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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Forking this list as a way to make it more
effective in its stated purpose is bound to be self-defeating for the simple
reason (beyond the inability to effectively authenticate the gender of
participants) that Wikipedia itself is not gender-segregated. Any single-gender
project to close the gap is, IMO, bound to fail.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Informally, I also fear that a women-only list
might be even less successful in empowering women on this list to find ways to
overcome gender inequity on it. One woman who doesn't post much here, but with
whom I correspond, told me the idea, particularly as Laura articulates
it, just generally gives her a bad vibe, to the point that she'd avoid any
women-only list because women who set them up basically have, in her experience,
the ultimate goal of being Queen Bee and lording (ladying?) it over all the
other women participating in ways they would never dare to do otherwise if they
knew men would become aware of it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Daniel Case</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>