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==Posted to the Gendergap list without objections raised there==
==Posted to the Gendergap list without objections raised there==


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


=== Helping women with editing ===
* 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]


=== Making wikis more welcoming to women ===
* Improve articles on interesting women and womens' issues.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000117.html]
* Improve articles on interesting women and womens' issues such as [[simple:birth control]] and birth control in developing world language wikipedias.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000117.html][http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html]


* Provide easily accessible contact information for people who are willing and able to mentor new contributors. ([http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000021.html And related proposals] which the English Wikipedia is upholding to some extent.)
* Provide easily accessible contact information for people who are willing and able to mentor new contributors. ([http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000021.html And related proposals] which the English Wikipedia is upholding to some extent.) -- Please see [[w:Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia]], [[w:Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user]], and [[w:Wikipedia:Contribution Team]]; thanks [[User:Ironholds]] for recommending those.


* Demote Wikipe-tan from English Wikipedia mascot to WikiProject Anime mascot, replacing her with [[commons:Category:Puzzly|Puzzly]].[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000065.html]
* <s>Demote Wikipe-tan from English Wikipedia mascot to WikiProject Anime mascot,</s> replacing her with [[commons:Category:Puzzly|Puzzly]].[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000065.html] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan&diff=prev&oldid=412515697 partly done])

=== Supporting women via their economic disadvantages ===
* Less javascript for mobile devices.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000049.html] (This is potentially in tension with WYSIWYG editing on high-end devices)

* Support a multilateral tax haven treaty in the US and any other countries that might still be opposing one.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html] (there is a detailed discussion of this proposal on [[Talk:Proposals for increasing female editors|the talk page]])

=== Supporting women via their greater de facto child rearing responsibilities ===
* [[Talk:Language committee#Please revise policy to allow simple language wikipedias in non-English languages|Simple language wikipedias in languages other than English]].[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html]

* [http://microformats.org/wiki/gift Low stakes instructional assessment content in Moodle's GIFT].[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html]

* [[strategy:Proposal:Record_and_upload_sound_clips_in_web_application|Audio upload with rtmplite and Gnash]].[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html]


==Posted to Gendergap list where objections have been raised==
==Posted to Gendergap list where objections have been raised==

Revision as of 03:30, 10 February 2011

Please link to the rationale(s) for and/or against at the end of each proposal.

Posted to the Gendergap list without objections raised there

Knowledge generation

  • Study other online communities that have sucessfully addressed gender imbalances.[1]

Helping women with editing

  • Ask chapters to compete to nurture the greatest number of female administrators.[2]

Making wikis more welcoming to women

  • Improve articles on interesting women and womens' issues such as simple:birth control and birth control in developing world language wikipedias.[3][4]
  • Demote Wikipe-tan from English Wikipedia mascot to WikiProject Anime mascot, replacing her with Puzzly.[5] (partly done)

Supporting women via their economic disadvantages

  • Less javascript for mobile devices.[6] (This is potentially in tension with WYSIWYG editing on high-end devices)
  • Support a multilateral tax haven treaty in the US and any other countries that might still be opposing one.[7] (there is a detailed discussion of this proposal on the talk page)

Supporting women via their greater de facto child rearing responsibilities

Posted to Gendergap list where objections have been raised

  • Revive Esperanza and the Association of Editors' Advocates with a focus on editor mentoring.[11] -- why is there opposition to reviving these groups?

Not yet posted to the Gendergap list

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