On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Arnaud HERVE <arnaudherve@x-mail.net> wrote:
To conclude, i am really pessimistic about fighting an ocean of
illiterate teenagers. I have had very good experiences on Wikipedia, on
very specialized historical subjects that only adults care about,
generally. But I wouldn't even try to convince a boy teenager that I
have a degree in what I'm talking about...

And yes I'm a male but i really think that we have a big problem with
the younger males generations. From the scientific point of view they
are ok, but from the literacy point of view they are like dumb and
dumber every year...

I don't think it's constructive to shift the topic of discussion on the mailing list away from how we can constructively help women who want to edit Wikipedia.

The Wikimedia movement is not going to solve any perceived problems with young men and their literacy levels. And the expert problem is an interesting one, but again, not the same as inviting more women to participate.

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Steven Walling
Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org