Hello Ryan,
On Friday, September 02, 2011, Ryan Kaldari wrote:
* Do you know what the ratio of male to female contributors is at
Encyclopedia Britannica?
No, unfortunately not. It'd be great to have that data and -- as we note -- to
have a comprehensive listing of all biographies in EB.
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http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/social/wikipedia/gender-bias-in-wp-eb
Abstract: Is there a bias in the against women's representation in Wikipedia
biographies? Thousands of biographical subjects, from six sources, are compared
against the English-language Wikipedia and the online Encyclopædia
Thanks for sharing your research, Joseph!
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Joseph Reagle joseph.2...@reagle.orgwrote:
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http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/social/wikipedia/gender-bias-in-wp-eb
Abstract: Is there a bias in the against women's representation in
Wikipedia biographies?
Thanks for the article link, Joseph. I haven't yet finished the article,
but I do have a couple of preliminary questions:
* Do you know what the ratio of male to female contributors is at
Encyclopedia Britannica?
* Why the emphasis on female biographies? It seems like a weak indicator
of
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Subject: Re: [Gendergap] fyi: Gender Bias in Wikipedia and Britannica
Thanks for the article link, Joseph. I haven't yet finished the
article, but I do have a couple of preliminary questions:
* Do you know what the ratio of male to female
