I agree with most of what risker says. There are several groups on the project that exert undue influence over their articles whether male or female. If the wmf gets involvedvat all, it should be to ensure that policies are enforced evenly throughout the project and these,power cabals are broken up.
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From: Risker
Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2014 2:46 PM
To: Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the participation of women within Wikimedia projects.;
Subject:Re: [Gendergap] Women, cliques and Wikipedia's tyranny of structurelessness
Carol said:
I do think there are structural things that can be imposed by the Wikimedia Foundation to make reforms happen. (Whether they'll choose the right reforms and the right people to make them happen is a whole 'nother story.) But the purpose of this thread is not to discuss specific reforms, but to focus on the issue of male dominated Wikipedia cliques intent on keeping Wikipedia a place where dominant males don't have to put up with these damned women (or "radical feminist c*nts/tw*ats" in their minds) who keep yammering about making Wikipedia a nice (or even safe!) place to edit. Discussion of some womens' complicity in all this obviously is relevant too.