if i was a woman who wasn&#39;t familiar with Wikipedia, and I read this article, I would be a bit put off. #JustSaying  <div><br></div><div>Maybe its my ADD creating that connection, but I obviously thought it relevant enough to post. </div>
<div><br></div><div>You don&#39;t have to agree with me, but I would appreciate you don&#39;t discredit my opinion/thoughts by calling it gossip. thanks! </div><div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Laura Hale <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:laura@fanhistory.com" target="_blank">laura@fanhistory.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Risker <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:risker.wp@gmail.com" target="_blank">risker.wp@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I have to be honest here, I&#39;m not really certain what this thread has to do with the gender gap. It just feels more like gossip than anything, particularly as a significant portion of the reporting either (a) has nothing to do with the purported subject of the articles and/or (b) is inaccurate.  <br>


<br>Risker/Anne<br></blockquote></div><br>This.  No one has provided any solid evidence of a connection between the limited presence of a few pornographic pictures on Wikipedia and the gendergap.  At best, the gender gap story here would be: This sort of story discourages women from becoming involved.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">

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