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'''Below are listings of projects relevant to closing the "Gender Gap". They are run by the Wikimedia Foundation or volunteers at Wikimedia.org and English-language Wikipedia.'''
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==Wikimedia.org projects==

===Gender gap projects===

*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap Gender Gap project at Wikimedia] and related pages:
:*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_stories Gender Gap Stories]
:*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_Gap_Manifesto Gender Gap Manifesto]
:*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap/Policy_revolution Gender Gap Policy Revolution]
:*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_strategy Gender gap strategy] page reviews three years of women's meetings on strategy.
:*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_more_female_editors List of proposals for more female editors 2011]
:*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap#Discuss Gender Gap email list details]
*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women_on_Wikipedia_Month Women on Wikipedia Month] (For example: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Women%27s_History_Month,_India-2014 Category: Womens History Month, India 2014])
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women_on_Wikipedia_Week Women on Wikipedia Week]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_Collaborative WikiWomen's Collaborative]
:*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:WikiWomen%27s_Collaborative/Phase_1/Report Wikiwomens Collaborative report, phase 1]
:*[http://blog.wikimedia.org/c/community/wikiwomen/ Wikiwomen blog at Wikimedia]
*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomenCamp WikiWomen Camp 2012]
:*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:WikiWomenCamp_-_women_perspective_by_country Category:WikiWomenCamp - women perspective by country]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_gap_India_work_plan 2013 Gender gap India work plan 2013]
*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/What_Gender_Is_Wikipedia What Gender Is Wikipedia] (Gender in languages)
* ''See also [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gender_gap Category:Gender gap]

===Diversity projects===
*[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Answers_archive_2014#Foundation:_How_does_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_support_diversity.3F Wikimediafoundation Answers: "Foundation: How does the Wikimedia Foundation support diversity?"], ''accessed August 12, 2014''
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charting_diversity Charting Diversity main page] links to Charting Diversity study mentioned above.
:* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Diversity/Dialogue Diversity Dialogue page]
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference Diversity Conference 2014]
:*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Diversity_Conference/Documentation Diversity Conference 2014 documentation]
:*[http://vimeo.com/album/2618583/sort:preset/format:thumbnail Diversity Conference 2014 videos]
:* [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/25/diversity-conference-brings-wikimedians-to-berlin/ Wikimedia blog entry about Diversity Conference 2014]

===Outreach project===
*[https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Outreach.Wikimedia main page]
*:[https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums] attracts a lot of women in these fields
*:[https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education Education project] attracts a lot of women educators
*[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opw-presentation-feb7-2013.pdf Outreach program for women presentation] at Wikimedia Foundation meeting, February 7, 2013. Program is part of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreach_Program_for_Women FOSS Outreach Program for Women] at Mediawiki.org which works to get more women involved in open source software engineering. The parent organization's page is [https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen Outreach Program for Women - GNOME Wiki!]

===Wikimedia blog entries===
*Sage Ross, [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/02/01/wikipedias-gender-gap/ Wikipedia’s gender gap], February 1, 2011
* LiAnna Davis, [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/03/31/campus-ambassador-program-tackles-gender-gap/ Campus Ambassador program tackles gender gap], March 31, 2011
* Sarah Stierch, [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/10/16/dear-women-we-can-do-it/ Women, we can do it: A conversation with Anastasia Lvova], October 16, 2012
* Sarah Stierch, [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/26/wikiwomen-unite/ Wikiwomen Unite], September 26, 2012
* Sarah Stierch, [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/05/wikipedia-club-pune-celebrates-wikiwomen-day/ Wikipedia Club Pune celebrates WikiWomen Day], November 5th, 2012
* Samir Sharbaty, [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/12/09/egypt “Egyptian students help narrow gender gap on Wikipedia”], December 9, 2013
* Amanda Menking, [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/07/14/creating-safe-spaces/ Creating Safe Spaces], July 14, 2014
* Lodewijk Gelauff, [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/04/sixty-ways-to-help-new-editors/ Sixty ways to help new editors], September 4, 2014

===Sue Gardner essays===
[[User:Sue Gardner|Sue Gardner]] was executive director of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]) from 2007 to 2014 and lead the Wikimedia Foundation's initial efforts to close the gender gap. These essays from her blog provide an insight on her thinking about the gender gap during that period.
*Sue Gardner, [http://suegardner.org/2010/11/14/unlocking-the-clubhouse-five-ways-to-encourage-women-to-edit-wikipedia Unlocking the Clubhouse: Five ways to encourage women to edit Wikipedia], personal blog, November 14, 2010
*Sue Gardner, [http://suegardner.org/2011/02/19/nine-reasons-why-women-dont-edit-wikipedia-in-their-own-words/ Nine Reasons Women Don’t Edit Wikipedia (in their own words)], personal blog, February 19, 2011
*Sue Gardner, [http://suegardner.org/2011/09/28/on-editorial-judgment-and-empathy/ On editorial judgment, and empathy], personal blog,September 28, 2011
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Top_10_Reasons_to_Encourage_More_Women_Participation_in_Wikipedia Top 10 Reasons to Encourage more Women Participation in Wikipedia], February 8, 2011

