A subpage in an existing project would be one idea but please not the Feminism project. I was invited to it very early on by well meaning editors as a place for such discussions but found sex-positive feminists who think female porn stars are the definition of female empowerment.

Gender Studies is fine, but how about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Discrimination

Perhaps in the short-term the use of the following templates could be extended, or similar templates developed to cover identified articles, so editors work on draft changes on their user page, they are checked by gender-friendly ambassadors who are also have specialist knowledge in the area that the article covers. It would be less about taking on individual editors and their behaviour, and more about saying, "actually a decision has been made to put this article under an umbrella."
* Template:WAP assignment
* Template:Educational assignment
* Template:Course assignment

Example template code:

{{main other||{{tmbox| image = [[File:Male_and_female_sign.svg|50px]]| style = text-align:center;| text  = This article {{#if:{{{ended|}}}| {{#switch:{{{ended|}}}|NO|N|n|False|false|no=is|#default=was}}|is}} the subject of gender related affirmative action {{#if:{{{university|}}}|at {{{university}}}}} supported by {{#if:{{{project|}}}|[[Wikipedia:{{{project}}}|{{{project}}}]] and}} the Wikipedia Pro-female Ambassador Program{{#if:{{{term|}}}|  during the {{{term}}} term}}}}}}

I noticed that Professor Diana Strassman, the founding editor of the journal "Feminist Economics" is an Wikipedia editor (User:DStrassmann) and runs Wikipedia Education Program Courses (although I don't see recent contributions from her).

Co-editor of the journal is Professor Günseli Berik, she is also a Wikipedia editor (User:BerikG) and also runs academic programs, perhaps she would like to get involved.

Marie

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:49:46 -0400
From: carolmooredc@verizon.net
To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikiproject? ...Threads on various issues

On 6/23/2014 3:17 PM, Derric Atzrott wrote:

Maybe it would be worth making threads for some of these ideas.  If no one else does, I’d be happy to.

*Threads here? Like proposals that could be worked over and brought to our various wikis?  That's what we need to do.  I re-named one thread that dealt with one issue and renamed this one too, just for emphasis...

I’m not very familiar with the process of starting Wikiprojects, but I imagine the biggest barrier to entry to this would be finding someone for each language.  I imagine that this would work something like the ambassador program, at least on the smaller Wikipedias.  This is to say on Wikipedias where the project is too small to really have someone who can handle the Wikiproject we would find a volunteer on Meta who speaks that language and would have them generally just keep an eye on things.  Each of these Wikiprojects should have a noticeboard of some sort that folks having issues can post to that the ambassador type would keep an eye on.

Does this all sound reasonable?

Thank you,
Derric Atzrott


First, of course, there is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Gender_Studies which even has a Mind_the_Gap_Award  And of course there is a Wikiproject Feminism. And I'm sure other languages have such projects.

Would it want to take on subpages that dealt with women's issues with harassment, insults, double standards and the stickier problems that bother women?

Of course, I remember when something with such a goal was proposed way back in 2011 on this list there were concerns about it giving women specifial privileges or something.  I forget. People created the Tea House instead. 

But some relevant subgroup of Wikiproject Gender Studies or Feminism, like anything else, some women hopefully have to spearhead it and maintain it.  I'm too burned out myself.

CM

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