Newbie ignorance is never a problem. All newbies are, by nature, ignorant of our policies and practices. We all started out that way. And the great thing about wikis is that that is okay and you can still contribute. If anything, the problem is intolerance of newbies. (That may be what you really meant anyway, but I think it is better to turn that phrase "newbie ignorance" around.)

Dominic

On 2/11/11 5:49 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote:

"Typical response from some women" should be "a response from a woman". So the problem, then, is newbie ignorance about our rules and policies?

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Sandra ordonez <sandratordonez@gmail.com> wrote:

Just wanted to share. Yesterday I put something on my facebook re: gender gap. My friend from high school, who totally would be a woman who would enjoy editing an encyclopedia, posted the following:

"Whenever I edit it usually gets taken down but some OCD nerd, that probably wants no one touching "their" site so I stopped bothering."

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