> If part of the plan for the growth team is to invite > anonymous editors to sign up, why not tailor some of those invitations > specifically to female anonymous editors? Then you could add a measure, > retention of female editors, to that particular growth project. The results > should be instructive.
At the risk of biting into something contentious... How would that work? What would the message say: "Have you considered creating an account? Its free. Doubly recommended if you're a women!" I have trouble imagining a gender-specific account creation invitation that doesn't sound creepy. Additionally, actually measuring success rates by gender would require knowing people's gender. Its conceivable that requiring people to disclose their gender could have a negative impact on the gender gap. (Or maybe it wouldn't. I have no idea) --bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
