Wiki Women* Task Force/Nominations/Lvova

Lvova

Primary Wikimedia projects: ruwiki, Commons, ruwikivoyage, Wikidata
Language capabilities: ru-N, en-3, de-1, fa-1 (actively continuing to learn), be-1, bg-1, uk-1, sv-1
Regional experiences: VRT agent, WMRU member (the organization is still in the process of liquidation), NWR-Hist usergroup active member, ex-sysop, a bot owner and an active user of Russian Wikipedia with more than 170k edits and ~3700 articles, ~700 of which are biographies of women (also I wrote about Ireland and write a lot about architecture of my native Saint Petersburg). I participated in the first WikiWomenCamp, visited Diversity Conference in Berlin, after that, I had a long wiki-break during which I worked with fem- and LGBT- projects, psychological help to elderly people and special children (I continue to be a part of such activities). After returning to Wikipedia I took part in the organization of Feminism and Folklore 2024, won Editatón Mujeres en las ciencias and the Wikimania 2024 contest (with articles only about women), wrote articles for CEE Spring 2024/Hall of Fame only about women. I recently found that not even only my home community but the Foundation's staff still don't really prioritize gender-related requests.
Personal Statement: I believe that here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place and want to try more and not alone. I have some restrictions as a citizen of my country, it can prevent me from telling something on-wiki, but also it's a motivation to do more.

Considerations for Personal Statement

Why do you want to join the WikiWomen Collective?
- The gap task is unsolvable alone, and I miss being part of a team. Together we can do more.
What specific skills or experiences can you contribute to the WikiWomen Collective?
- I am a psychologist with an expirience in work in elderly houses, children's rehabilitation, personal and group psychological help. I have wiki-related technical skills a bit higher than average. And I have a long experience as a woman in Wikipedia; I think all of it can be helpful.
What are your goals for participating in the WikiWomen Collective?
- I want to be an active agent of changes.
- But it is a mission, to be strict, the goal should be concrete and measured; so the nearest goal is to be more deeply than now (as was listed in expirience section) involved in processes of removing the gap in the nearest year and to hold a content challenge that will be more successful than mentioned earlier Feminism and Folklore 2024 for Russian; if I will see the real opportunity to do more, I'll be glad to use it.

Regional/Community Representation: (This will allow the nomination team achieve diversity and inclusion metrics)

upd. Six months have passed since the nomination. I have been actively involved in changing the rule on feminine forms in Russian Wikipedia, started by Victoria. Unfortunately, the changes are not as significant as we had hoped, but it has been a major effort in raising awareness. The community continues to claim that increasing women's visibility is using Wikipedia as a tribune, and we must keep explaining that it is not only valuable in itself but also helps attract female contributors.
During discussions, I have been called (by men) both a radical feminist and a false feminist who does not support women in all forms and situations. Given the inherent incompatibility of these labels, it seems clear that their education must continue.
I reviewed the userboxes used in Russian Wikipedia and set up a gender switch wherever I found it missing.
I also tried to write community news with a feminist perspective. Lvova (talk) 13:40, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Endorsement

I have known Anastasiya Lvova (personally and as a wiki member) for about a year and a half and I can confirm that she is an active and enthusiastic participant in all the projects that she has described. Everything she does, she does very carefully and responsibly. In addition, she has a personal approach to everything, which is also important. I wish her good luck in this Wiki Women Collective project and I am sure that she will do a great job and bring a lot of benefits here. -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 17:56, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]