[Gendergap] Emails to friends, lists to encourage participation

carolmooredc at verizon.net carolmooredc at verizon.net
Wed Feb 23 01:33:13 UTC 2011


Done! :-)
Including adding  the idea of suggesting articles...

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap/outreach_letters

On 2/22/2011 4:46 PM, Sue Gardner wrote:
 > Carol, I think this is a great idea :-)
 >
 > I think we (anyone here) should create a page on meta (linked to from
 > here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap) where we put your
 > draft text, and point to good basic resources to support people
 > getting started in editing. (There are some very good resources here:
 > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf/Wikipedia and elsewhere
 > on the outreach wiki.)
 >
 > That would equip people to use your base text, plus any links that
 > seem useful to them, to do outreach to any group they like. I really
 > believe that individual outreach: people reaching out to their own
 > networks, is a good tactic for us. Because the people who are one
 > degree of separation from the people here are by definition good
 > candidates to become editors.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > Sue
 >
 >
 >
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