Thank you all for your considerations, URLs and comments. very useful! 2016-04-20 13:11 GMT+02:00 John Mark Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com>:
> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- -- Àlex Hinojo / Kippelboy Programme Manager / Director de projectes Amical Wikimedia www.wikimedia.cat @kippelboy / @Kippelboy_cat / @AmicalWikimedia ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
