Gendergap] IRC web client for Wikipedia help

2014-08-10 Thread Pine W
Hi, Following up on a conversation on the gendergap email list, I am discussing with Freenode the possibility of changing the default web client to one that is friendlier and has a less technical feel, primarily for the benefit of new users who access #wikipedia-en-help by clicking on a link. The

Re: [Gendergap] Sexualized environment on Commons

2014-08-09 Thread Pine W
ey want to keep their current client it may still be possible for Wikimedia to change the default chat client used when people connect directly from English Wikipedia to #wikipedia-en-help. Pine On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Pine W wrote: > Janine, can you share links to the sites? I'm

[Gendergap] Lila's keynote speech at Wikimania 2014

2014-08-09 Thread Pine W
Hi all, I would like to encourage those of us who may have missed Lila's keynote speech at Wikimania to listen to it. [1] In her speech, Lila takes a long view of Wikimedia's history and future. She talks about incremental and disruptive changes that are happening socially and technologically such

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