Grants talk:Project/Rapid/Giovanna Fontenelle/Editatonas Brasil
Application received edit
Hello, GiFontenelle. Thank you for your Rapid Grant submission. We have received a high volume of requests, which may delay our review, but please feel free to ping us to follow-up. We appreciate your patience and will respond to your request as soon as possible.
In the meantime, if you have any questions or updates about your request or the grants process, please write us at rapidgrants
wikimedia.org. All the best, MMontes (WMF) (talk) 18:20, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
Comments from WMF edit
Hello, GiFontenelle; thank you again for your submission. We have the following questions and comments for you:
- You mention that you have experience hosting editathons on topics such as neuroscience and gender. Can you please provide dashboard links, or other information links, regarding such editathons?
- What are your strategies to deal with gender-related issues (like potential takedowns) throughout the editathons?
- We notice that one of the editatonas you propose is related to a museum. Have you explored the idea of having the museum provide a space for the event?
Regards, MMontes (WMF) (talk) 00:52, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
- @MMontes (WMF): Thanks for your questions, which I am happy to address below.
- An exhaustive list is available at the list of edit-a-thons, w:pt:Wikipédia:Edit-a-thon/Atividades em português, which were basically led by myself and friends. I have highlighted some key events I have contributed to leading:
- I don't understand what you mean by takedown. What we normally do is to address gender-related issues during an short presentation at the event. You can see me leading this kind of presentation in pictures on images above. Gender-related events are normally co-organized with feminist groups, such as PrograMaria and Frente Feminista Casperiana Lisandra.
- I was a Wikimedian in residence in this particular museum --by the way in the context of one of the most successful [1]. The building of this museum is currently closed, due to risks of collapsing. So, unfortunately, it is impossible to have the museum provide a space for the event,
- Let me know if you have further questions. --GiFontenelle (talk) 19:03, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Further comments from WMF edit
Thank you for your responses, GiFontenelle. A follow-up: by takedown I meant the risk of having new articles about notable women, for example, deleted once editatona participants submit them -- which is a problem that gender-based initiatives have had in the past. How will you work to address issues like this so that editatona participants don't get discouraged? Thank you, MMontes (WMF) (talk) 19:51, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
- @MMontes (WMF): Thanks for the clarification. Content deletion on gender-basis is a real issue. It is something we have been addressing in Brazil very publicly in our events (on-wiki and off-wiki) and with partners [2], within a general scope of discussing power dynamics and decolonization processes in Wikimedia projects. In specific edit-a-thons, the best practice is to inform the community and ask for help --which we will do for instance on the Village Pump-- and have good practices of tutoring during the events. Two members of the group of volunteers I work with are admins at the Outreach Dashboard and monitor deletion requests associated to programs and events, and of course they will be acting for events I am requesting support for. I hope this addresses your concerns. --GiFontenelle (talk) 20:35, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Grant request approved edit
Hello, GiFontenelle; we are approving your grant request. Thank you for your continued work for the Wikimedia movement, and especially for all your efforts in addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia. We are truly looking forward to seeing how the editatonas go when you submit your report. Best wishes, MMontes (WMF) (talk) 20:37, 13 May 2019 (UTC)