Hi Megan, If I were asking editors to Identify I would definitely believe in giving a blank text field to enter. However that is not the purpose of this study, I am merely looking at Wikipedia *Biography Articles*. That is statistics of what is recorded in Wikidata, and then trying to compare it to other Gender Equality Indexes.
Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/ On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Megan Wacha <mwa...@barnard.edu> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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