[Gendergap] Outreach..was.. Proposal: Forking gendergap

Steven Walling swalling at wikimedia.org
Thu Mar 17 18:58:56 UTC 2011


On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:43 AM, elisabeth bauer <eflebeth at googlemail.com>wrote:

> I don't think outreach letters, however well formulated, will motivate
> many people to try editing Wikipedia. If you know the women you sent
> your letter to, why not rather invite them to an edit wikipedia party?
>

Clear and direct invitations to join Wikipedia really matter, I think, which
is why Carol's letter excites me. Who knows how many women who could be
motivated to edit don't because they think we don't want or need their
help?

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Steven Walling
Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
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