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Great blog by Keilana! Feel free to ping me if you'd like to write your
own blog about your project - all languages and projects welcome!!!
-Sarah (See below)
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/12/18/wikiproject-women-scientists-invites-…
Starting a WikiProject is a pretty big undertaking, what with sorting
out the templates, tagging thousands of articles, and recruiting new
members. But I have to say, startingWikiProject Women Scientists
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists >with Sarah
Stierch has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had in my 5
1/2 years contributing to Wikipedia.
<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Aedes_aegypti.jpg… >
Biologist Anne Bishop studied the "Aedes aegypti"
I had never consciously noticed the gender gap
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/27/nine-out-of-ten-wikipedians-continue-t… > until
it was pointed out to me that, as a female Wikipedian, I was a pretty
rare commodity. That was a bit of a wake-up call, and I started to think
about the systemic bias inherent in Wikipedia, a reference work largely
compiled by white males from the Western world.
On Ada Lovelace Day
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace_Day#Commemoration >, I decided
to create an article about biologist Ann Bishop
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Bishop_%28biologist%29 > as my
contribution, which was quickly promoted as a /Did you know.../
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Keilana#DYK_for_Ann_Bishop_.28biolog… > and
became a Good Article
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles > a couple of weeks
later. Throughout that process I realized just how many female scientist
articles were missing, even among the erstwhile ranks of the Fellows of
the Royal Society
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society >.
I also realized that, as motivated as I was, I couldn't write those
articles alone. Thus, a WikiProject was born, and since then, it has
gathered 15 members!
I want to take a second to invite you to join the project! We have a
fairlyactive discussion page
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Women_scientists >where
plenty of people are happy to answer questions. The silver lining of
systemic bias is that there's a lot of work to do and a lot of ways that
people can contribute. A common public opinion is that "if it's not on
Wikipedia it doesn't exist" -- so, to our readers, many important,
influential scientists "don't exist."
Let's change that! Go to Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_scientists > to
join us!
/Wikipedia User:Keilana <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keilana >/
* Copyright notes:Aedes aegypti"
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aedes_aegypti.jpg%22 >byMuhammad
Mahdi Karim
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Muhammad_Mahdi_Karim >, underGNU
Free Documentation License, Version 1.2
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License_1… >,
from Wikimedia Commons.
--
*Sarah Stierch*
*/Museumist and open culture advocate/*
>>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com ><<
FYI folks. I know J-Lab a little: they're pretty good :-)
Thanks,.
Sue
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jan Schaffer <jans(a)j-lab.org>
Date: 5 December 2012 12:27
Subject: J-Lab: Inviting proposals for startup awards
To: Jan Schaffer <jans(a)j-lab.org>
J-Lab is now accepting proposals for $14,000 in start-up funding for
women-led media projects. Please share with your women entrepreneurs.
Deadline is Jan. 23, 2013. They can apply here:
http://www.newmediawomen.org/applying/guidelines
And they can see past winners at www.newmediawomen.org .
Best,
Jan
Jan Schaffer
Executive Director
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
Entrepreneur in Residence
American University School of Communication
3201 New Mexico Ave. NW, Suite 330
Washington, DC 20016
P: 202.885.8100
T: @janjlab
www.j-lab.org
www.newmediawomen.org
