Yeah, I agree with John, those sorts of question becomes easier to answer when there's more immediate information available (even if the information isn't perfect or complete).
In addition, I can imagine that exploring the category and looking at user pages might inspire the formulation of more detailed questions. As an analogy, today I was reading a biography of political analyst Nate Silver, famous for being the first to call the 2008 U.S. presidential election. One of his earlier claims to fame, as a baseball statistician, was extending the work of Bill James, a famous baseball statistician. He looked for patterns in pitching performance that took into account physical characteristics -- e.g., height and weight. I would guess that Silver's inspiration to start that project originated with the greater accessibility of data in his era (the 2000s) than James' era (the 1980s). In other words: if you remove obstacles, surprising things can happen. In one case, you can end up with a huge and fascinating encyclopedia. Perhaps in another, you can end up with useful research about gender and Wikipedia. Removing barriers isn't a measurable benefit in itself, but it can support the emergence of things that are beneficial. -Pete [[User:Peteforsyth]] On Sep 24, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Emily Monroe wrote: > Well, I am a GED graduate on disability, if that helps. > > From, > Emily > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 6:01 PM, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:49 AM, Emily Monroe <emilymonro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So, what are the questions? > > Why do women start? Why do women quit? Is it different from reasons men > quit? > > Is there a sector where outreach has a higher conversion rate into > Wikipedian Women? > > Is there an age bracket where outreach has a higher conversion rate > into Wikipedian Women? > > (e.g.) I suspect that our women typically come from glam & education, > whereas our men typically come from IT & law. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com 503-383-9454 mobile
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