Talk:Women in computing

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[edit] meg whitman

Adding Meg Whitman? I would think that Bill Gates would be on a typical list of famous men in computer science. Or am I wrong about that? If not, it seems that Meg Whitman and other women in business related to computers belong on the list here of "famous" women. - SteveMetsker

[edit] stats

one reads A report from the Computing Research Association indicated that the number recently fell below 20%, from nearly 40% 15 prior. [3]

which points to http://www.cra.org/statistics/ from where we can find http://www.cra.org/info/taulbee/women.html

which if you read it does not say about fall but the OPPOSITE!--Nkour 17:38, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I don't feel that the content in Women, girls and information technology really belongs here. The decline of women's involvement in the computer and information technology field is a separate issue that's the focus of several studies. The focus of this article seems better suited to talk about famous women in the field and (perhaps) professional resources for the women that participate in it today. Maura Dailey 20:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Concur - The article proposed for merger hasn't had the depth of editing and it seems to trivialize the impact and influence of professionals in this field who happen to be women.
geoWIZard-Passports 13:53, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Do Not Merge - Separate topics. Do not merge. --lquilter 14:24, 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've gone ahead and removed the merge template - it looks like it never actually got removed :) Leigh Honeywell (talk) 04:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of famous women

I think this would be better in chronological order. Any comments?JulesH 14:49, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree. It appears to be in alphabetical order by first name (except for the last one added at the end). That order is not at all meaningful, and just confusing. Chronological would be much better, starting with the year of their first major computing accomplishment. For example:
  • 1842: Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), analyst of ...
  • 1946: Betty Jennings, ..., original programmers of the ENIAC
T-bonham (talk) 08:38, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mitchell Baker?

Would Mitchell Baker, current President of Mozilla Foundation and CEO of Mozilla Corp count as famous? Frankchn (talk) 05:08, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I prefer the wording "notable" to famous, and if an individual merits a Wikipedia page then he or she is notable. The real question is: is this page about women involved in computing in technical capacities, or do businesspeople count as well? I'm not sure I'd include a woman just because she is an executive of a technology company. There are probably many more of those than there are women who have advanced the art of computing through technical achievements. Robert K S (talk) 05:14, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Declination of women in CS merger

  • Support this merger; looks like a clear instance of a new page created that should have been here. --Lquilter (talk) 02:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
  • The article titled: Declination of Women in Computer Science deals with the declination phenomenon localized in Canada. The article titled: women in computing briefly mentions this matter on the global scale using the United States as an example. By Keeping the two articles separate, information seekers can find out the Canadian status of the situation much faster. Thus the merger should not be carried out. --TSornalingam
Yes, well, it's not titled "Decline of women in computer science in Canada", so it's not at all clear that that's what it is; I'd say rather that hampers information seekers. Also please note wikipedia manual of style regarding article titles. --Lquilter (talk) 18:47, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Thats a great suggestion, I will make the necessary changes. Thank you. --TSornalingam
This article has been renamed: Declination of Canadian Women in Computer Science--TSornalingam —Preceding unsigned comment added by TSornalingam (talk • contribs) 21:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
You still missed reading WP:MOS about how to do capitalization of articles. --Lquilter (talk) 23:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)