Thanks Ryan for your thoughts, I was waiting to hear more opinions but it might just be that folks don&#39;t feel strongly one way or the other. <div><br></div><div>I&#39;d like to weight in on a couple of &quot;pros&quot;. You make a good point on the scale of the project, (and this could be more than I can chew by myself), but this portal might not need to be a gigantic meta project (and difficult doesn&#39;t mean impossible :) , maybe we should look at this as a simpler &#39;dashboard&quot;, a space to help navigate the content and aggregate effort? (i was editing/adding to a list on the French portal within 2 minutes of being on it -  the information was right there, easy to navigate, I saw something was missing, done.) </div>

<div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure we should fear cannibalizing female contributors, I&#39;d think that the women already contributing are familiar with the wikipedia environment, need no/less training, and already found their sweet spot, ie. specific topics to work on based on their expertise or interest. The portal idea is intended to attract and onboard new users to Wikipedia&#39;s not shifting internal contributors, and even if we were to generate interest from within it would likely be in addition and complementary to what they are already doing.  The loss of females is in part due to the general attrition of the Wiki contributor-based, I think there is an opportunity for small adjustments weather it&#39;s in how we display information or in outreach efforts, that can help reverse the trend and attract a much needed new user-base (female or male or minority...). </div>

<div><br></div><div>Is this the right group to be discussing this? I&#39;d love to hear what the folks here think, and if this worth discussing? </div><div><br></div><div>Sylvia</div></div>