Likely yes. Women not making public statements in the same way as men is not isolated to Wikipedia or the internet.
The article mentions the use of a respect button in addition to) a like button to encourage people to stop trashing other peoples opinions. The newspaper that did this and heavily moderated trolling comments had higher participate by women than most news comment areas.
Sydney On May 2, 2015 8:05 PM, "Kerry Raymond" kerry.raymond@gmail.com wrote:
Could this provide any insights into women contributing to Wikipedia?
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/23/women-are-silenced-onli...
Kerry
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