yes, i believe we have discussed this before- there is a systemic bias in article subjects (including a sub-set of bios) based on editor interest; there is a systemic bias in the "reliable sources" which makes it harder to address bias, by adding sources alone; there is systemic bias with cultural push back when "feminist" topics are edited
the research newsletter would have more information: i.e. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2015/February#.22First_Women.2C_Second_Sex:_Gender_Bias_in_Wikipedia.22 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2013/July#Survey_participation_bias_analysis:_More_Wikipedia_editors_are_female.2C_married_or_parents_than_previously_assumed i don't see studies of subject matter quality bias jim On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Natacha Rault <n.ra...@me.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am running currently a project in Switzerland dedicated to the gender > gap. More information here (in French) > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet:Suisse/Biographies_des_femmes_en_Suisse > and here on the website of the University of Geneva: > http://www.unige.ch/rectorat/egalite/evenement/actualites/wikipedia/ > > I had an interesting encounter on Twitter with an established Wikipedian > who suggested that women bios and bios in general were not well received by > the wikipedian community because of admissibility issues. > > This person also suggested that addressing gender gap could not be > fulfilled by just having women write bios, because this is addressing only > the gender bias. He said writing bios did not help women address more > complicated and technical subjects. > > He wrote that limiting the gender gap to the gender bias is not enough. > > Does anyone have a clue on this subject and/or informations, discussion > feeds and papers of academic research? > > I had the idea that gender gap had two aspects: contributor gap and > subject gap. To me gender bias had more to do with the way sexist > stereotypes introduces differences in the way an article is written: for > e.g. women bios tend to be more focused on the marital life and less on the > work achieved, less linked to other articles. Therefore the two concepts > cannot so easily be separated and have a two way causality. > > So I would really appreciate an exchange on this subject (sorry if it has > been addressed before), and of the ways we can address the problem in > effect, and not just in theory (especially when running an editing workshop > or edit-a-thon). Do we have somme sort of best practices somewhere? A group > devoted to this? > > Kind regards, > > > Nattes à chat > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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