i also collected some anecdotal data about deletions and speedy deletions of MacArthur Fellows. you could study differential deletions of them or Fellows of the Royal Society.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > Emilio - thanks for the reminder of that excellent page! > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a theory that it is much more difficult to create bios of females >> in whatever category due to the systemic academic bias aginst including >> women's biographies in the list of "reliable sources" mostly used in >> Wikipedia. I would be especially interested in comparison of male-female >> ration of bios in established dictionaries of biography and how these >> compare to Wikipedia, and of those, how many such bios were previously >> deleted on Wikipedia and recreated. >> > > Agreed. I think one of the most effective ways to counter this sort of > systemic bias is to find dictionaries of biography & encyclopedic histories > of women and digitize them / make them available to editors. Those sources > often do exist, though they are less commonly known or available online. > We have a decent reason for them to relicense those works, especially if we > can more actively help with the digitization as a result. > > It would be a small but precise blow against systemic bias to say "the > following areas have historical & reporting bias; so we make extra effort > to find and recognize additional sources, and vary criteria in inverse > proportion to that bias". > > Sam > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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