Hi all, I am a new contributor to Wikipedia and read Larry's blog post and the subsequent discussion on this list with great interest.
My first thought was that this indeed is a red herring in terms of addressing the gendergap, however in my limited editing experience I do at times feel like Wikipedia is a boys' club, and perhaps the prevalence of pornography goes some way to an imagining of what is hanging on the clubhouse walls. Although not apparent in the course of normal browsing and editing (I've yet to stumble on anything particularly offensive), it may contribute to the culture which has resulted in a such a participation skew between genders. I do think it is worth further exploring the idea of the "techno-libertarians" who dominate policy-making as being young males without children. I know that my views on any number of things has changed since I have had children of my own - as my ability to donate time to discussing such issues! Kind regards, Kim Kim Osman │ Research Student ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology Z1 - 515 Musk Avenue│KelvinGrove Qld 4059 T: +61 7 3138 3687 │ F: +61 7 3138 3723 │ E: [email protected]│ W: http://cci.edu.au CRICOS No: 00213J ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
