Though I'm not seeing the connection between female editors and
multilateral tax havens (!), there are a couple of interesting points
there to pick up on.
1. Ask chapters to compete to nurture the greatest number of female
administrators
I do wonder if the 13% female participation rate is specific to just one
or a limited number of projects, if it's an average across all
projects, or if there is significant variation between projects.
I'm the first to point out that chapters (which are geographically
oriented and usually national) do not really represent the "editorial
community" of our projects, and I don't think there are any projects
where more than 1-2% of active editors are also active chapter members.
However, new editor recruitment and support might be one of the things
that chapters should be encouraged to do. This depends on whether or not
the chapter members are active and experienced Wiki(?)edians
themselves, though.
5. Less javascript for mobile devices;
And not just mobile devices, less javascript period. And a lot fewer templates. And a more organized "help" process.
3. Revive Esperanza and the Association of Editors' Advocates with a
focus on editor mentoring;
Well, no, let's *not* bring those back. But a stronger focus on new
editor mentoring, such as the Ambassador program currently in
development, would be positive.
As an aside, today Arthur Richards posted a link in the Wikitech mailing list relating to how one open source community learned to thrive. Perhaps we can draw some lessons from this as well.
<http://www.codesimplicity.com/post/open-source-community-simplified/>
Risker/Anne