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 <sulai...@gmail.com> 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 > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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