Hi everyone,
I wanted to share the latest write-up by UK Wikipedian Panyd (Fiona) about
the need for women in Wikipedia. As we know, she hosts the awesome Girl
Geek Dinners in England! (And yes, she knows it's 9% not 13%....but hey,
it's low regardless...)
http://www.manchestergirlgeeks.com/wikipedia-needs-you/
And two other events that Fiona has developed for this weekend:
1) Tomorrow is the Manchester Girl Geeks edit-a-thon! Six Wikipedians will
be hanging out and teaching 16 women how to edit Wikipedia! We are going to
develop following up with the participants via online ambassador style
post-event, so let us know if you want to be involved.[1]
2) Sunday evening Sue will be speaking at Imperial College London about the
"Participation of Female Editors on Wikipedia and its Sister Projects"[2]
Thank Fiona for all your hard work to "mind the gap!" and I know we all
look forward to learning about how the weekend goes..!
-Sarah
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1]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester_Girl_Geeks
[2]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Sue_Gardner_at_Imperial_College_London
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