<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Along with any PR it might be a good idea to provide a link to the Facebook group, this<div><div>list or a portal where new women editors can give feedback on their experience of</div><div><div>editing. <div><div><br></div><div>If new editors run into problems, it would be good to hear about these problems. Then we</div><div>can either investigate and do what's necessary to prevent other new editors having the</div><div>same problems, or at least explain why the problems arose and how they can be minimised.</div><div><br></div><div>Andreas</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>--- On <b>Sat, 19/2/11, Susan Spencer <i><susan.spencer@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Susan Spencer <susan.spencer@gmail.com><br><div
id="yiv193072817"><br></div><div id="yiv193072817">The historical reasons for the lower percentage<br>
of women in science and technology <br>are mostly the same reasons women aren't<br>participating on Wikipedia. There will<br>be a few differences, but on the whole<br>moving forward is just as important<br>as studying why. The studying why<br>
is very expensive, and has been going<br>on for decades. Let's just get on with<br>it, and put out the PR that we are<br>celebrating and requesting women's<br>participation as experts on the <br>Wikipedia site.<br>
<br>- Susan<br><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table><br>