Thanks for sharing your research, Joseph!
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Joseph Reagle <joseph.2011(a)reagle.org>wrote;wrote:
**
http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/social/wikipedia/gender-bias-in-wp-eb
Abstract: Is there a bias in the against women's representation in
Wikipedia biographies? Thousands of biographical subjects, from six sources,
are compared against the English-language Wikipedia and the online
Encyclopædia Britannica with respect to coverage, gender representation, and
article length. We conclude that Wikipedia provides better coverage and
longer articles, that Wikipedia typically has more articles on women than
Britannica in absolute terms, but Wikipedia articles on women are more
likely to be missing than articles on men relative to Britannica. For both
reference works, article length did not consistently differ by gender.
_______________________________________________
Gendergap mailing list
Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
--
GLAMWIKI Partnership Ambassador for the Wikimedia
Foundation<http://www.glamwiki.org>
Wikipedian-in-Residence, Archives of American
Art<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SarahStierch>
and
Sarah Stierch Consulting
*Historical, cultural & artistic research & advising.*
------------------------------------------------------
http://www.sarahstierch.com/