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Women in Red May 2024[edit]
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My participation in Women in Red[edit]
I should inform you, Rosie, that after enthusiastically participating in Women in Red for almost nine years, I have decided it is time for me to turn my attention to other matters, in particular new (and older) page patrol, assisting new editors, reviewing and assessing OKA translations, and helping with new projects such as Elit. My top priority has always been to avoid any kind of editing conflict but in the light of recent developments, I am finding this increasingly difficult and lack the resilience shown by Roger. I have noticed the enthusiasm of several more recent contributors and think it is time we should benefit from their assistance in ensuring the success of the project. I hope they will find it interesting to become more involved in welcoming new members, maintaining our showcase, press and research listings, and above all in selecting topics and ideas for effective future focus. I will of course always be happy to offer assistance to anyone who contacts me although I will not be creating any more new articles about women myself. Maybe I'll feel like returning when things are more settled but for the time being I am simply no longer sufficiently motivated. I would however like to thank you most sincerely, Rosie, for the outstanding leadership you have ensured in maintaining and promoting the project on a global basis. It has always been a pleasure to collaborate with you on WiR and other projects. Drop me a line if ever you think I can be of assistance. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 06:10, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Dear Ian, I am so s-a-d reading this. I can't imagine not working with you at WiR. I appreciate you and what you have done so much and I believe Roger and everyone at WiR would say the same. I need time to find more words. Right now, I'm gobsmacked. --Rosiestep (talk) 14:42, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Don't worry, Rosie. I think you'll see that other enthusiasts will be ready to help things along. I looked at MSGJ's proposal to delete all our earlier templates and could see he had already received substantial support from his friends. Unless he withdraws his proposal, it looks to me as if they will soon be deleted. Like most other contributors, I edit on Wikipedia because I enjoy it. Over the past two or three months, I have been faced with an increasing number of situations which seemed liable to cause disagreements, in some cases with participants who have made major contributions to the project. I have never been happy dealing with potential disagreements and conflicts and have therefore decided I should devote more time to supporting other areas in need of attention. While I will not be creating any more new articles on Women in Red, I might nevertheless try to improve and update past contributions, especially lists. And I'll still be around for you and anyone else who thinks I can help with anything. Thanks for your concern, Rosie. I appreciate your kind thoughts.--Ipigott (talk) 15:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Well I am also disappointed and I know I'm only posting a new article every day to one of the projects. I'm surprised that you didn't raise your specific point about me, with me, before posting here, but that is your choice. Our last exchange was about how much I valued your contribution. I remain faithful to you and hope that you may reconsider or at least have a discussion. The point about templates has been keeping me awake and I had some suggestions. Victuallers (talk) 15:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, Roger, I was trying to hold on as long as possible without complaint but the developments yesterday convinced me that I could no longer participate successfully under the evolving changes. Your earlier unwarrented treatment was also one of the reasons I decided I needed to move õn. Day after day I come across your NPP additions accompanied by your phenomenal number of edits. I'm afraid we're just no longer being taken seriously by those who should be supporting our efforts. It seems to me the project needs a new boost of enthusiasm from younger participants such as those who have supported the recent changes and all the other new Wikipedians who have joined the project over the past few months. Let's hope they can live up to our expectations. I'll always remember your original proposal, Roger, about targeting more women as a fantastic idea which as you know is the reason I have devoted the last nine years to trying to move forward on women and their works. To some extent we have progressed but we need new incentives if we are to make any significant impact. I have not completely abandoned the project but will no longer be creating new articles. "You can't teach an old dogs new tricks" (and this dog is really old). Happy editing!