No one says we can't make "our own" wiki - MediaWiki is free, after all.
I do hate having to have a practice wiki... it's like here are your training wheels then you graduate and can go on to write on the "real man's version" of Wikipedia. It's like articles for creation :P -Sar On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Carol Moore dc <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/31/2014 12:32 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > >> This is the new user mentoring program >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Co-op >> >> on English Wikipedia >> > This is great! > > Also, I agree that a woman's space will be shut down much more quickly > than GGTF could be, and through an actual Misc for Deletion. The (male > dominated) "community" won't put up with it. And it would might be > somewhat duplicative of the numerous relevant projects that exist. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_ > Countering_systemic_bias/Gender_gap_task_force#Related_WikiProjects > > And another email list probably not needed unless it is for very specific > projects. One of which might be: > > A woman's "practice Wiki." > > Even if it only used somewhat more rudimentary technology and had scaled > down policy/help pages. And if it only included a few thousand initial > articles across a variety of topics and grew only as woman chose to create > articles not on Wikipedia and/or move articles over and practice on them. > > *Editors would have to register but only would be verified as women if > they became disruptive. And then once verified, usual relevant practices > would apply. Advantages: > > *We have to get women hooked and avoiding the most obvious problems of > immediately deleted edits and hostility would give them a chance to get > hooked. > > *New editors could move back and forth between the two and it would be a > place women having problems on regular wikipedia could go back to until > they were ready to try again, without feeling the only alternatives is to > quit. > > *It's main/news pages would be of interest to women > > *If it grew fast and became popular, Wikipedia might have to look at their > policies. Even if it doesn't, it still helps create a strong and larger > number of women who can make changes to the "community" policies. > > *I'm sure others can come up with advantages. > > This sort of thing probably could be done with just a couple employees and > various donations as necessary. > > Thoughts? > > CM > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap -- Sarah Stierch ----- Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. www.sarahstierch.com
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