On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've had a few conversations, and heard/read a number of comments about the > term "WikiChix." Now I've never been much of a "chick", and it seems other > women tend to agree in the terminology as being a bit...hokey, old school > and not the most contemporary. > > I'd like to see how we can re-develop the concept into something else. I've > been using just the simple term of "Women in Wikimedia" etc, but I know > that's not the most quirky or exciting sound term when it comes to trying to > be clever at a luncheon or whatever. There's also the "Women of Wikimedia" > but "WoW"...hehe... "Oh is this a Warcraft meet-up?" > > I also joined the WikiChix mailing list over a month and ago and there has > been no activity. I'm starting to think perhaps we can retire the term for > the sake of contemporary thinking. > > But, perhaps I'm just being uber and everyone thinks it's the cutest name > ever and should be kept. > > Thoughts?
If you contribute to Wikisource, you can become a wikisourcerer, which has a nice ring to it.. -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap