[Gendergap] Hello and a (small!) manifesto

[Marc Riddell]

> 
> On 2/6/11 11:02 AM, Marc Riddell wrote:
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>> You are absolutely right, Brandon. This is a systemic problem that has been
>> in existence nearly as long as the Project has. And it has been documented
>> countless times. If this were a technical problem it would have been solved
>> long ago. If it were a problem that the Foundation felt was affecting
>> financial contributions to the Project, it would have been a problem given a
>> high priority to solve. Instead, the problem involves people. And the powers
>> that be don't seem to know, and are not willing to learn, how to solve it.
>> The attitude seems to be, "If a person leaves, there are plenty to replace
>> them." There seems to be a high regard for content in the encyclopedia, but
>> a very low one for those who create it. This is a recipe for disaster.
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on 2/6/11 2:16 PM, Brandon Harris at bharris at wikimedia.org wrote:

> I think you're incorrect with this assessment, actually.
> 
> I am an employee of the Foundation, and I can tell you that my primary
> task is solving this problem (the overall "participation" issue, that
> is).  I have several ideas about it and will be rolling up some
> discussion points in the coming days.

Good, I will be monitoring the process.
> 
> This is my starting point, however:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jorm_(WMF)/Collaborative_Systems
> 
This link led me to this page with this message: "User account "Jorm (WMF"
is not registered."

Marc