[Foundation-l] Introducing a new mailing list

[Gerard Meijssen]

Angela schreef:
> 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
Hoi,
I have read the threat, and though the motivation saddens me as it shows 
that this need is felt, I can only welcome it when more women find their 
way to be part of our community. My experience has been that women 
typically provide sorely needed level headedness.

One sad thing to remember is, that all things of relevance to women are 
only some out of many that would benefit from more attention. For 
instance all subject where "enemies" are seen, need more attention. When 
it is shown that they are as human as you and I, it will be hard to 
continue this hatred because you would not want to hate me nor I want to 
hate you ..

Thanks,
    GerardM