-Ipigott (talk) 18:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Ipigott, I (a not-so-young editor) am very sorry to read this news and admit that I, too, found the number of changes and how they were introduced and implemented most disturbing. Editing is supposed to be enjoyable and some of the past months has been anything but, until I shared my concerns with Rosiestep by email. I was on the point of walking away from the May prep myself until I realised that WIR as a whole and the editors led by @Rosiestep and @Victuallers need the behind-the-scenes editors to make our Event pages and so on to keep the project alive. I will miss your active participation at WIR, you will always be welcome back. I wish you well for your future editing. Oronsay (talk) 19:11, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Oronsay: I too wondered if I should discuss these matters by email but I finally decided it would be more useful to comment here and on mu own talk page where anyone interested would be able to follow my reasoning. I have really appreciated your regular involvement in helping to firm up our month-by-month events and to update the WiR main WiR page with the latest figures from Humaniki on the status of women's biographies (now 19.81%) as they become available. I very much hope that many of the more recent "recruits" will be ready to provide support too, in particular by helping to increase membership of the project and assisting those who join. Less critical are the additions to other WiR pages such as Showcase (which attracts less than nine page views a day and has had no other contributors for quite some time). As for Research and Press, these items each receive only one page view a day but I thought it was useful to maintain a record in connection with the history of the project. So the only really significant change is my decision not to create any more new articles about women. Here I notified the project some time ago that I would no longer be creating so many and in fact in April I created only four biographies and one list. On the other hand, I will continue to help with articles created by other editors, in particular SusunW and Balance person, and will always be available to offer advice or assistance to anyone in need of assistance. I hope this clarifies my position and helps to make things look less dramatic. Happy editing!--Ipigott (talk) 06:38, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
- @Ipigott, I (a not-so-young editor) am very sorry to read this news and admit that I, too, found the number of changes and how they were introduced and implemented most disturbing. Editing is supposed to be enjoyable and some of the past months has been anything but, until I shared my concerns with Rosiestep by email. I was on the point of walking away from the May prep myself until I realised that WIR as a whole and the editors led by @Rosiestep and @Victuallers need the behind-the-scenes editors to make our Event pages and so on to keep the project alive. I will miss your active participation at WIR, you will always be welcome back. I wish you well for your future editing. Oronsay (talk) 19:11, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, Roger, I was trying to hold on as long as possible without complaint but the developments yesterday convinced me that I could no longer participate successfully under the evolving changes. Your earlier unwarrented treatment was also one of the reasons I decided I needed to move õn. Day after day I come across your NPP additions accompanied by your phenomenal number of edits. I'm afraid we're just no longer being taken seriously by those who should be supporting our efforts. It seems to me the project needs a new boost of enthusiasm from younger participants such as those who have supported the recent changes and all the other new Wikipedians who have joined the project over the past few months. Let's hope they can live up to our expectations. I'll always remember your original proposal, Roger, about targeting more women as a fantastic idea which as you know is the reason I have devoted the last nine years to trying to move forward on women and their works. To some extent we have progressed but we need new incentives if we are to make any significant impact. I have not completely abandoned the project but will no longer be creating new articles. "You can't teach an old dogs new tricks" (and this dog is really old). Happy editing!-Ipigott (talk) 18:15, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Well I am also disappointed and I know I'm only posting a new article every day to one of the projects. I'm surprised that you didn't raise your specific point about me, with me, before posting here, but that is your choice. Our last exchange was about how much I valued your contribution. I remain faithful to you and hope that you may reconsider or at least have a discussion. The point about templates has been keeping me awake and I had some suggestions. Victuallers (talk) 15:52, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
- Don't worry, Rosie. I think you'll see that other enthusiasts will be ready to help things along. I looked at MSGJ's proposal to delete all our earlier templates and could see he had already received substantial support from his friends. Unless he withdraws his proposal, it looks to me as if they will soon be deleted. Like most other contributors, I edit on Wikipedia because I enjoy it. Over the past two or three months, I have been faced with an increasing number of situations which seemed liable to cause disagreements, in some cases with participants who have made major contributions to the project. I have never been happy dealing with potential disagreements and conflicts and have therefore decided I should devote more time to supporting other areas in need of attention. While I will not be creating any more new articles on Women in Red, I might nevertheless try to improve and update past contributions, especially lists. And I'll still be around for you and anyone else who thinks I can help with anything. Thanks for your concern, Rosie. I appreciate your kind thoughts.--Ipigott (talk) 15:48, 1 May 2024 (UTC)