I recently attended an event for women thinking of getting into the creative digital sector. There were workshops on: writing content; monetizing blogs (through affiliate programs); and a basic introduction to coding.

The coding workshops were really popular. I think the perception of Wikipedia by women is often that it is time consuming and complicated. When I first clicked on an edit button and saw a whole load of parameters and things I didn't understand, I thought:
> "What do they mean by "anyone can edit Wikipedia", none of it even makes any sense?"

My early edits are things like fixing dead links and creating wikilinks (with edit summaries that read "square brackets added to ......", rather than "added wikilink").

If the pitch to women were "learn code by editing Wikipedia" then I think there would be a greater take up, as I think women use Pinterest because they find it contains things that are useful to them, and not as a chore with no reward.

Also, if there are surveys being done then can I suggest we answer this question, "How many edits by new male / female editors are reverted with the single-word edit summary of "irrelevant" or "unimportant"?

Marie

Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:36:23 -0700
From: sbouterse@wikimedia.org
To: kerry.raymond@gmail.com; gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Outcome of IdeaLab/Inspire campaign

What Kerry said, particularly about using the survey to share your feedback on the experience.

In terms of outcomes, here is some more info as of the end of March:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/03/inspire-campaign-new-ideas/

Moving many ideas into action will require more time and community discussion, no doubt. That said, by end of April we'll know which proposals will be given Inspire grant funding in order to execute in the near term. Around then we'll also put out a report on what we learned from the process of running an idea campaign (including your feedback via survey). Longer term impact of new initiatives coming out of the campaign will need to be assessed in the coming year.

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Kerry Raymond <kerry.raymond@gmail.com> wrote:

I don’t think there has been any decision on which projects are being supported.

The survey is about the process, and would provide you with ample opportunity to mention giving up in the face of hatred.

Kerry

From: gendergap-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:gendergap-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of LB
Sent: Tuesday, 14 April 2015 9:57 AM
To: Gender gap mailing list
Subject: [Gendergap] Outcome of IdeaLab/Inspire campaign

My arm is in a cast/splint. Not in good spirits, not getting around well. Got a request to participate in a survey re the Inspire campaign. Made me wonder: What was the result? Which, if any, ideas are going to be supported.

I gave up on WikiProject Women because there was so much hatred thrown at the idea and I had no idea how to proceed, even though a lot of people did support it.

Finally: Could someone please tell me if this posts? I don't seem to get things that I post to this list!

Lightbreather

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