Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia Women Workshop in Mumbai Report

2012-11-05 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Krutikaa Jawanjal, how interesting! thank you very much for your report I have three questions: * how and where was this workshop announced? * which Wikipedia version(s) did you work in? * can you give me any links to articles or article drafts? thanks & cheers Claudia On Mon, 5 Nov 2012

Re: [Gendergap] Why women's sport articles matter on Wikipedia as a women's rights issue

2012-08-15 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Laura, I like your argumentation and support it! thanks a lot Claudia On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:46:13 +1000, Laura Hale wrote > Having a cranky day. : / > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/tunisian-olympic-medalists-draw- > radicals-ire-amid-debate-over-role-of-islam-women/2012/08/1

Re: [Gendergap] recognition of gender gap*s* (in the plural) Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-06 Thread koltzenburg
Hi John > havent seen similar quality academic studies about LGBT within the > wikimedia community - > these studies tend to be very simplistic due to lack > if understanding or inadequate funding, and/or riddled with bias without > explanation. so here we can definitely point to a common concer

Re: [Gendergap] recognition of gender gap*s* (in the plural) Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-05 Thread koltzenburg
On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 09:47:58 +0100, Tom Morris wrote > I'm not sure I agree that LGBT is another gender gap. my impression is that there certainly are gender gaps in LGBTIQA* communities - if ever non-heterosexual people are happy to be lumped together just because of not identifying non-hetero

Re: [Gendergap] recognition of gender gap*s* (in the plural) Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread koltzenburg
thanks, Ryan so this seems clear now: there may be different kinds of difficulties in a list creation process and all of these are now solved as regards the new lgbt list, is that it? cheers Claudia On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:51:57 -0700, Ryan Kaldari wrote > Just to clarify, Phillipe expressed co

Re: [Gendergap] LGBTIQ Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-02 Thread koltzenburg
ah, thanks, Michelle, so it seems you and me see different gaps in different places :-) interesting, let's see what might emerge in contributions by others: everyone sees different gender gaps, I guess, so where is the gap for you @all? and where the possible bridges? thanks Claudia On Mon, 2

[Gendergap] recognition of gender gap*s* (in the plural) Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-01 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Tom, hi @all > Wikimedia have decided to allow the list to be created since we are addressing not only one gender gap but, seemingly quite a few, including those that come alonf the lines of what has come to be called sexual orientarion, I have a question about the creation process of the

[Gendergap] LGBTIQ Re: LGBT mailing list

2012-07-01 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Tom, thanks, why has the name been limited to LGBT? in my opinion (and I see this nicely done in Spanish-speaking communities) we need LGBTIQ which means: plus intersexual plus queer cheers Claudia On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 22:30:02 +0100, Tom Morris wrote > I'm happy to announce that a new Wikime

[Gendergap] surplus males Re: Surplus women and World War I

2012-06-26 Thread koltzenburg
On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:48:49 +0100, Thomas Morton wrote > > Also, the topic of surplus males is probably more timely today and I've > > thought about writing an article about it, so this certainly is relevant. > > > > That would be very interesting! agree! Claudia _

[Gendergap] diversity among male editors Re: what follows from "most editors do not gender-identify"

2012-06-19 Thread koltzenburg
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:16:14 -0700 (PDT), Audrey Cormier wrote > I just want to add a suggestion that I haven't seen really discussed, and > that is the idea of > supporting more diversity among male editors as a way of making an > encyclopedia that > would be more inviting for potential fem

Re: [Gendergap] Clarification of topics

2012-06-19 Thread koltzenburg
hm, reading the threads in the list archive is an option that I often use, too, and it is independent of any mail program ;-) example, by thread, this month: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2012-June/thread.html :-) cheers Claudia On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:50:17 +0100, Andreas Kol

Re: [Gendergap] what follows from "most editors do not gender-identify"

2012-06-18 Thread koltzenburg
TomMorris writes: > One thing > that probably ought to be done is to demand of the Foundation and of > chapters that any studies they do into the effectiveness of outreach > and intervention programmes include gender inclusiveness as a measure > in stats-gathering where possible. maybe, as a fir

Re: [Gendergap] what follows from "most editors do not gender-identify"

2012-06-18 Thread koltzenburg
Sarah, thanks > I am focusing my energy on taking action versus research investment. fair enough, the "versus" reads a little strange to me in this context but never mind ;-) in my view of the matter, and my thanks to Laura for filling in with a few concrete examples, taking positive action in

Re: [Gendergap] what follows from "most editors do not gender-identify"

2012-06-18 Thread koltzenburg
Thank you, Sarah > Data doesn't equal patriarchy agree, I was not stipulating this, I am pointing to the philosophy that feeds into the setup of such an inquiry in the first place > I trust the survey. up to you, Sarah which part of it do you trust? the outcome given the chosen setup? I have

[Gendergap] what follows from "most editors do not gender-identify"

2012-06-17 Thread koltzenburg
Thank you Risker/Anne for this statement which I think is true: > (most editors do not gender-identify ... http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2012-June/002876.html what follows from this is, in my opinion, that any specific-looking numbers the Wikimedia Foundation (e.g., Wikipedia e

