[WikiEN-l] Introducing a new mailing list

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

That's a shame. We could use a bit of female input in a predominantly male
wiki.
Get over the uncomfortable feeling and speak your mind. I want to hear those
female thoughts on the mailing list.

Mgm


On 12/4/06, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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> Angela Beesley
> wikiangela.com
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