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Thank you! Whichvisions (talk) 19:30, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Whichvisions!

Hi Whichvisions! Thanks for coordinating an event for WikiWomen's History Month! I am trying to gather information on a few things for a summary I'm writing about the month! It'd be great to know the following information, if possible:

• How many participants did the event have?
• How many new editors created accounts? (A list of editors would be awesome!)
• Is it possible that all of the article and contribution outcomes can be shared on the WWHM outcomes page?

Any thoughts you can share about successes, participant experience, lessons learned, things one wishes they would have done differently, ways WMF and chapters can support these events, and so forth, would be wonderful. Thank you so much and all you do for improving women's representation and participation in Wikipedia. Sarah (talk) 19:27, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi Sarah! I hope you will get notified of this reply.

• How many participants did the event have? There were about 13-15 of us in all.
• How many new editors created accounts? I will need to ask User:Mwacha, but I think maybe 6-7
• Is it possible that all of the article and contribution outcomes can be shared on the WWHM outcomes page? We didn't stick very strictly to the Women's History Project guidelines. While we encouraged people to try out articles on the history of women's health, the main creations were:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard_Center_for_Research_on_Women
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Barnard_Conference_on_Sexuality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholar_and_Feminist_Online (ahhh, the notability is being called into question, have to figure out how to respond to that!)

I'm hoping mwacha will write up a summary post, but we're planning on continuing to host these events and really enjoyed it! For me, one big challenge is balancing wanting people to "be bold" with worrying that people will be discouraged if their work is removed or questioned. Also balancing all the standards and technical details with the process of actual editing of information. Whichvisions (talk) 19:39, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Whichvisions! For future note, to let someone know that you replied to their talk page comment, you can drop off a talkback template on their talk page. I added your page to my watch list, but not everyone does that. So the talkback link is a great way to let folks know you replied to them! Anyway, it looks like the event was a success and I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and time. It's fine that you didn't stick with the to-do list for WWHM, the goal was to focus on bringing women together to edit, and/or writing content related to women. So I'm quite impressed with what your group churned out. Also, in regards to the Scholar and Feminist Online article and notability - the key is to have secondary sources (not from the Barnard website) discussing the journal, then that will help it maintain notability. Hope this helps, and thanks for your information. I'll let you know when I post my report, and any information from Mwacha is welcome! Sarah (talk) 20:03, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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