* bring back Wikipedia:Wikiquette_assistance since women may not want to got to
WP:ANI for low grade constant nonsense
Would support wholeheartedly.
* take complaints about harassment in general more seriously
Also would support wholeheartedly.
* Have a "class action" Arbitration on Sexism/Double standards so that
discretionary sanctions could be imposed on obvious incidents
Strong support.
* (new one) quota of 1/3 women admins and 1/3 women arbitrators (and other
positions?)
I'm not sure this would be enforceable, but I would highly support encouraging
more women to take up these positions. The process for becoming an admin or
arbitrator really needs some work as well. From what I understand becoming an
admin is hellish. People dig through everything you've ever done and call you
out on anything going all the way back to the beginning of time. It might not
actually be that way, I've not really participated in them, but if it is, that
is a problem and probably a big deterrent to a great deal of folks.
* (new one) A GenderGap wikiproject on every wiki, since it can be troublesome
having to go all the way to
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap to contact
women about what to do with specific issues; (wikiprojects like feminism and
gender and womens studies more article and policy related than recruitment and
problem solving related)
Would support. Given that many people don't ever leave their homewiki, and a
lot of new people probably don't even know Meta exists, this could be highly
beneficial.
The archives probably have other early suggestions by women I've forgotten. Now
a days the only alternatives seem to be doing studies, counting numbers, posting
mainstream media articles about what Wikipedia is allegedly doing and links to
problematic articles.
Not enough to solve the problem.
Studies are useful. This particular study shows promise I think:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_and_Wikipedia For allies these
sorts of things help us understand what we are actually trying to accomplish and
metrics are useful for determining if we've actually made any progress. It is
hard to quantitatively measure a culture though. This sort of research also
publicises the problem, which is something that there can never be enough of I
think.
Maybe it would be worth making threads for some of these ideas. If no one else
does, I'd be happy to.
Thank you,
Derric Atzrott