On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 08:52, Monaghan, Patricia PMONAGHA@depaul.edu wrote:
Just joining this list; I am an environmental scholar in Chicago and also active in scholarly organizations around women and religion, and environment and religion.
I'd like to second/third/whatever the idea of a "women post to wiki" month. Speaking organizationally, it would be easier to post to lists like H-WOMEN etc, to generate activity for the month. I would hope some of those who post would then continue to contribute.
Speak but the word! Patricia Monaghan (DePaul University and Black Earth Institute)
Thanks for starting this thread, Patricia. People are discussing this in one of the other threads and there's a danger it'll get missed.
Susan Spencer suggested in "A pet peeve / cliche" that we have some kind of women's editing month. Sydney Poor and Daniel Case have joined in with ideas. One idea is to centre it around March 8, international women's day, which in previous years has seen women-oriented DYKs and various other things.
Could we make this more widespread? The WP logo with the Venus symbol. A group of women editors willing to act as a welcoming party. Special DYKs and TFAs. A statement from Sue to the press announcing it?
Ideas for a name -- "Wikipedia Women's Week" (or Month) or just "Wikipedia Women".