On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 1:44 PM, <carolmooredc(a)verizon.net> wrote:
I dislike phrase Global South since
needs too much explanation. But "the 2/3 (or whatever percent) of the
human population which lives in the economically developing world" is a
bit of a mouthful. It also helps to remind people that wikimedias exist
in dozens of languages, but how to add that to one short phrase, I know not!
You're definitely not alone in that dislike. :-) Here's a definition
though, for anyone who's not sure what it means:
<http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_South>
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Javier Bassi <javierbassi(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In march 2010 WP had 12% and now its on 9%? Am I right
or I'm missing
something? :\
The percentage isn't necessarily going down. The two percentages were
found through surveys with pretty different methodologies. I think the
most recent survey was intended to be "more scientific" in how it was
executed, hopefully giving a more accurate snapshot and more specific
numbers. So, pretty much, it's most likely been between 9% and 12% all
along, we're just getting an either more accurate number or just a
different amount of woman participated -- it doesn't mean that we're
doing worse and are losing women we already had.
I'm not a statistician or anything, though, so this could all be
misguided. ;-) I'm sure someone else would be able to add more here.
--
Casey Brown
Cbrown1023