This is quite interesting in the light of engaging a female editorship. Could you give examples of behaviours that drive off female potential editors, but are ok with male prospective editors? On Sep 9, 2012 10:57 AM, "Kathleen McCook" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Wikipedia community fosters a young male zeitgeist.This IS an attitude > problem that causes women to drop out. I have been a long time low level > contributor and thus have had a variety of response to efforts I have made. > Persistence has shown me that what one editor sees as "not credible" may be > that particular editor's world view and a contributor--CANNOT, EVER- change > the mind of most editors. So one needs to give up on that point, even if > you have gone to primary sources and have them on your table in front of > you. You have to move on. However, this resigned way of working w/in > Wikipedia is not going to be the way that many people approach it. Rebuffed > or being called "not credible" will mean we lose many contributors. It > should not be on the contributor to understand the editor. Contributors > come from all ages and societies. There are far fewer women contributing > than men. Why? Women take the harsh rebukes with more hurt. Really. > > I am a teacher and suggest that students write for Wikipedia. Invariably > the female students have been made to feel stupid by editors and won't go > back. The male students are more likely to keep at it. This is the culture > that Wikipedia fosters. There are many exceptions….but generally, the tone > could be less harsh in dealing with contributors. > > ============== > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 11:35 AM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 8 September 2012 15:43, Thomas Morton <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I haven't had chance to look into this; > > > > > > That statement invalidates this statement: > > > > > > > Rather than whining about him we need to see the problem; it's an > > > attitude problem HERE. > > > > > > -d. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
