Hi GerardM, why not have a guess ;-)
Claudia ---------- Original Message ----------- From:Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> To:Research into Wikimedia content and communities <wiki-research- l...@lists.wikimedia.org> Sent:Sat, 14 Feb 2015 18:42:08 +0100 Subject:Re: [Wiki-research-l] a cautious note on gender stats Re: Fwd: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers > Hoi, > What year are we living ? > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 14 February 2015 at 17:24, > <koltzenb...@w4w.net> wrote: > > > my2cents re figures on percentages (... in a gender binary paradigm), > > well... > > > > I'd suggest to take into account User:Pundit's thoughtful considerations, > > > > author of: Jemielniak, Dariusz (2014), Common knowledge? An ethnography > > of Wikipedia, Stanford University Press, pp. 14-15 > > > > Dariusz Jemielniak writes: > > "According to Wikipedia Editors Study, published in 2011, 91 percent of > > all Wikipedia editors are male ([reference to a study of 2011] This figure > > may not be accurate, since it is based on a voluntary online survey > > advertised to 31,699 registered users and resulting on 5,073 complete and > > valid responses [...] it is possible that male editors are more likely to > > respond than female editors. Similarly, a study of self-declarations of > > gender showing only 16 percent are female editors (Lam et al. 2011) may be > > distorted, since more females may choose not to reveal their gender in a > > community perceived as male dominated." > > > > additionally, asserting status and flaunting seniority (also described > > by Jemielniak at the end of the paragraph previous to the one quoted above) > > is generally perceived to be a commonly employed trick to resist any > > changes; > > > > and, last but not least, one might argue that the group perceived as > > "in power" might feel to find strongly unbalanced outcomes most rewarding, > > and hence might tend to publish them as widely as possible and not least > > quote from them persistently, too... > > > > any rebuttals from stats experts here? > > > > best, > > Claudia > > koltzenb...@w4w.net > > My GPG-Key-ID: DDD21523 > > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > > From:Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> > > To:Research into Wikimedia content and communities <wiki-research- > > l...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > Sent:Sat, 14 Feb 2015 10:49:29 +0100 > > Subject:[Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers > > > > > Forwarding here in case anyone has information > > > that could benefit Yana > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > From: Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> > > > Date: Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 9:44 AM > > > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers > > > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways > > > to increase the participation of women within > > > Wikimedia projects." < gender...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > > > > In 2013 the Dutch Wikimedia chapter hired an > > > external party to conduct a survey and the results > > > (translated to English) are here: > > https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Motivaction_report_translation_v02.pd > > f > > > > > > The study was split into two parts; one on the > > > contributors and one on the "users", aka readers. > > > Users were 50/50 male female (page 51), > > > contributors were 88% male, 6% female, and 6% > > > would not say (page 26) > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Yana Welinder > > > <y...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > What are some good studies of the gender of Wikipedia readers? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Yana > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Gendergap mailing list > > > > gender...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, > > please > > > > visit: > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > > ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
