(disclaimer: research-wise, in this thread, I am speaking from a margin
position in a role maybe similar to the one Shakespeare potrays his fools in,
because it is not my field and I only have a rather vague idea of how people
actually undertake such studies)
re
I think if we can make Wikipedia more attractive
to women, I rather suspect we make it a more
attractive place for everyone.
what about yet another reversal game and see what happens:
this would be Kerry's statement from another perspective:
"I think if we can make Wikipedia less attractive
to men, I rather suspect we make it a more
attractive place for everyone."
what kind of reseach design would be needed for this?
best,
Claudia
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Subject:Re: [Wiki-research-l] types of research Re: a cautious note on
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> I agree the issues are not necessarily about male-
> female interactions. It may be about bully-victim
> interactions. I often suspect we are seeing an
> online form of
>
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
>
> playing out, where anyone can choose to be the
> prison guard enforcing the rules (of which we have
> plenty) taking advantage of the lack of real-world
> accountability (thanks to pseudonymity).
>
> However, in terms of any kind of metric to measure
> progress, I think measuring Male/Female/DontKnow
> is a lot more viable than trying to count the
> number of bullies and victims (or powerful vs less
> powerful).
>
I think if we can make Wikipedia more attractive
to women, I rather suspect we make it a more
attractive place for everyone.
>
> Kerry
>
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