[Gendergap] positive action Re: Nastiness

2012-06-12 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Gillian, thank you for this information do you have any suggesting as a positive action that members of this list might take, in this case as well as generally? open for suggestions, Claudia On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:33:38 +1000, Gillian White wrote > Hi All, > The Community is aware of this

[Gendergap] gender gap patrol project? Re: page patroller intro Re: So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-11 Thread koltzenburg
thanks, Emily, > Do you need anything else? yes, I guess I need users who speak "English+" (+ meaning: Other languages than English) and who are ready and able to add interwiki links to all of the patrol pages Q: btw, do we have a gender gap patrol project running anywhere? for spotting sexism

[Gendergap] page patroller intro Re: So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-10 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Emily, hi all, thanks :-) to me this seems like an interesting role for WP users who have no strong inclination for writing new articles etc. yet wish to contribute their share Emily, by way of introducing the activity profile to WP newcomers, can you maybe point me to any role descripti

[Gendergap] visual impairment and gender @Wikipedia Re: Nuremberg: lesbian wikipedia edit-a-thon workshop Re: So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-05 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Sarah > I'd love to learn more about how a visually impaired translesbian > participated and what she shared about editing Wikipedia. about a. thank you, I will ask her for her own opinion, and also her colleague, living against the same double/triple possible discrimination factor if I m

Re: [Gendergap] Nuremberg: lesbian wikipedia edit-a-thon workshop Re: So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-05 Thread koltzenburg
thanks, Sarah > > at the annual meeting that picks up a 1920s Berlin tradition of lesbians > > who meet over the extended > > weekend of Whitsuntide, we met in Nuremberg (city of human rights) this > > year for another fabulous self- > > organized non-commercial bunch of worshops, plenary sessi

Re: [Gendergap] So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-06-05 Thread koltzenburg
thank you, Risker/Anne, how interesting! ___a. Grants Advisory Committee http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grant_Advisory_Committee/Candidates I would like to suggest we more or less immediately start a little group who advise female socialised people on how to fill in the application so it "works

[Gendergap] Men's_shelter Re: New WikiProject Feminism Articles from WSG students

2012-06-04 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Ryan thank you for your message explaining how you see the situation that might be coming what does everyone think about opening an article about "Men's shelter" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men's_shelter ("Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Men's sh

[Gendergap] it seems to me... Re: Guns, Girls and Games

2012-06-04 Thread koltzenburg
hi @all, it seems to me the WP needs a mailingslist or other outlet for sex issues of all shades since there seem to be quite a few who think it belongs in the gendergap list - exclusively...? best, Claudia On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 12:13:42 +0100, Tom Morris wrote > The BBC broadcast a half hour do

Re: [Gendergap] gendergap research

2012-06-01 Thread koltzenburg
Risker, agree with all three of your ideas. Q: Has any research been done re why people who grew up as girls take the leap of faith at all, in which way they arm themselves and what makes them stay on and remain active? my guess is that the official stats about the participation of "women" a

[Gendergap] Nuremberg: lesbian wikipedia edit-a-thon workshop Re: So what have you been working on lately article wise as a woman or about women?

2012-05-31 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Sarah, hi @all, thank you, Sarah, for this new thread and thank you for sharing your activitities with us, I particularly like the teahouse :-) > What about you? Online and offline activities, I'd love to hear about > how you've being proactive and what you're working on! at the annual mee

Re: [Gendergap] Please welcome Cindamuse as our new co-moderator

2012-05-12 Thread koltzenburg
> please give Cindy a warm "thank you" and welcome! voilĂ  - here comes mine: herzlichen Dank und herzlich willkommen :-) Claudia On Sat, 12 May 2012 12:07:10 -0400, Sarah Stierch wrote > Hi everyone, > > Please welcome Wikipedian User:Cindamuse as our new co-moderator on the > list. Cindy has

[Gendergap] add gendergap list? / what stats hide

2012-05-11 Thread koltzenburg
hi @all, I have two questions, A. @list admin* B. in general A. I think that on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mailing_lists in the list following "The public mailing lists for the Wikipedia project include:" gendergap should be added. how to describe the intention of this list?

[Gendergap] interesting data for study? glass ceiling - or glass floor?

2012-05-11 Thread koltzenburg
Hi @all, I recently mailed an inquiry to a wikipedia list and it seems to me that the thread that ensued might be interesting data for study, possibly in the light of gender gap issues the thread starts here: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/pywikipedia-l/2012-May/007514.html btw, let me

[Gendergap] e.g. Gendergap Re: Wikipedia Academy: Research and Free Knowledge - June 29-July 1

2012-04-02 Thread koltzenburg
Hi Sarah and everyone, thank you for the pointer, Sarah one might add that "(e.g. Gendergap)" is mentioned in the list of topics, and not just somewhere but in line 1 :-) http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Topics_of_Interest cheers from Germany Claudia On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:56:28 -04