Re: [Gendergap] Computational Linguistics Reveals How Wikipedia Articles Are Biased Against Women

2015-02-04 Thread Sydney Poore
Hi, I think that there is a problem of not creating articles about women who are notable in there own right but are mentioned in articles of family members. It is not uncommon to do use Wikipedias search for a notable woman and find a mention of their name in articles about a family member. It can

Re: [Gendergap] Computational Linguistics Reveals How Wikipedia Articles Are Biased Against Women

2015-02-04 Thread WereSpielChequers
I think this one is worth looking beyond the headline. There are two specific areas where we fail, in the language we use when we write about women and in the relative lack of links to articles on women. The two areas where the study indicates we are doing OK are the two where we have put in a

[Gendergap] Computational Linguistics Reveals How Wikipedia Articles Are Biased Against Women

2015-02-02 Thread Rob
MIT Technology Review: "Despite well-publicized efforts to promote equality, Wikipedia articles are deeply biased against women, say computer scientists who have analysed six different language versions of the online encyclopedia." http://www.technologyreview.com/view/534616/computational-linguist