[WikiEN-l] An observation

Sun Nov 12 20:27:34 UTC 2006

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Oskar Sigvardsson stated for the record:

> If there is an overwhelming amount of males over females it usually
> signifies something bad (with a few exceptions, like say professional
> wrestling). We have a host of brilliant female editors but apparently
> not many of them are running for arbcom. This is a very, very bad
> thing. We should encourage gender equality whenever we can, just
> saying "We are wikipedia, here gender doesn't matter" is naive. There
> is obviously a problem here and we should work to fix it. We don't
> want to be a boys-club.

Well, I think it goes without saying that we need to establish an
acceptable quota of females on the ArbComm.  Then we need a procedure to
follow if insufficient numbers of females run for the Committee, to
impress enough to meet the quota.

Then we need to ensure that a proper percentage of articles are being
written by women, and then that a proper percentage of those articles
are deleted.  Quotas must be met.

Of course to prevent fraud, we must verify that all editors truthfully
state their sexes (and genders, if they have them).  A DNA sample
submission upon account creation is probably adequate.

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