On Feb 4, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library_babel_fish/women_and_wikipedia
Where is this from? "Many Wikipedians say anyone can contribute, so women are to blame if they don't contribute more." That's a terribly painful thing to hear and I'd probably physical injure anyone who said something like that.
Check out the comments as well.
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Sarah, I think she's referring to a general argument about meritocracies and open communities rather than any specific comment made by a Wikipedian, though I'm sure it's been said in some form or another in many places.
Joseph Reagle's op-ed explains this argument further I think: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/02/02/where-are-the-women-in-wikip...
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