Grants:IdeaLab/Female Wikipedia readers and fiction
Project idea
[edit]What is the problem you're trying to solve?
[edit]We know too little about what female readers of fiction would like to find on Wikipedia
What is your solution?
[edit]Benefit from an inclination to reading as an obvious activity of users coming to Wikipedia (where they find lots of words to start with).
Focus on a likely interest in reading also other things, e.g., fiction. Try to attract attention from the high-percentage group of female users in reading forums and make Wikipedia more similar to such forums in at least one aspect.
Step one: reply button. Address women in particular and place button
- in articles about female writers and
- in entries about books written by these authors
to find out more about what female readers like finding and what they may be missing in this case.
Next step: Link this button to a group of users who share the same interests and invite them to start collaborating, if preferable in personal contact with a more experienced colleague, so they can themselves add what they found was missing.
Maybe start with feminist/queer authors because it is less likely that sexism-against-women inclined users seek out these articles actively.
Goals
[edit]- Win new readers who are interested in commenting on Wikipedia content
- Win new editors who are interestd in listening to what readers want and write articles accordingly
- A team feeling about which to spread the word because it may attract more women editors in the long run
- Run a successful project with this community's subgroup so it can be adapted for the aims of other subgroups
Get Involved
[edit]Participants
[edit]- Researcher I search and want to find ideas to realize the first step (maybe with the help of technicians?). FCT Berlin • =>?! • 17:50, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
- Project manager Help the project reach its goals, e.g., by a friendly atmosphere in the project group and by good management of resources, including time C.Koltzenburg (talk) 21:59, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
Endorsements
[edit]- I often read Wikipedia AND fiction - I find the idea very good, to compose this themes. FCT Berlin • =>?! • 17:48, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
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