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* 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.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000117.html] |
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** Bring all articles on [[w:Birth control|birth control]] to featured status in all language wikipedias.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html] |
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* 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.) |
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* 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] |
* 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] |
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* 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] (objections have been raised to this proposal on [[Talk:Proposals for increasing female editors|the talk page]]) |
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* Less javascript for mobile devices.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000049.html] |
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* [[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] |
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* [http://microformats.org/wiki/gift Low stakes instructional assessment content in Moodle's GIFT].[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html] |
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* [[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] |
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* [[mw:User:Johang/Most popular related articles|Most popular related articles]].[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-February/000057.html][http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/2009-12-08] |
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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] |
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Revision as of 11:36, 6 February 2011
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- 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
- Study other online communities that have sucessfully addressed gender imbalances.[1]
- Ask chapters to compete to nurture the greatest number of female administrators.[2]
- Improve articles on interesting women and womens' issues.[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]
Posted to Gendergap list where objections have been raised
- Revive Esperanza and the Association of Editors' Advocates with a focus on editor mentoring.[5]
Not yet posted to the Gendergap list
- User:Pharos of the New York City Chapter is trying to recruit a Girl Scout to a Wikipedian in Residence position. [IRC general meeting Feb. 5 2011, 10:20 Pacific time]