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QUOTE(Elisa Gabbert @ 22 Feb 2011) 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 |
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Why has a thread discussing “Wikipedia Is Sexist†been moved to
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QUOTE(chrisoff @ Fri 18th March 2011, 10:37am)  Why has a thread discussing “Wikipedia Is Sexist†been moved to "Biographies of Living Persons'? It was the title of a critical blog posting that Fred Bawder mentioned on the WMF GenderGoof List, and then promptly went out and started a BLP on the blogger with a lot of impertinent personal info. We raised a ruckus here calling for an AfD, and the last time I looked the BLP had been deleted. Why Fred Bawder has not been deleted yet no one quite knows. Jon (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/dry.gif) |
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