And, perhaps more importantly, I took the issue seriously and supported the creation of this list. Talking to each other is a good way to identify and resolve issues.
Fred >> I'm looking for a rationale as to why men are needed on a list >> dedicated >> to >> help increase female participation. Most of the successes I'm seeing >> in >> this area comes from women. Look at Wikipedia4Women. It is run by >> women. >> Maybe I just can't see all the wonderful things men are doing. It >> would >> be >> great to get a man's perspective on how men are specifically helping to >> address this gender gap: >> >> 1. What women's focused content have you, as a man, improved on >> Wikipedia >> and other projects since joining this mailing list? > > I created the article Metaverse Mod Squad a very interesting business > started and run by a woman. I updated Homaidan Al-Turki an article I > worked on back in November, 2006. >> >> 2. What offline events specifically have you, as a man, created and >> run >> specifically run that were marketed at women to help specifically >> increase >> the participation of women on Wikipedia? >> >> 3. What online events specifically have you, as a man, created and run >> specifically run that were marketed at women to help specifically >> increase >> the participation of women on Wikipedia? >> >> 4. As a man, how much time do you spend thinking about the content of >> your >> posts and how people, who specifically identify as women, will view the >> content they post? Do you worry about your posts being viewed as using >> gendered language, and insulting to women? > > Much thinking, particularly about splitting (psychology) > >> >> 5. What help have you provided to women on this list, when the women >> have >> expressed concerns? (Note: Responding to an e-mail does not count.) >> How >> many good article situations that people have mentioned have you >> stepped >> in >> to help with? How many articles, categories, policy pages have you, as >> a >> man, gone to edit because of requests for help on the list? > > This edit: > https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Category_talk:National_sports_teams_of_Australia&diff=prev&oldid=419029171 >> >> 6. What have you, as a man, done to help make women, specifically >> because >> the contributor is female, become administrators on all WMF projects >> since >> joining the list? >> >> 7. How many times have you, as a man, contacted other men offlist >> because >> of the other man's onlist behaviour being problematic and >> discriminatory >> against women, working counter to the goal of helping increase women's >> participation on Wikipedia? >> >> 8. As a man, how many contacts have you provided to women on the list >> to >> help them accomplish of increasing women's participation on Wikipedia? >> As a >> man, how much assistance have you provided with web programming? As a >> man, >> how much financial assistance you have provided towards women run >> projects >> to increase women's participation on Wikipedia? As a man, how much >> legal >> assistance have you provided for women trying to run these projects? >> >> I can't wait to hear about all the good work that men on the list have >> been >> doing to help increase the participation rates of women! >> >> >> -- >> mobile: 0412183663 >> twitter: purplepopple >> blog: ozziesport.com > > So a bit. > > Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
