Hi everyone,

I wanted to share the latest write-up by UK Wikipedian Panyd (Fiona) about the need for women in Wikipedia. As we know, she hosts the awesome Girl Geek Dinners in England! (And yes, she knows it's 9% not 13%....but hey, it's low regardless...)

http://www.manchestergirlgeeks.com/wikipedia-needs-you/

And two other events that Fiona has developed for this weekend:

1) Tomorrow is the Manchester Girl Geeks edit-a-thon! Six Wikipedians will be hanging out and teaching 16 women how to edit Wikipedia! We are going to develop following up with the participants via online ambassador style post-event, so let us know if you want to be involved.[1]

2) Sunday evening Sue will be speaking at Imperial College London about the "Participation of Female Editors on Wikipedia and its Sister Projects"[2]

Thank Fiona for all your hard work to "mind the gap!" and I know we all look forward to learning about how the weekend goes..!

-Sarah

[1]http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Manchester_Girl_Geeks [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Sue_Gardner_at_Imperial_College_London