"Men of course would be allowed to help and<br>
learn, but doubtless there would be a low tolerance for questionable and<br>
trolling behavior."<br>How nice of you to tolerate our barbarianism.<br><br>Again, this comes down to "do we want to divide the community"? If it's behavioural issues within the community, the behaviour of the community has to change. Dissecting it will only cause greater problems further down the line.<br>
<br>I want to again take this opportunity to emphasise that <i>we don't know why so few women edit compared to men</i>. Is there any chance we could gather some statistically reliable data first, and come up with ideas on how to fix the (currently baseless) presuppositions later?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:49 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carolmooredc@verizon.net">carolmooredc@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
IDEA - start WIKIPROJECT in all languages called: Womens Cafe (or<br>
something sociable and helpful sounding) as an outreach, education and<br>
support network<br>
<br>
There are several feminism wikiprojects fr:Projet:Femmes -<br>
pl:Wikiprojekt:Gender Studies - sv:Wikipedia:Projekt kvinnor -<br>
es:Wikiproyecto:Feminismo - En. Wikiproject:Feminism There also is a<br>
proposal for WomensHistory. However, many women are not interested in<br>
editing on womens topics and/or want more general education and<br>
support. (And some of course steer away from the word feminism, though<br>
this project hopefully would complement, not compete with any<br>
wikiprojects feminism.) Men of course would be allowed to help and<br>
learn, but doubtless there would be a low tolerance for questionable and<br>
trolling behavior.<br>
<br>
Each project could link to some of the helpful things other projects do:<br>
<br>
*Quick help box like<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Feminism</a><br>
<br>
*List of relevant articles about women in wikipedia, including some<br>
gender gap ones, so they can understand context.<br>
<br>
*An articles issues page to list articles that whose subject women might<br>
be more interested in, where women can ask for help on where to go when<br>
having problems in articles, or even can list articles where women feel<br>
they are being hassled and would like uninvolved editors' (especially<br>
womens') opinion.<br>
<br>
*Links to training videos that show women how to edit on wikipedia and<br>
quickly deal with issues.<br>
<br>
*Other relevant links, material, pages, resources, etc.<br>
<br>
I don't want to start one in En. WIkipedia, but would certainly join and<br>
help out.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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