On 5/12/12 1:45 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote: 

I think that on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mailing_lists

in the list following
"The public mailing lists for the Wikipedia project include:"

I added it to the list. I had no clue that Wikipedia page existed. I was only familiar with the meta page. I don't think that list is complete, actually. 


gendergap 

should be added. 
how to describe the intention of this list?

is this information still current? 
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap

Technically, sure. Depending on the study, female contributors vary ranging from 9% to 13%. I've updated it to the recent statistics from the editor survey that was just released. Let's hope we can change it in the future. :P


I can't really say much about the statistical data. The most recent editor survey is gathered via a survey site notice (or whatever), so it's the participants who are claiming their gender. You can find out peoples genders by turning on certain scripts, if the user has chose their gender in their profile. Also, sometimes you just know - my username is SarahStierch...so you can only assume I'm a female. When I did my Women and Wikimedia survey out of 1000 people I emailed only 2 wrote back saying they identified as men. You can also discover that type of stuff through infoboxes. You can only assume someone is a woman most of the time if they say they are. I did have to have assistance examining the data because I have a math disability making it hard for me to dissect numbers, so I'm probably not the best person to provide more detailed information.

I think Ayush is probably the best person to ask about the editor's survey. If you would like me to point him in your direction I'm happy too, I don't think he's on this list.  (And I vary well could have failed to understand your question! :D)

-Sarah



--
Sarah Stierch
Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow
>>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate today<<