Talk:Women, girls and information technology

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Contents 1 Merge with women in computing ? 2 Expand: factors hindering women's involvement 3 pep talks 4 Merge: Declination of women in computer science in Canada 5 Rename to something more descriptive of the content

[edit] Merge with women in computing ?

Women In Computing is a different subject matter than Women, girls and Information Technology. The two should not be combined. Women In Computing is about significant individuals in computing/IT. That article is OK and should be left alone. Women, girls and Information Technology is mostly about a current issue in society today - why girls/women are not going into IT related fields, and the social reasons for and ramifications of this. This article should be cleaned up - ideas: (a)remove the references to significant women in the field of IT, and place them in the "Women In Computing" article if they are not there already - keep the articles crossreferenced (b)consider renaming the article - something short, but the title right now is not very illuminating (c) add any positive material possible (examples: if there are lots of opportunity to excel in IT for a woman right now because it is a male dominated field or if there are any programs out there to mitigate this problem) Casey Texas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.83.220.204 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

• I agree. Separate topics. Do not merge. --lquilter 14:26, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• After almost 2 months there have been no arguments to merge and everyone agrees to not merge. I removed the merge template from this and other page. --lquilter 14:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
• I agree. Furthermore, I don't believe notable business women should be included in the list of "famous women in IT/Computing", especially if the list is to be moved to Women in computing. They are notable in a completely different sense. Chanvin2 (talk) 23:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
• I suggest that the title of the article to be changed. Something like "Gender disparity issues in Computing" will do, since a good deal of the article contents discuss these differences between males and females. Chanvin2 (talk) 00:01, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
• this article is a great start and should not be merged with the also-good Women in computing, but I agree with Chanvin2 that the title should be changed. I'm having a lot of trouble coming up with a new one, so I'll add a section to this talk page about it. Leigh Honeywell (talk) 04:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
• Change title to 'gender and computing' ? Even 'women and computing' is better than having girls in the title. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.229.10 (talk) 22:47, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Expand: factors hindering women's involvement

• Listed aspects of gender disparity as possible factor. Possible other factors: lack of role model, stereotyping. Chanvin2 (talk) 07:13, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] pep talks

This page should really be eliminated. Wikipedia is not a place for pep talks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.9.213.101 (talk • contribs) 19:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Who said anything about pep talks? This page is a good discussion of factors contributing to the low numbers of women in CS, which is an interesting sociological phenomenon. Perhaps you meant to flag it as npov (which I don't think it is, but whatever)? Leigh Honeywell (talk) 02:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Merge: Declination of women in computer science in Canada

I'm proposing that Declination of women in computer science in Canada be merged into this article. The content seems to fit, some is duplicated, and I don't think that the decline of women in CS in Canada (as much as I am personally interested in the topic as a Canadian computer scientist) needs its own article. Leigh Honeywell (talk) 04:15, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rename to something more descriptive of the content

I really like this article but want to see it renamed to something more appropriate for the content, which mostly concerns the reasons behind the low numbers of women involved in CS and IT. Chanvin2 suggested "Gender disparity issues in Computing" but it's not quite right. Other suggestions? Leigh Honeywell (talk) 04:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

How about just "Gender Disparity in Computing"? I agree that a name change is in order, and that it shouldn't merge with Women in Computing.--65.78.24.207 (talk) 01:42, 7 April 2008 (UTC)