Category Archives: gender

Exploring a Center for a People-Centered Internet

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Pete Forsyth

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 | 1 Comment

When “experimentation” is no such thing

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Pete Forsyth

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 | 6 Comments

Wikidata: Why it matters, how to get started

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Pete Forsyth

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 | 5 Comments