It is my perspective that working through the processes on Wikipedia are too democratic for most academics. It is easier to get a grant and become the defacto expert than to be part of the conversation. What I went through last week trying to get support for the South African novel, October, by Zoe Wicomb is a lot more than most professors could bear.
But it seems to me that the group process, while more inclusive, can be obscured when experts study us. I have found this to happen to many grass roots efforts when studied. (labor union actions, migrant worker initiartves, etc.)
--Kathleen
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Zandt argues that Wikipedia is biased because the majority of its editors are “young, white, child-free men.”
“There’s nothing inherently wrong with a young, white, child-free man’s perspective, of course—it’s just that there are tons of other perspectives in the world that should influence how a story gets told,” Zandt wrote http://www.forbes.com/sites/deannazandt/2013/04/26/yes-wikipedia-is-sexist-thats-why-it-needs-you/ in an editorial for *Forbes* last year, entitled, “Yes, Wikipedia Is Sexist—That’s Why It Needs You.”
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
This is amazing.
That's a lot of money.
Sarah On Aug 1, 2014 6:04 AM, "Carol Moore dc" carolmooredc@verizon.net wrote:
http://freebeacon.com/issues/government-funded-study-why-is-wikipedia-sexist... Government-Funded Study: Why Is Wikipedia Sexist? $202,000 to address ‘gender bias’ in world’s biggest online encyclopedia BY: Elizabeth Harrington
Coincidentally(?) even as we're trying to get the Task Force more together, there have been raging discussions on WP:ANI and Jimmy Wales talk page about this issue. Someone posted this article link on the talk page.
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