If I was as active as I was a few years ago on WP, I'd jump at it (I'm an admin). As it is, nowadays I'm semiretired and not up to speed on what goes on there - a shame; as a Scot, I'm ideal for them. Although, I'm busy much of this afternoon owing to an urgent vet appointment.

I was planning to take myself off this list, it was only meant to be temp.... But every so often, something catches my interest. :p

Iain (Blood Red Sandman onwiki).
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Urgent: interview request from BBC Radio
Scotland about women and Wikipedia
From: David Gerard <dgerard@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, August 08, 2011 2:46 pm
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org

On 8 August 2011 14:40, Michael Peel <michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> "I'm writing to you from BBC Radio Scotland's "Newsdrive" programme.  We spotted an article in today's press about Wikipedia's drive for more female contributors and would like to requst an interview with Jimmy Wales.  If that's not possible, would  there be anyone else from Wikipedia available to talk to us at 17.45 UK time ?  It would be a short interview over the telephone (3.00-3.30 mins). We'd be asking why there's a shortage of female contributors, and what subjects women might be more likely cover."


Probably not able to do this one myself ... but do we have talking
point answers on this one? Anything resembling actual data, not
surmise.


- d.

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