===Wikimania===
* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania Wikimania]. The last several years have included several workshops and speeches about the gendergap.
* [https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen%27s_Lunch WikiWomen's lunches] have been held at several Wikimanias
==En.Wikipedia Gender gap projects==

===Wikiprojects===
See links to English-language Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias/Gender_gap_task_force#Related_WikiProjects|'''Gender gap-related wikiprojects''']] on the Gender gap task force main page.

===Resources===
See links to English-language Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias/Gender_gap_task_force#Resources|'''Gender gap-related resources''']] on the Gender gap task force main page.

===''Sign Post'' articles===
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-07/Gender_gap| Widespread discussions about the low participation of women in Wikipedia]], February 7, 2011
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-03-07/In_the_news|In the News: How to achieve a 94% female contributor ratio on a wiki]], March 7, 2011
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-03-07/WikiProject_report| WikiProject report: Talking with WikiProject Feminism]], by Mabeenot, March 7, 2011
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-02-27/Recent_research|Recent research: Gender gap connected to conflict aversion and lower confidence among women]], February 27, 2012
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-07-31/Recent_research| Recent research: Survey participation bias analysis: More Wikipedia editors are female, married or parents than previously assumed]], July 31, 2013
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2014-06-25/Exclusive|Audio interview with Lila Tretikov]], Wikimedia Foundation's new executive director, includes comments on the gender gap, June 25, 2014

===Wikipedia articles===
*[[Criticism of Wikipedia#Gender bias]]
*[[Gender bias on Wikipedia]]
*[[Human_sex_ratio#Gender_imbalance| Sex ratio: gender imbalance]]
*[[Gender-neutral_pronoun#Modern_solutions| Gender-neutral pronoun: Modern solutions]]
*[[Wikipedia:Xe| Gender neutral language policy proposal]]

===Relevant essays===
{{Expand section|more essays|date=October 2014}}
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia is Also a Woman|Wikipedia is Also a Woman]] (related to [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Women_on_Wikipedia_Month Women on Wikipedia Month] on Wikimedia.
*''See also [[:Category:Feminist essays]]

===Women-related article lists===
* See [[:Category:Women]] and [[List_of_lists_of_women|List of lists of women]].
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias/open_tasks#Women_and_women.27s_studies|Wikiproject Countering Systemic Bias Open Tasks/Women and women's studies]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism/Open tasks|Wikproject Feminism Open Tasks]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Gender_Studies#Article_Alerts|Wikiproject Gender Studies Article alerts]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Dictionary_of_National_Biography/Missing_women|Missing women list]] - done May 2015
*[[User:Dsp13/Redlinks/Women|User:Dsp13's List of womenarticles needing creation]]
*[[User:99of9/100powerwomen| User:99of9's Chart of articles regarding Forbes "100 power women"]].
*[[User:Rosiestep/Gender Gap|List by User:Rosiestep]] of Spanish language Wikipedia articles about women that need English versions

