I sense the raised (ironic) eyebrow in this question and since you know the answer, I need not tell you,
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Martijn Hoekstra <martijnhoeks...@gmail.com>wrote: > This is quite interesting in the light of engaging a female editorship. > Could you give examples of behaviours that drive off female potential > editors, but are ok with male prospective editors? > On Sep 9, 2012 10:57 AM, "Kathleen McCook" <klmcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The Wikipedia community fosters a young male zeitgeist.This IS an > attitude > > problem that causes women to drop out. I have been a long time low level > > contributor and thus have had a variety of response to efforts I have > made. > > Persistence has shown me that what one editor sees as "not credible" may > be > > that particular editor's world view and a contributor--CANNOT, EVER- > change > > the mind of most editors. So one needs to give up on that point, even if > > you have gone to primary sources and have them on your table in front of > > you. You have to move on. However, this resigned way of working w/in > > Wikipedia is not going to be the way that many people approach it. > Rebuffed > > or being called "not credible" will mean we lose many contributors. It > > should not be on the contributor to understand the editor. Contributors > > come from all ages and societies. There are far fewer women contributing > > than men. Why? Women take the harsh rebukes with more hurt. Really. > > > > I am a teacher and suggest that students write for Wikipedia. Invariably > > the female students have been made to feel stupid by editors and won't > go > > back. The male students are more likely to keep at it. This is the > culture > > that Wikipedia fosters. There are many exceptions….but generally, the > tone > > could be less harsh in dealing with contributors. > > > > ============== > > > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 11:35 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On 8 September 2012 15:43, Thomas Morton <morton.tho...@googlemail.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I haven't had chance to look into this; > > > > > > > > > That statement invalidates this statement: > > > > > > > > > > Rather than whining about him we need to see the problem; it's an > > > > attitude problem HERE. > > > > > > > > > -d. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
