Thanks, did not see that link. On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 20:32 Justin Mclean <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > Thanks for taking an initial look Justin. Can you share what name guesser > > you're using? > > I already did [1], it has a database of 40,000 names. Is it 100% correct? > Probably not and some names can be either gender, but it probably gives a > good indicator and is the same rough percentages as the committer survey > taken a few years back. > > > Can I also ask if we are sure our community wants their "name" on GitHub > > used in stats on "gender?” > > IMO I think as long as it’s aggregated there’s no harm, we not identifying > anyone and groups have 100s or 1000s of people in them, but if anyone > disagrees please speak up. > > BTW Whimsy has more accurate data and lists everyone so I’ve moved to > using that data, rather than GitHub’s. > > > I tend toward not using data that wasn't intended for a purpose for a > > purpose without letting people know, especially if we are planning to > > publish figures. > > If this was published anywhere in detail, there would be careful > consideration and discussion before doing so, currently it's just back of > the envelope numbers based on some data we have, that may provide some > insights. > > I think it’s confirms what we already know i.e. that the gender mix in our > committer base is not the same as it is in others open source foundations, > employment in ITC or the general population. > > Thanks, > Justin > > 1. https://pypi.org/project/gender-guesser/ > >
