Max,
You may want to use Category tags such as
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Transgender_and_transsexual_people,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Women,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Men.
Imperfect, but a start?
Best,
Amanda
From: Maximilian Klein <isalix@gmail.com<mailto:isalix@gmail.com>>
Reply-To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the participation
of women within Wikimedia projects."
<gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org>>
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 10:50 AM
To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the participation of
women within Wikimedia projects."
<gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org<mailto:gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org>>
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Other (non -male or -female) Gender Knowledge for Study
Hi Megan,
If I were asking editors to Identify I would definitely believe in giving a blank text
field to enter. However that is not the purpose of this study, I am merely looking at
Wikipedia Biography Articles. That is statistics of what is recorded in Wikidata, and then
trying to compare it to other Gender Equality Indexes.
Max Klein
‽
http://notconfusing.com/
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Megan Wacha
<mwacha@barnard.edu<mailto:mwacha@barnard.edu>> wrote:
Hi Max,
I haven't studied these decisions, but I try to be sensitive to these issues and am
happy to provide some thoughts.
Would you ask editors to provide this information? If so, I would ask them to self
identify - as a man, as a woman, [fill in the blank], or decline to answer. I realize that
a [fill in the blank] option poses some issues, but I believe it's the most inclusive.
I strongly encourage you to avoid the term 'other' as it is so very loaded. I
would also recommend using man and woman in place of male and female, which refer to sex
and not gender.
I hope you've received helpful feedback from others and that you'll share your
paper with the list.
Best,
Megan
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Maximilian Klein
<isalix@gmail.com<mailto:isalix@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello,
I'm doing a project at the moment, and writing a paper, that proposes a Wikipedia
Gender Index - like the United Nations Gender Inequality Index. Essentially it will show
the proportion of represented (existing article in the Wiki, not editors) Genders over
time (both historical time, and as Wikipedia evolves), by language edition, by occupation,
and by ethnic group.
I want to be sensitive to the many categories of non-male and non-female genders that
exist in Wikipedia. Another balance is make the Index compatible with the other indexes so
we can compare. Some of those other indexes are M/F. So the question is: it could be
M/F/Other, M/F+Other (Male/Non-male), M/F/All/the/other/categories. I don't say that
any of these are correct. I'm ask if you, or you know any researchers that has studied
these decisions and can advise.
Max Klein
‽
http://notconfusing.com/
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