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Category Archives: gender
Exploring a Center for a People-Centered Internet
This weekend, I was honored to join Vint Cerf, Mei Lin Fung, and a host of others in a discussion about what a “People-Centered Internet” would look like, and how to bring it about. Mei Lin invited me to bring … Continue reading
Posted in Free licenses, gender, governance, government, history, wiki, Wikipedia
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When “experimentation” is no such thing
When widespread problems take hold, it’s worthwhile to seek out what “innovations” have worked to combat them. Take, for instance, gender imbalance and general incivility in the comment sections of online news outlets: Researcher Fiona Martin dug into the issue … Continue reading
Posted in Administrator, core, gender, governance, wiki, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia
Tagged Trustee election 2015
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Wikidata: Why it matters, how to get started
Have you heard of Wikidata? It’s a (fairly) new Wikimedia project, designed to support Wikipedia in all language editions, Wikimedia Commons, and the rest of the Wikimedia family of wikis. It collects information — like the information in Wikipedia articles, for instance … Continue reading
Posted in Beginner how-to, gender, systemic bias, wiki, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
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