Before I say anything: Happy International Women's Day, everyone!
Fred wrote:
Having some experience in caring for elderly parents, that is one activity which, restricting your movement and forcing you to stay home, offers a great opportunity to get involved online.
My response:
From the other end of that spectrum, having a young child, especially one
with some special needs, has the same effect. In my first years on Wikipedia I had a fair amount of childcare-related downtime (I'm the stay-at-home parent, more sort of by accident than design) when I couldn't just go out. So I killed time online.
Daniel Case