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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I'm just blue-skying here, but wouldn't it
be great if we could have a little window pop-up when someone clicks the edit
button for the first time that says "Hey! Thanks for looking into editing
Wiki____!  It's easy but it can be confusing sometimes. Would you like to chat
with a fellow volunteer who can answer your questions?"</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And then there could be a little chat
window allowing real-time communication while the editor walks through her
first edit.</span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>                        Powers  &8^]</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Keilana
[mailto:keilanawiki@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>02 August 2014</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>01:37</span></font><font
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Addressing gender equity and
exploring ways to increase the participationof women within Wikimedia projects.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Gendergap]
Sexualized environment on Commons</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>To briefly go back to what Sarah and Marie have said, I do find that in
person hand-holding and social support are the most effective factors in
getting women to stick around. I don't know how to translate that from the
real-world environment I teach newbies in to the virtual environment of new
users' talk pages. I'd love to brainstorm something in that vein, though. :)</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On </span></font>Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:40 PM, A. Mani <<a
href="mailto:a.mani.cms@gmail.com" target="_blank">a.mani.cms@gmail.com</a>>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Thu, </span></font>Jul 31, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Carol Moore dc<br>
<<a href="mailto:carolmooredc@verizon.net">carolmooredc@verizon.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
> Then I looked at this political poster image<br>
> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courageous_Cunts.jpg"
target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courageous_Cunts.jpg</a><br>
> which leads to this site <a href="http://courageouscunts.com/"
target="_blank">http://courageouscunts.com/</a></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I think nobody has bothered to write much on the movement.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courageous_Cunts" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courageous_Cunts</a><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labia_pride_movement" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labia_pride_movement</a><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Labia_Project" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Labia_Project</a>
has no content<br>
<br>
Contrast that with the content on this site: <a
href="http://largelabiaproject.org" target="_blank">http://largelabiaproject.org</a><br>
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Best<br>
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A. Mani<br>
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<span class=hoenzb>A. Mani</span><br>
<span class=hoenzb>[Last_Name. First_Name Format]</span><br>
<span class=hoenzb>CU, ASL, AMS, ISRS, CLC, CMS</span><br>
<span class=hoenzb>HomePage: <a href="http://www.logicamani.in" target="_blank">http://www.logicamani.in</a></span><br>
<span class=hoenzb>Blog: <a href="http://logicamani.blogspot.in/"
target="_blank">http://logicamani.blogspot.in/</a></span></span></font></span></font></p>

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