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By CHRISTOF KERKMANN Berlin - Few of Wikipedia's contributors are female. Sue Gardner wants to close the gender gap and by so doing increase the quality of the online encyclopedia. The executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation hopes that a new ...

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Posted by: carbuncle

QUOTE
dpa: How do you try to achieve more women?

Gardner: We aren't setting out specific programs to recruit women.
Say whaaaat?

Posted by: thekohser

QUOTE(carbuncle @ Thu 8th December 2011, 8:56am) *

QUOTE
dpa: How do you try to achieve more women?

Gardner: We aren't setting out specific programs to recruit women.
Say whaaaat?


Your donation dollars at work.

Posted by: EricBarbour

Every time she opens her mouth in front of a journalist, Sue sticks her foot in.

And yet, I'd still take her over Jimbo any time.

Posted by: TungstenCarbide

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Fri 9th December 2011, 2:02am) *
And yet, I'd still take her over Jimbo any time.

Yah, she is kinda cute.

Posted by: EricBarbour

...at the reins of the WMF.

(sorry, ya missed! ha ha!)

Posted by: Ottava

QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Thu 8th December 2011, 9:34pm) *

...at the reins of the WMF.

(sorry, ya missed! ha ha!)



Girls and reins, I expect horse to be here shortly.