wikipedia's gendergap and what we're trying to do about it
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The lack of women in Wikipedia (and female related topics) is being adressed in several ways. Here are some ways that work and some ways that don't, along with some good advice and links to relevant pages.TRANSCRIPT
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Lennart GuldbrandssonWikimedia [email protected]@aliasHannibal
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The
WIKIPEDIAgendergap
what we're trying to
do about it&
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Bradley
Chelsea Manning
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Articles (Swedish Wikipedia)
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1 9
Editors (globally)
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The problem of KateMiddleton's dress.
The non-problem ofseveral hundredUbuntu articles.
Wikipedia isnot oneencyclopedia.
It's manyencyclopediasof varyingquality.
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Sue Gardner,CEO ofWikimediaFoundation
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Unlocking the Clubhouse: Fiveways to encourage women to editWikipedia
http://bit.ly/1exTrxG
Nine Reasons Women Don’t EditWikipedia (in their own words)
http://bit.ly/18hkg1H
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Sometimes,women only
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We're working on strategiesopenly – and we welcome inputhttp://bit.ly/gendergapstrategy
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Image sources
* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Iraq_War-_Wikipedia_Historiography2.jpg, JamesBridle (CC-BY-SA 2.0)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dame_Gracie_Fields_Allan_Warren.tif, Allan Warren (CC-BY-SA 3.0)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HF-purple-with-chair.jpg, Litalex (CC-BY)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bradley_Manning_US_Army.jpg, United States Army(public domain)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toilet_women.svg, Lateiner, CC-BY-SA 2.5)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aiga_toiletsq_men.svg, Aiga, public domain* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_and_Kate_wedding.jpg, Magnus D/Dr Blofeld(CC-BY 2.0)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sue_Gardner_Feb_2013_portrait_crop_1.jpg, Victoria Will(CC-BY-SA 3.0)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Super_OS.png, Hacktolive (GFDL)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cinnamon_1.4_on_Linux_Mint_12_.png, Lukys (CC-BY-SA 3.0)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ubuntu_GNOME_13.10_ScreenShot.png, GNOME/ & && & (GNU GPL/GNU LGPL/CC-BY-SA 3.0)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_page_redesign_screenshot.png, Jmorgan (WMF)(CC-BY-SA 3.0)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_UK_Ada_Lovelace_Day_editathon_6.JPG,Daria Cybulska (WMUK) (CC-BY-SA 3.0)* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TransparentTelefon_4933.jpg, Túrelio, CC-BY-SA 3.0
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Lennart GuldbrandssonWikimedia [email protected]@aliasHannibal