Yes. That is SOP for studies about biographies and literature in general.
On 20 Apr 2016 18:04, "Gerard Meijssen" <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hoi,
> Given the existing number of articles and the gender gap in them, it is
> unlikely that activities make much of a difference. I think that it makes
> more sense to compare the new articles and see if the percentages are
> different in those. Did anyone look at it in this way?
> Thanks,
>       GerardM
>
> On 20 April 2016 at 09:39, <alexhin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, as some of you may know, the Wikipedia gender indicator [1] tells us
> > how many articles are biographies about women x language/country/culture.
> >
> > In order to compare these numbers...Does anyone knows if there is an
> > existing comparison with gender balance in classical encyclopedias?
> > (Britannica, Larousse...) or, if not, could someone prepare a WD query
> > about it?
> >
> > I think it could be a good argument for us to use: e.g "at cawiki 12% of
> > bios are about women, compared to 5% in GEC, Our most famous
> encyclopedia".
> >
> > We could compare it also for temathic encyclopedias or other databases
> > existing in projects like Mix and match.
> >
> > Can someone help? thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > [1]http://wigi.wmflabs.org/
> >
> >
> > Àlex Hinojo
> > User:Kippelboy
> > Amical Wikimedia Programme manager
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