Angela schreef:
Following recent discussions on wikien-l where a number of women said they were not comfortable contributing to the discussion, a new mailing list has been created for female wiki editors to discuss issues of gender bias in wikis and ways to encourage more female editors, and just as a place that females can feel more comfortable posting to.
It's called WikiChix - named after LinuxChix, the women-oriented community for Linux users. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxChix
If you are female and interested in wikis, I would like to encourage to join the mailing list at http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikichix-l
There's also a wiki at http://wikichix.org/ - let me know your username if you'd like an account there. Some of the pages are openly editable, so even if you're not female, you are welcome to post your comments at http://wikichix.org/wiki/Comments
The FAQs for the related communities at http://wikichix.org/wiki/WikiChix#Related_communities answer a lot of questions about why this was created, so please read those for more information until we have our own FAQ.
Angela
Hoi, I have read the threat, and though the motivation saddens me as it shows that this need is felt, I can only welcome it when more women find their way to be part of our community. My experience has been that women typically provide sorely needed level headedness.
One sad thing to remember is, that all things of relevance to women are only some out of many that would benefit from more attention. For instance all subject where "enemies" are seen, need more attention. When it is shown that they are as human as you and I, it will be hard to continue this hatred because you would not want to hate me nor I want to hate you ..
Thanks, GerardM