On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 09:38:53AM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Matthew Palmer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040808 11:10]: > > From the 2004.04.05 version of the keyring, I count 927 unique people or > > unknowns (there are several "might be people, might be 'bots'"). Wandering > > through the name list, I count 122 "might not be male" and 4 "almost > > certainly female". That equates to an actual female contingent of somewhere > > between 0.4% and 13.2%. Note that the "might not be male" is very, very > > broad -- basically if I don't know of a male with the same name, or I know > > of a female with the same or a similar name, it's on the "might not" list. > > Please be aware that it's more or less not possible to go from names > to reliable stats about gender distribution. For example, Andrea is > male in Italy but female in Germany.
Which is why I had the "might not be" category. And yes, all the Andreas (plural Andrea, not singular Andreas) in the project are in that category. Like I said, I suddenly wish for a gender field in db.debian.org... - Matt