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Questioning Authority • Evaluating Wikipedia Articles

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If Wikipedia is a collaborative project open to all, why are fewer than 15 percent of the site's …

[Jon Awbrey]

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New York Times : Room for Debate
Where Are the Women in Wikipedia?
Susan C. Herring : A Difference of Communication Styles

Like it's a Big Shocker, I suspect the statistics are comparable to the percentage of women who participate in online games and street gangs, those being the closest approximations to Wikipediot Culture in the outside world.

But more importantly, it's almost Friday, and truly pro-active thinkers should be trying to anticipate what sort of Viral Media Blintz — yes, I know how I spelled it — will be coming down the Wiki-Pike from your friendly internet spammers at the Wikimedia Foundation.

— Jon Awbrey • February 3, 2011 (11:32 pm) Link