Hi Pete. This is a subject that comes up every now and then, but there is
no active effort I know of to measure demographics. While it seems simple,
and should be in a more ideal world, it is not. Any sort of
self-identification tends to be heavily biased because a lot of minorities,
when they identify as such, are harassed in some pretty miserable ways. We
could run some of the tools we have to survey, like quick survey, and keep
results anonymous, what specifically were you looking for?
On Friday, April 8, 2016, Peter Ekman <pdekman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Jimbo, on his talk page, said I should ask somebody at the WMF about
what's been going on and what might be happening soon re: Wikipedia
demographic surveys
Please see,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Updated_demographic_sta…
My feelings are:
*This is an important problem that should be easily dealt with and can
be solved by a commitment from the top brass, and
*we need to take a spectacularly simple approach to just get it done.
Any feedback would be appreciated via my e-mail or even on Jimbo's talk.
Sincerely,
Pete Ekman
aka User:Smallbones
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