I started a lot of women's categories to increase visability of women and diversity on WP.... Unfortunately many of them have been attacked and deleted by mainly male editors. Here are just a few (some deleted): Asian American women in sports http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2011_August_26#Category:Asian_American_female_tennis_players
African American Women http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:African_American_women This category was hugely attacked for a while, but many have long since given up on their fight. Hispanic and Latino American Women http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hispanic_and_Latino_American_women This category was attacked at first, but not as ferociously as the AAW category. Interestingly, while the Asian American women in sports category was deleted shortly after creation, the African American women in sports category still holds strong. Tells you something about stereotypes? In any event, this was before I found out about the Gender Gap list.... And I have pretty much given up on my mission to make diversity and women more visible in the categories. I am now focusing on writing articles on the subtopics. I encourage others to write more articles to increase visibility of diversity on Wikipedia. -- Maggie
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