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it is a factual error to attibute others' ideas to me; +1 from list. Did somone delete an idea reverting?
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==Proposals posted to the Gendergap mailing list without objections raised==
==Proposals by [[User:James Salsman]]==

* Study other online communities that have sucessfully addressed gender imbalances[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000118.html]


* Ask chapters to compete to nurture the greatest number of female administrators.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000112.html]
* Ask chapters to compete to nurture the greatest number of female administrators.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000112.html]
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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]

==Proposals posted to Gendergap mailing list to which objections have been raised==


* Revive Esperanza and the Association of Editors' Advocates with a focus on editor mentoring.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000047.html]
* Revive Esperanza and the Association of Editors' Advocates with a focus on editor mentoring.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000047.html]

Revision as of 07:23, 5 February 2011

Proposals posted to the Gendergap mailing list without objections raised

  • Study other online communities that have sucessfully addressed gender imbalances[1]
  • Ask chapters to compete to nurture the greatest number of female administrators.[2]
  • Bring all articles on birth control to featured status in all language wikipedias.[3]
  • 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.[4]
  • Support a multilateral tax haven treaty in the US and any other countries that might still be opposing one.[5]
  • Less javascript for mobile devices.[6]
  • Remove WP:NOTHOWTO because it is used to argue against topic notability but is not well respected.[12]

Proposals posted to Gendergap mailing list to which objections have been raised

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