[Gendergap] Why do we want more women on the Wikimedia Projects?( was: Introduction and some thoughts)

[Delphine Ménard]

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:

> The question remains: Why don't more women edit even those articles that
> we know women are interested in? And is there anything we can do to
> facilitate more participation?

Why should they?

Take this as a provocative question, but seriously, why should "women
edit even those articles that we know women are interested in?"

And to broaden the question, why is it that we want more women to edit
Wikipedia?
What does it bring?
What is missing if they don't?

I think this should probably be our very first question. It's been
given some answers in many emails on this list already, but I think
that a brainstorming thread dedicated to the question might trigger
some interesting responses.



Delphine
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