Interestingly, Howie Fung's survey (which was conducted without a gender entry) identified "complexity" of the editing process, be it through the GUI or the editorial hoop-jumping, to be one of the two most prominent reasons for users retiring or leaving the community disenchanted. This kind of links in with that.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Lady of Shalott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ladyofshalott.wp@gmail.com">ladyofshalott.wp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
The other day it occurred to me that a particular friend of mine could<br>
be a great contributor to Wikipedia, and so I asked her if she ever<br>
did. She said that she used to, and in fact started an article about a<br>
particular topic (a particular biological taxon - I won't be more<br>
specific at this point, but it is an extant article). I asked her if<br>
there was a particular reason she stopped, and her answer was,<br>
<br>
"Yes, the last time I tried to, though admittedly that has been a few<br>
years ago, I was unable to. I can't remember what the impediment was<br>
but I'm basically a lazy person. If I have to jump through even one<br>
hoop, I lose my passion."<br>
<br>
Now perhaps she tried to edit an article protected for a very good<br>
reason, or who knows what happened, but this event was enough to make<br>
her stop. I imagine she's not the only person to react this way. Is<br>
this reaction more typical of one sex than another? I have no idea. I<br>
just thought I'd throw it into the mix of known reasons some people<br>
don't edit Wikipedia.<br>
<br>
Aleta/LadyofShalott<br>
<br>
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