This is indeed a significant proposal, and one that could turn out to be
very positive.
In the past, some proposals, like Visual Editor and Media Viewer, that
turned out to be unpopular, were touted as being an answer to the gender
gap. I fear not much thought was put into these assertions--all
Hi Lightbreather,
One of my hopes is that writing up ideas like yours in IdeaLab during the
campaign could help you better gage interest and opposition to something
like this, as you pointed people to the idea for feedback - one of the
reasons for running a focused, time-bound campaign is to get
Yes! Thank you Risker for the positive energy. This is what I want in
2015!!
This is GREAT news!! I can't wait to see what happens.
-Sarah
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
(Changing the perspective on the previous thread a bit)
Well, it's official - the
This is awesome! I can't wait to see what initiatives people come up with.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
(Changing the perspective on the previous thread a bit)
Well, it's official - the Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) and Project
Event Grants (PEG)
(Changing the perspective on the previous thread a bit)
Well, it's official - the Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) and Project
Event Grants (PEG) will be focused almost exclusively for a 3-month period
on providing financial support and mentorship for requests focused
specifically at
Thanks for putting this out here, Risker. I've been waiting for my blood
pressure to drop a bit before posting a happy announcement of the plan to
this list :) Glad to hear that folks are excited. I'm really looking
forward to what comes next!
We're going to need some help to make this first
I put my name down as a volunteer back in October - October 7, to be
precise. On New Year's Eve I asked the simple question: Is it possible to
start a Wikipedia project that's open to women, or people who identify as
women?
There are a handful of people on this list who are opposed to the idea,
