Hi,
I edit Wikipedia a lot. I probably spend more time than I should editing
Wikipedia. Can I ask where there is a prevalence of pornography on
Wikipedia? I honestly can't think of a single time I have come across it
when I wasn't directly looking for it. Misogny to a degree, yes.
Discrimination against women's topics and topics outside the United States,
youbetcha. But pornography? Maybe I just don't edit articles where
pornography is very prevalent?
Hi Laura,
I totally agree with you - I have never come across anything remotely offensive in the
course of editing or browsing. What I was trying to say is that rather than being a reason
more females don't edit Wikipedia (and perhaps here my use of the word prevalence was
wrong) the presence of certain types of pornography on Wikipedia contributes to the
culture which results in the instances of misogny and discrimination you note. So I do see
the editorial decisions made around the type of content Larry Sanger referenced as being
part of a wider conversation about female participation.
Cheers, Kim