A subpage in an existing project would be one idea but please not the Feminism 
project. I was invited to it very early on by well meaning editors as a place 
for such discussions but found sex-positive feminists who think female porn 
stars are the definition of female empowerment.

Gender Studies is fine, but how about 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Discrimination

Perhaps in the short-term the use of the following templates could be extended, 
or similar templates developed to cover identified articles, so editors work on 
draft changes on their user page, they are checked by gender-friendly 
ambassadors who are also have specialist knowledge in the area that the article 
covers. It would be less about taking on individual editors and their 
behaviour, and more about saying, "actually a decision has been made to put 
this article under an umbrella." 
* Template:WAP assignment
* Template:Educational assignment
* Template:Course assignment

Example template code:

{{main other||{{tmbox| image = [[File:Male_and_female_sign.svg|50px]]| style = 
text-align:center;| text  = This article {{#if:{{{ended|}}}| 
{{#switch:{{{ended|}}}|NO|N|n|False|false|no=is|#default=was}}|is}} the subject 
of gender related affirmative action {{#if:{{{university|}}}|at 
{{{university}}}}} supported by 
{{#if:{{{project|}}}|[[Wikipedia:{{{project}}}|{{{project}}}]] and}} the 
Wikipedia Pro-female Ambassador Program{{#if:{{{term|}}}|  during the 
{{{term}}} term}}}}}}

I noticed that Professor Diana Strassman, the founding editor of the journal 
"Feminist Economics" is an Wikipedia editor (User:DStrassmann) and runs 
Wikipedia Education Program Courses (although I don't see recent contributions 
from her).

Co-editor of the journal is Professor Günseli Berik, she is also a Wikipedia 
editor (User:BerikG) and also runs academic programs, perhaps she would like to 
get involved.

Marie

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 18:49:46 -0400
From: carolmoor...@verizon.net
To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikiproject?  ...Threads on various issues


  
    
  
  
    On 6/23/2014 3:17 PM, Derric Atzrott
      wrote:

    
    
      
      
      
      
        Maybe
            it would be worth making threads for some of these ideas. 
            If no one else does, I’d be happy to.
        *Threads
          here? Like proposals that could be worked over and brought to
          our various wikis?  That's what we need to do.  I re-named one
          thread that dealt with one issue and renamed this one too,
          just for emphasis...

          

          
        I’m not very familiar with the process
            of starting Wikiprojects, but I imagine the biggest barrier
            to entry to this would be finding someone for each
            language.  I imagine that this would work something like the
            ambassador program, at least on the smaller Wikipedias. 
            This is to say on Wikipedias where the project is too small
            to really have someone who can handle the Wikiproject we
            would find a volunteer on Meta who speaks that language and
            would have them generally just keep an eye on things.  Each
            of these Wikiprojects should have a noticeboard of some sort
            that folks having issues can post to that the ambassador
            type would keep an eye on.
        Does this all sound reasonable?
        Thank you,

            Derric Atzrott

        
      
    
    

    First, of course, there is
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Gender_Studies
    which even has a Mind_the_Gap_Award  And of course there is a
    Wikiproject Feminism. And I'm sure other languages have such
    projects.

    

    Would it want to take on subpages that dealt with women's issues
    with harassment, insults, double standards and the stickier problems
    that bother women? 

    

    Of course, I remember when something with such a goal was proposed
    way back in 2011 on this list there were concerns about it giving
    women specifial privileges or something.  I forget. People created
    the Tea House instead.  

    

    But some relevant subgroup of Wikiproject Gender Studies or
    Feminism, like anything else, some women hopefully have to spearhead
    it and maintain it.  I'm too burned out myself. 

    

    CM

  


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