“Wikipedia Is Sexist�, Elisa • The French Exit Options

[Jon Awbrey]

Wikipedia has been on my mind lately, after hearing the statistic passed around a week or so ago that something like 87% of Wikipedia contributors/editors are male. This didn't surprise me in the least, and initially made no impression on me whatsoever. A few days later the obvious consequences of this dawned on me: Wikipedia is sexist. Of course this affects the content. Of course this bias trickles down and bleeds into the articles in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. I wouldn't want to read a magazine if only 1 out of 10 of its editors/contributors were women. Especially if the whole point of the magazine was to present objective, unbiased information in an encyclopedic fashion.

Maybe I'll boycott Wikipedia.

� Elisa Gabbert • 22 Feb 2011

[chrisoff]

From the same article:

The Wikimedia Foundation, parent company of Wikipedia, announced its five-year strategic plan. It's Wikimedia's first time laying out a roadmap of sorts, and this one represents the collaborative efforts of more than a thousand participants.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/wiki...y_visitors_2015

Who are these "more than a thousand participants"?

A little over 400 million unique visitors drop by the site every month and browser just shy of 18 million articles. There are currently 80,000 active editors, or editors who make at least five edits a month. What Wikipedia is trying to do, then, is double up its traffic and editors over the next four years.

Does the Wikipedia "community" have any say in this, or is it even aware of these "goals"?

This post has been edited by chrisoff:

[Cock-up-over-conspiracy]

There are currently 80,000 active editors, or editors who make at least five edits a month. What Wikipedia is trying to do, then, is double up its traffic and editors over the next four years.

So what ... they will make 10 edits a months? Doesn't sound so heroic ... what is the ratio of good edits to vandalism and crap? How efficient is it?

How on earth can they just measure a click as something good?