My question was about having an on-wiki, women-only project. Just
discussing if/how it could be done.
On Jan 1, 2015 6:16 PM, "Risker" <[email protected]> wrote:

> So perhaps the question is how many women would be interested in
> participating in off-wiki...I'm not really sure entirely what exactly it
> is, although hypothetically it's mentoring and... well, I keep coming back
> to I'm not sure what it is.
>
> I have a hard enough time keeping up with my current load, and am not
> particularly interested in going to more venues, but I may be the exception.
>
> Risker/Anne
>
> On 1 January 2015 at 19:49, LB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Heather! This is what we run into on the WP GGTF every time we
>> open something up for discussion.
>>
>> All I wanted to discuss the possibility of such a group. Are there any
>> policies that would make it impossible? How would we determine who is a
>> woman? Could inclusion/exclusion be automated? What might the benefits of
>> such a group be? The liabilities? What would its scope be? It's goals?
>>
>> Can we discuss this?
>> On Jan 1, 2015 5:30 PM, "Heather Walls" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Tim Davenport <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I for one would immediately be running the project through the
>>>> Miscellany for Deletion process.
>>>>
>>>> You don't see anything slightly wrong with this idea? Really?!?
>>>>
>>>> This is 100% unadulterated identity politics.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You say that as if identity politics is somehow inherently negative.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tim Davenport
>>>> Carrite on WP /// Randy from Boise on WPO
>>>> Corvallis, OR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >>Is it simply impossible to start a Wikipedia project that's open to
>>>> women,
>>>> or people who identify as women? (I'm sorry if I don't use the correct
>>>> terms, but I haven't kept up with them in recent years.)
>>>>
>>>> >>I mean if we did it... what would the consequences be?
>>>>
>>>> >>Lightbreather
>>>>
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