Hi Derric, No, it's not at all inappropriate for you to introduce yourself -- people often do that here, and it's helpful.
Thanks for joining us -- and thanks for wanting to help with the gender gap :) Sue On 14 Apr 2014 11:08, "Derric Atzrott" <datzr...@alizeepathology.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm not sure if it is proper to introduce yourself upon joining this list, > so I > thought I would. My name is Derric Atzrott. I'm an editor on the English > Wikipedia and feel that the gender gap on Wikipedia, and honestly in many > places > in general, is problematic and something needs to be done about it. I do > a lot > of informal outreach, though in the past month or two I've begun trying to > do a > bit more formal outreach, and have, since I realized there was a problem, > tried > to place an emphasis on getting females to become editors. > > The news of the deaths of both Andrianne and Cynthia is heart breaking. > While I > didn't know either of them it always pains me to hear about members of our > community dying. The death of both of them, who I understand were active > on > this list, has prompted me to try to step up my efforts as well, which is > why I > have joined this list. > > Honestly, there is a good chance to I'll mostly just lurk on this list > like I do > wikitech-l and libraries, but if I see anything I can help with I'll do my > best > to do so, and if any of you know of anything I can help with, please ask. > > Sorry if this email is inappropriate for the list. > > Thank you, > Derric Atzrott > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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