For anyone interested I've written an essay which turns Antin et al's report http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~coye/Pubs/Articles/GenderWikiSym2011.pdf into a set of graphics which, I think, are a bit easier to follow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_Vintage_Feminist/Antin_et_al_graphics Marie Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 22:06:42 +0100 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Inspire Campaign launches today! Yes and all of those numbers are just about the English Wikipedia. The Dutch Wikipedia has only 6% of its editors who identify as female On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Su-Laine Brodsky <[email protected]> wrote: Hi everyone, I too am uncomfortable with the "under 20%" message. I would say "around 10% according to the most recent editor survey". In 2011, the WMF set a target of having 25 percent of its contributors identifying as female by 2015. The "under 20%" message may give the impression that we are almost there. Re: > (personally, I prefer the wording "less than one in five" which is > mathematically identical but a bit > better at avoiding to evoke the kind of false sense of precision that has > developed about this topic at times). The highest reasonable estimate we have is 16.1% (2008 survey data corrected for sampling bias by Hill and Shaw). That is less than one in six. Cheers, Su-Laine Brodsky (née Su-Laine Yeo) _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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