[Gendergap] [Gendergap : A suggestion: Towards 100.000 F. articles in Wikipedia

[Miguelinito]

This is just a minor detail: It occurred to me that the gender gap solution project could be promoted somewhere as a ship. We all are in the ship, the ship is sailing to a new world where men are waiting, and the best thing is that... ship is female! :)

Miguel Ángel

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Estimado patricia,

Con fecha miércoles, 09 de febrero de 2011, 10:21:28, escribió:


Dear friends,

Thank you for this inspiring dialogue. Inspired by the convergence of opinions, I believe it would be good to make a concrete difference in Wikipedia. 

A suggestion I would like to share is to develop a number of articles (100,000? -in total in various languages) in 1 or 2 years (?) related to women. These articles may receive a symbol (eg an F inside a circle in red, pink?) Similarly (not in the procedure) to articles with a star. They could also be on a list, and that list, if possible, be composed of several languages. 

For example: 
existing articles on Maria Curie, etc. 
articles with more biographies of women) 
articles on women's rights 
articles on the role of women in indigenous religions (Pachamama, etc) or concepts (motherland, matria, etc) 

A cross-sensitive women's proposal, which is poorly represented at editorial as well as thematic level. 

Wikipedia would be proactive inviting both women and men to break this gap. 
At the same time this initiative can feminize Wikipedia progressively attracting more women as editors and have more female readers. 


Patricia
University of Leuven (projects on solidarity at UNESCO Chair on Building Sustainable Peace)