Re: [Gendergap] [Research] The encyclopedia must fail! - Notes on queering Wikipedia

2014-07-16 Thread Netha Hussain
Dear all, This follow up mail is in response to a couple of queries I received offlist. I thought I would share this on-list to avoid possible misunderstandings. First off, this article is not my perspective. I shared this article because I thought that this might be of interest to many members

[Gendergap] Women's biographies at the main page's DYK (Did You Know?) section

2014-07-16 Thread Rosiestep Wiki
I've noticed this for years -- fewer women's biographies vs. men's in an average week at the DYK section of the main page. Maybe I've noticed this because I'm a highly prolific contributor to DYK. But I've wondered how many reader eyeballs land on the main page and notice the same thing? Some