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Revision as of 02:53, 29 August 2014 editLawrencePrincipe (talk | contribs)1,159 edits Enumeration of the 4 types of bias as they influence the gender gap. Item 4 is separated as being a selection bias which is not the same as systemic bias. Add short form of section to clarify difference.← Previous edit Revision as of 06:21, 29 August 2014 edit undoTwo kinds of pork (talk | contribs)Pending changes reviewers3,055 edits →Affirmative action measures: pay to playNext edit →
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* Other affirmative action-type proposals that might help women effectively deal with bias and continue editing. * Other affirmative action-type proposals that might help women effectively deal with bias and continue editing.
* Promote! Promote! Promote! Use the templates above and talk up the project to other editors. * Promote! Promote! Promote! Use the templates above and talk up the project to other editors.
* Petition WMF to disburse funds to an all-female educational institutions stipulating the students become active editors for a year.


=== Improve biographies of women === === Improve biographies of women ===

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Gender gap task force: exploring and closing the gender gap on Misplaced Pages

Welcome to the Gender gap task force, a task force belonging to WikiProject Countering systemic bias. A task force consists of a group of editors devoted to the management of a particular issue or topic on Misplaced Pages. This page has been set up to ease coordination of our efforts.

If you'd like to help out in any way, please add your name to the list of participants.

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Scope

Further information: Meta:Gender gap and Gender bias on Misplaced Pages

The aim of the task force is to identify and take steps to counter gender bias on Misplaced Pages. This includes (1) gender bias that influences the proportion of female editors, (2) the interaction of women editors with other editors, (3) how policies are written and implemented, and (4) selection biases in the way articles are chosen for creation and deletion along with how their contents are maintained and edited.

Factors cited as discouraging women from editing include what the New York Times called the "obsessive fact-loving realm," associations with the "hard-driving hacker crowd," and the need to be "open to very difficult, high-conflict people, even misogynists." Articles of particular interest to women tend to be shorter, and women typically perceive Misplaced Pages to be of lower quality than men do.

The task force seeks to counter these issues, and to raise awareness of how the gender gap can affect editorial and other decisions. A 2011 Wikimedia Foundation survey found that 8.5 percent of editors were women. Sue Gardner, formerly executive director of the Foundation, aimed to increase female enrollment to 25 percent by 2015, and to expand the number of female administrators to 25 percent and eventually 50 percent. In 2014 Misplaced Pages co-founder Jimmy Wales said the Wikimedia Foundation was "doubling down" its efforts to reach that goal and would be doing more outreach and software changes.

Article selection biases based on gender

Main article: Gender imbalance on Misplaced Pages

Misplaced Pages has a longstanding controversy concerning systemic bias which has been asserted to cause gender preferences in the selection of articles which are maintained in the open-source encyclopedia (selection biases). Misplaced Pages has been criticized by some journalists and academics for lacking extensive and in-depth encyclopedic attention to many topics regarding gender.

Participants

  1. Czar (talk · contribs)
  2. Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs)
  3. SlimVirgin (talk · contribs)
  4. Gobonobo (talk · contribs)
  5. Superbellymonster (talk) 03:29, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
  6. GRuban (talk · contribs)
  7. Samsara9 (talk · contribs)
  8. Carolmooredc (talk · contribs)
  9. Djembayz (talk · contribs)
  10. DStrassmann (talk · contribs)
  11. Piotrus (talk · contribs)
  12. Geraldshields11 (talk · contribs)
  13. The Vintage Feminist (talk · contribs)
  14. BoboMeowCat (talk · contribs)
  15. Obiwankenobi (talk · contribs) Interested in categories
  16. Rosiestep (talk · contribs)
  17. Mssemantics (talk · contribs)
  18. SPECIFICO talk
  19. Tutelary (talk · contribs)
  20. kmccook (talk · contribs)
  21. Mark Miller (talk · contribs)
  22. Maximilianklein (talk · contribs)
  23. Steeletrap (talk · contribs)
  24. Kerry (talk) 22:19, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
  25. Keilana (talk · contribs)
  26. SusanLesch (talk · contribs)
  27. User:Robert McClenon
  28. Scalhotrod (talk · contribs)
  29. Cullen328 (talk · contribs)
  30. Montanabw (talk · contribs)
  31. spaceanddeath (talk · contribs)
  32. Ever wonder (talk · contribs) Interested/supporter, unsure how actively I'll be able to help.
  33. Sue_Rangell (talk · contribs)
  34. Thebrycepeake (talk · contribs)
  35. Carrite (talk · contribs)
  36. Missvain (talk · contribs)
  37. EvergreenFir (talk · contribs)
  38. Bridenh (talk · contribs)
  39. NamSor_Onomastics (talk · contribs)
  40. Chloe.stamper (talk · contribs)
  41. 97198 (talk · contribs)
  42. betafive (talk · contribs)
  43. Tony1 (talk · contribs)
  44. Lyrric (talk · contribs)

