Hi Max, I haven't studied these decisions, but I try to be sensitive to these issues and am happy to provide some thoughts.
Would you ask editors to provide this information? If so, I would ask them to self identify - as a man, as a woman, [fill in the blank], or decline to answer. I realize that a [fill in the blank] option poses some issues, but I believe it's the most inclusive. I strongly encourage you to avoid the term 'other' as it is so very loaded. I would also recommend using man and woman in place of male and female, which refer to sex and not gender. I hope you've received helpful feedback from others and that you'll share your paper with the list. Best, Megan On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Maximilian Klein <isa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm doing a project at the moment, and writing a paper, that proposes a > Wikipedia Gender Index - like the United Nations Gender Inequality Index. > Essentially it will show the proportion of represented (existing article in > the Wiki, not editors) Genders over time (both historical time, and as > Wikipedia evolves), by language edition, by occupation, and by ethnic > group. > > I want to be sensitive to the many categories of non-male and non-female > genders that exist in Wikipedia. Another balance is make the Index > compatible with the other indexes so we can compare. Some of those other > indexes are M/F. So the question is: it could be M/F/Other, M/F+Other > (Male/Non-male), M/F/All/the/other/categories. I don't say that any of > these are correct. I'm ask if you, or you know any researchers that has > studied these decisions and can advise. > > > Max Klein > ‽ http://notconfusing.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- Megan Wacha | Research and Instruction Librarian for the Performing Arts Barnard College | 3009 Broadway | New York, NY 10027 212.854.7652 | mwa...@barnard.edu
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