[Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Lennart Guldbrandsson
Hello, I am writing a short (1500 word) text for the journal of current cultural research, Culture Unbound (http://www.cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/index.html), to be published in April. The topic touches quite heavily on the gendergap issue. I have tried to find any numbers on whether the

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Risker
I do not think it will be possible to accurately assess any impact of specific actions, for multiple reasons. The most relevant one, however, is the fact that the WMF itself has not done any broad-scale editor surveys in a very long time, nor have individual communities to the best of my

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Pete Forsyth
Lennart, You should look at the Education Program, which after the first year appeared to have a strong impact (i.e. more participation from women than men). It's also been my experience (anecdotal but strong) that the Writing Wikipedia Articles course I teach has attracted and retained more

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Lennart Guldbrandsson
: Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference? I do not think it will be possible to accurately assess any impact of specific actions, for multiple reasons. The most relevant one, however, is the fact that the WMF itself has not done any broad-scale editor surveys

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Lennart Guldbrandsson
on whether we have made any difference? Lennart, You should look at the Education Program, which after the first year appeared to have a strong impact (i.e. more participation from women than men). It's also been my experience (anecdotal but strong) that the Writing Wikipedia Articles course I

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Sarah Stierch
on whether we have made any difference? Lennart, You should look at the Education Program, which after the first year appeared to have a strong impact (i.e. more participation from women than men). It's also been my experience (anecdotal but strong) that the Writing Wikipedia Articles course I

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Amanda Menking
Tika Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:38 AM To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference? I'd love to see the final paper. Does Laura Hale have any published results available? On Feb 26, 2014 12:26 PM

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Tighe Flanagan
:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:38 AM *To:* Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects *Subject:* Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference? I'd love to see the final paper. Does Laura Hale have any published results available? On Feb 26, 2014 12:26

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread phoebe ayers
Hi Lennart! Not addressing the question of whether we've made any difference... but if you're quoting numbers AFAIK the best research on the gender gap numbers is Mako Hill and Aaron Shaw, from last year: http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/the-wikipedia-gender-gap-revisited which tries to correct for

Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference?

2014-02-26 Thread Lennart Guldbrandsson
Feb 2014 13:25:16 -0800 From: phoebe.w...@gmail.com To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org CC: susanpgard...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Help: Research on whether we have made any difference? Hi Lennart! Not addressing the question of whether we've made any difference... but if you're