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Welcome to the gender gap task force (GGTF), one of the task forces of WikiProject Countering systemic bias. The GGTF was started in 2013 to address some of the problems women face on Wikipedia, whether as editors or article subjects. If you'd like to help, please add your name to the list of participants.
According to New York Magazine in 2014, "Wikipedia famously bears one of the starkest gender gaps in contemporary culture." [1] Wikipedia "shares many characteristics with the hard-driving hacker crowd", according to Joseph Reagle of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and is "open to very difficult, high-conflict people, even misogynists". [2] Estimates of Wikipedians who are female have ranged from 8.5 in 2011 to 16.1 percent in 2013. [3] [4]
Issues that discourage women from editing include a perception of Wikipedia as sexist; a lack of confidence and spare time; problems with the editing interface; the belief that editing is tedious; unease because of the inclusion of pornography; and fewer opportunities to develop social relationships than on other websites. [1] [5] [6] Despite significant evidence to the contrary, certain commentators have denied that the gender gap is a problem, citing efforts to highlight it as "feminist ideology." [7]
The following Wikipedians are now deceased. Their user names are preserved here in their memory.
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This user is a member of the Gender gap task force (GGTF). |
We would love you to join the Gender Gap task force. There you can coordinate with editors who are addressing the effect of the gender gap on women on Wikipedia – whether as article subjects, editors or readers. If you would like to help, please sign up or visit the talk page. Happy editing, ~~~~ |
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Missing articles department: Women in Red |
Article improvement department: Women in Green |
See also: Gender gap task force |
Talk | Members | Media |
Gender gap mailing list |
WikiWomen's User Group |
Related WikiProjects |
This
task force is believed to be
inactive. Consider looking for
related projects for help or ask at the
Teahouse.
If you are not currently a project participant and wish to help you may still participate in the project. This status should be changed if collaborative activity resumes. |
Welcome to the gender gap task force (GGTF), one of the task forces of WikiProject Countering systemic bias. The GGTF was started in 2013 to address some of the problems women face on Wikipedia, whether as editors or article subjects. If you'd like to help, please add your name to the list of participants.
According to New York Magazine in 2014, "Wikipedia famously bears one of the starkest gender gaps in contemporary culture." [1] Wikipedia "shares many characteristics with the hard-driving hacker crowd", according to Joseph Reagle of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and is "open to very difficult, high-conflict people, even misogynists". [2] Estimates of Wikipedians who are female have ranged from 8.5 in 2011 to 16.1 percent in 2013. [3] [4]
Issues that discourage women from editing include a perception of Wikipedia as sexist; a lack of confidence and spare time; problems with the editing interface; the belief that editing is tedious; unease because of the inclusion of pornography; and fewer opportunities to develop social relationships than on other websites. [1] [5] [6] Despite significant evidence to the contrary, certain commentators have denied that the gender gap is a problem, citing efforts to highlight it as "feminist ideology." [7]
The following Wikipedians are now deceased. Their user names are preserved here in their memory.
|
This user is a member of the Gender gap task force (GGTF). |
We would love you to join the Gender Gap task force. There you can coordinate with editors who are addressing the effect of the gender gap on women on Wikipedia – whether as article subjects, editors or readers. If you would like to help, please sign up or visit the talk page. Happy editing, ~~~~ |
Affiliates of WikiProject Women |
---|
African women |
Architecture & design |
Art |
Business |
Feminism |
Health |
Hip hop music |
History |
History Month (March) |
Jewish women |
Journalism |
Music |
Religion |
Scientists |
Sport |
Warfare & military |
Writers |
Missing articles department: Women in Red |
Article improvement department: Women in Green |
See also: Gender gap task force |