A very good read and truly written. Regards, Swetapadma
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Arun Ramarathnam <arunra...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks for sharing this Tejaswini. Made interesting read. Good to see > wikipedians mentioned in the article. > > Interesting to note the article mention the following... > > *When at the workshop, the girls began to create articles on Wiki, male > editors were quick to pull them down. “This can be intimidating for > anyone, and more so for girls.” Instead of spending the time creating a > template to delete, she wishes her male friends would just “be more > supportive” and encourage those who step in to what is surely a > male-dominated world of code. > * > > Makes me wonder if it is to be deemed as the case of male editors pulling > the pages down. Or is it the case of experienced editors being less > tolerant and not encouraging to most new editors irrespective of their > gender. I believe it more often than not the second. > > To share another incident to illustrate the point..... There was another > Women's > Wikipedia > workshop<http://wiki.wikimedia.in/Wikipedia_Women%27s_Workshop_Bangalore_2013>running > in town wikipedian Omshivaprakash was working with a new lady > editor to take her through the paces of a new article title "Nalini > Nayak<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalini_Nayak>". > This was being shown on a projector for the rest of the lady participants > to watch and learn. And lo and behold we had an editor for nowhere slap a > "Speedy Delete" notice on a page that had no grounds for it. At best one > could Afd-ed it and have questioned the merits of "noteability". > > We all know the treatment of new editors... they have a rough time getting > on to wikipedia and this issue is widely acknowledged. We also know we have > very few women editors. But we ought to be careful to not project this as > a case of male editors being non supportive of women, (which may not be the > case). > > Perhaps the above reference in the article was the interpretation of the > news reporter or perhaps even a misquote (which happens often in the media > too). > > For the record the Women's workshop that I referred to was co-organised by > many "supportive" men keen to bridge the gender gap in wikipedia - Om, > Soumyan, Pavanaja and yours truly. Of course the event was led by a very > capable and enthusiastic lady wikipedian Pavithra! > > We surely need the experienced editors to be a whole lot more sensitive > and to be careful not to > "*Bite*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers>" > new editors (irrespective of gender). There also appears to be a template > {{this is a new user<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:This_is_a_new_user> > }} that new users can sport on their user pages. > > Have a good weekend everyone! > > regards > Arun > > > > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Tejaswini Niranjana <t...@cscs.res.in>wrote: > >> Nice to see Nikita's name in the article. >> >> >> http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/girls-try-to-break-into-an-old-boys-club/article4492068.ece?homepage=true >> >> -- >> Tejaswini Niranjana, PhD >> Lead Researcher - Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications >> (HEIRA) >> Senior Fellow - Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS) >> Visiting Professor - Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) >> Visiting Faculty - Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute >> of Science (CCS-IISc) >> >> t: 91-80-26730476, 26730967, 26730268 >> f: 91-80-26730722 >> http://heira.in >> www.cscs.res.in >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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