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edit summary field ended up in text--more reason for less Javascript on mobiles. At most 9 of these are mine, some have been 2nded, 1 was objected to
James Salsman (talk | contribs)
+1 sorted wrong, but it's easier to add here on my phone. Will ask list to help sort
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* Remove [[w:WP:NOTHOWTO|WP:NOTHOWTO]] because it is used to argue against topic notability but is not well respected.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html]
* Remove [[w:WP:NOTHOWTO|WP:NOTHOWTO]] because it is used to argue against topic notability but is not well respected.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html]

* Improve articles on interesting women and womens' issues.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000117.html]


==Controversial==
==Controversial==

Revision as of 02:10, 5 February 2011

  • Ask chapters to compete to nurture the greatest number of female administrators.[1]
  • Bring all articles on birth control to featured status in all language wikipedias.[2]
  • Provide easily accessible contact information for people who are willing and able to mentor new contributors. (And related proposals which the English Wikipedia is upholding to some extent.)
  • Demote Wikipe-tan from English Wikipedia mascot to WikiProject Anime mascot, replacing her with Puzzly.[3]
  • Support a multilateral tax haven treaty in the US and any other countries that might still be opposing one.[4]
  • Less javascript for mobile devices.[5]
  • Remove WP:NOTHOWTO because it is used to argue against topic notability but is not well respected.[11]
  • Improve articles on interesting women and womens' issues.[12]

Controversial

  • Revive Esperanza and the Association of Editors' Advocates with a focus on editor mentoring.[13]