Promotional templates

User box

Feel free to place this user box on your user page. {{WP:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias/Gender_gap_task_force/gendergaptaskforce}} which creates

This user is a member of the
Gender gap task force
(GGTF).

Invite others!

Invite others to join! To perform a request, insert {{subst:Gender gap TF invitation}} into their talk page. This results in the following welcome message:

We invite you to join Gender Gap task force. There you can coordinate with users who are trying to identify gender bias on Misplaced Pages (including gender bias in articles, in editor interactions, policies and implementation of policies) and take steps to counter it. If you would like to get involved, just visit the Gender Gap task force. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or other members of the task force.Happy editing, Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 16:37, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

Mind the Gap Award

To use this award paste the following template with your own message on the userpage: {{subst:Mind the Gap Award|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}}

Mind the Gap Award

Your message here.

To do

For a more comprehensive list, see WP:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/open tasks § Women and women's studies.

Affirmative action measures

  • Set targets for numbers of women in Misplaced Pages, actively recruit women editors and administrators, help retain women editors by offering aid on issues women face more than do men.
  • Other affirmative action-type proposals that might help women effectively deal with bias and continue editing.
  • Promote! Promote! Promote! Use the templates above and talk up the project to other editors.
  • Petition WMF to disburse funds to an all-female educational institutions stipulating the students become active editors for a year.

Improve biographies of women

Improve "Resource", "Policy" and "Help" pages

Categorization

Main page: Misplaced Pages:Categorization/Ethnicity, gender, religion and sexuality
  • Ensure that categories are used in accordance with the guideline above. Promote changes in the FA and GA criteria to ensure that promoted articles are correctly categorized. (Note: There is a main Category:Women and thousands of categories that have "Women" in their titles. There also are a couple thousand categories with "female" in the title.)

Write essays

Resources

Related projects in other communities These will have useful information, but aren't necessarily organized by or run for Wikimedia communities.

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Notes

  1. ^ Justine Cassell (4 February 2011). "Editing Wars Behind the Scenes". New York Times. Cite error: The named reference "nytimes" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ Noam Cohen, "Define Gender Gap? Look Up Misplaced Pages's Contributor List," The New York Times, 31 January 2011. Cite error: The named reference "nytimes_a" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. James Gleick (29 April 2013). "Misplaced Pages's Women Problem". The New York Review of Books.
  4. Amanda Filipacchi, "Misplaced Pages's Sexism Toward Women Novelists", The New York Times, 24 April 2013.
  5. Kevin Morris (1 May 2013). "Does Misplaced Pages's sexism problem really prove that the system works?". The Daily Dot.
  6. Deanna Zandt (26 April 2013). "Yes, Misplaced Pages Is Sexist – That's Why It Needs You". Forbes.
  7. Shyong (Tony) K. Lam, et al, "WP:Clubhouse? An Exploration of Misplaced Pages’s Gender Imbalance", WikiSym’11, 3–5 October 2011.
  8. S. Lim and N. Kwon, "Gender differences in information behavior concerning Misplaced Pages, an unorthodox information source?", Library & Information Science Research, 32(3), 2010, pp. 212–220.
  9. "Editor Survey Report – April 2011", Wikimedia Foundation, accessed 7 January 2011.
  10. Misplaced Pages 'completely failed' to fix gender imbalance, BBC interview with Jimmy Wales, August 8, 2014; starting at 45 seconds.
  11. "Misplaced Pages's Women Problem". Nybooks.com. 2013-04-29. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  12. Misplaced Pages's Sexism Toward Women Novelists
  13. Dunn, Gaby (2013-05-01). "Does Sexism Lurk?". Dailydot.com. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  14. Zandt, Deanna. "Yes, Misplaced Pages is Sexist". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2013-11-19.