===Workshops and Edit-a-thons===
(Small sample of selected events of interest.)
*[[Wikipedia:Workshop for Women]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to run an edit-a-thon]] includes List_of_edit-a-thons in English or in English-speaking countries
*[https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/Smithsonian_Institution_Archives/Women_in_Science_Edit-a-thon GLAM/Case studies/Smithsonian Institution Archives/Women in Science Edit-a-thon], April 2012
* Matthew Roth [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/11/26/fem-tech-edit-a-thon-sparks-discussions-about-wikipedia-gender-gap/ Fem-Tech Edit-a-thon sparks discussions about Wikipedia gender gap], Blog.Wikimedia, November 26, 2012
*Nicole Swinford, [http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/12111/ College Hosts ‘Feminist, Anti-Racist Wikipedia Edit-a-thon’], Chapman University, "TheCollegeFix.com", December 3, 2012 (“Wikistorm”)
*Siko Bouterse, [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/23/lets-throw-more-wikipedia-editing-parties/ Let’s throw more Wikipedia editing parties], Blog.Wikimedia, January 23, 2013
*D. McGaughey-Summers, [http://socimagination.pw/taking-on-wikipedias-bias-better-humans-medium Taking On Wikipedia’s Bias], regarding heckling at a New York University Wikiwomen event, June 20th, 2013
*[https://www.facebook.com/events/181325168737101 Hack for change - A Hackathon for women's rights], December 2013, Wikimedia Chapter (India) sponsored edit-a-thon regarding violence against women
:*See report by L. Sarah, [http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2013/12/13/taking-back-the-tech-using-wikipedia-to-stop-violence-against-women/ Taking back the tech – using Wikipedia to stop violence against women], Rising voices, December 2013
*Robby Soave, [http://dailycaller.com/2014/02/02/wikipedia-is-very-masculine-so-feminists-pledge-to-fix-it/ Wikipedia is ‘very masculine,’ so feminists pledge to fix it], [[Daily Caller]], February 2, 2014
* Avishay Artsy, [http://blogs.kcrw.com/whichwayla/2014/02/edit-a-thons-aim-to-erase-wikipedias-gender-gap Edit-a-thons aim to erase Wikipedia’s gender gap], [[KCRW]], February 12, 2014
* [http://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2014-04-05/upping-female-quotient-berkeley-edit-thon-recruits-and-trains Upping the Female Quotient: Berkeley Edit-a-thon Recruits and Trains New Wikipedians], [[University of California, Berkeley|California magazine]], April 4, 2014
*Jessica Pressler, [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/06/love-and-drama-at-the-wikipedia-conference.html Love and Drama at the Wikipedia Conference], [[New York Magazine]], June 6, 2014 (Re: Wikiconference USA 2014)
* [[Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/2014-08-14-Wikibomb| August 2014 Canberra "Wikibomb" information]]
* ''See also [[:Category:WikiWomen events]]''
* ''See also [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/India_Access_To_Knowledge/Events/Wiki_Women%27s_Day_at_ICG India Women's History Month Edit-a-Thon!], March 9, 2014; India has very active women's program''

===Help pages===
*[[Wikipedia:Help]] main help page leads to all resources
*[[Wikipedia:Teahouse]] answers especially new editors questions; formed with new women editors in mind
*[[Wikipedia:Help_desk]] answers specific questions for editors old and new
*[[Wikipedia:Editor assistance]] answers specific questions for editors old and new
*[[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution]] outlines processes for dealing with disputes, including a list of noticeboards and how and when to use them
*[https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf/Wikipedia Wikimedia Outreach Bookshelf] has many tutorial resources for this and other Wikimedia projects
*[[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution]], explains various Wikipedia processes
* [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_EN.pdf "Editing Wikipedia"], 20-page brochure in downloadable PDF format

;Audio and video
*[https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf/Wikipedia#Videos Wikimedia outreach tutorial videos]
*[http://www.howcast.com/videos/317521-How-To-Edit-a-Wikipedia-Article How to Edit a Wikipedia Article]
*[http://vimeo.com/64973792 Editing on Wikipedia], [[Adrianne Wadewitz]], Vimeo.com, 2013

;Images
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Change_The_Ratio_Logo.jpg Change the Ratio]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:We_Can_Edit.jpg Yes we can edit]

==Civility issues==
These are of particular interest to many women ''and'' men.

===At Wikimedia Foundation===
*[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use Terms of Use - Wikimedia Foundation]

===At Wikimedia.org===
*[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use#Civility_and_related_minefields Terms of Use: Civility and related minefields]
* [https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy Friendly space policy] (Note: Discussion about overly vague language might be appropriate.)
*Andrea Weckerle, Foreward by [[Jimmy Wales]], ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=64P3Y_c-ufEC&printsec=frontcover Civility in the Digital Age: How Companies and People Can Triumph over Haters, Trolls, Bullies and Other Jerks]'', Que Publishing, 2013,, various pages.{{ISBN|978-0-13-313498-8}}
* [[Jimmy Wales]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Neotarf/Jimbo_civility_speech_transcript Speech on Civility to Wikimania 2014, London], August 11, 2014, (unofficial transcript) and [http://new.livestream.com/wikimania/sunday2014/videos/59354443 video of the speech]

===At English language Wikipedia===
*[http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use Terms of Use - Wikimedia Foundation]
*[[Wikipedia:Civility]]
*[[Template:Civility]]
*[[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_93#Closing_Wikipedia:Wikiquette_assistance|Discussion of close of Wikquette Assistance board (September 2012)]] which some women believe needs to be reinstated in some form
*[[Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Civility_enforcement| Wikipedia-wide RfC on Civility enforcement]] started end of 2012 that stalled out by end of 2013; included proposals to eliminate civility enforcement
*[[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Editor_Retention|Wikproject Editor Retention]] sees civility as a major issue, including as discussed in [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Editor_Retention/Archive_16#Translating_effective_methods_of_dealing_with_a_culture_of_bullying_from_other_organisations|this thread on dealing with bullying]]
*[[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution]] also outlines processes for dealing with chronic or acute incivility
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Dispute_Resolution| Dispute resolution noticeboard]] for ''content'' disputes only, which often lead to incivility

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