Disparity of biography articles Options

[EricBarbour]

Yet another example of the profound idiocy of "crowdsourcing" encyclopedia articles.

You have the WP bio of Hans Bethe, legendary atomic scientist, Nobel winner.
8 notes, 3 references, total length 27034 bytes.

And you have the WP bio of a fictional scientist on a sitcom, Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory.
75 references, total length 43670 bytes.

And no doubt, many of the Wiki-assholes reading this will go "that's perfectly acceptable".

[EricBarbour]

Sheldon Cooper (T-H-L-K-D) is now 80k bytes, 110 references.

Hans Bethe (T-H-L-K-D) is still only 29k bytes.

[Maunus]

Sheldon Cooper (T-H-L-K-D) is now 80k bytes, 110 references.

Hans Bethe (T-H-L-K-D) is still only 29k bytes.

Just noting that Hans Bethe is not currently protected, which should mean that even those of you who are banned from wikipedia could expand your favorite biography while others expand theirs. The problem is not that stupidity exists, but that good men[m/f] do nothing.

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[thekohser]

The problem is not that stupidity exists, but that good men do nothing.

Still perpetuating that gender bias in Wikipedia editors, huh, Maunus?

[Detective]

The problem is not that stupidity exists, but that good men do nothing.

Still perpetuating that gender bias in Wikipedia editors, huh, Maunus?

On the contrary. He's asserting that although good men may be doing nothing, good women are beavering away.