For anyone interested I've written an essay which turns Antin et al's report
http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~coye/Pubs/Articles/GenderWikiSym2011.pdf into a set of
graphics which, I think, are a bit easier to follow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:The_Vintage_Feminist/Antin_et_al_graphics
Marie
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 22:06:42 +0100
From: jane023(a)gmail.com
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Inspire Campaign launches today!
Yes and all of those numbers are just about the English Wikipedia. The Dutch Wikipedia has
only 6% of its editors who identify as female
On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 9:15 PM, Su-Laine Brodsky <sulainey(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I too am uncomfortable with the "under 20%" message. I would say "around
10% according to the most recent editor survey".
In 2011, the WMF set a target of having 25 percent of its contributors identifying as
female by 2015. The "under 20%" message may give the impression that we are
almost there.
Re:
(personally, I prefer the wording "less than one
in five" which is mathematically identical but a bit
better at avoiding to evoke the kind of false sense of
precision that has developed about this topic at times).
The highest reasonable estimate we have is 16.1% (2008 survey data corrected for sampling
bias by Hill and Shaw). That is less than one in six.
Cheers,
Su-Laine Brodsky (née Su-Laine Yeo)
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