There's an interesting discussion going on right now on the Association of Internet Researchers mailing list about the citing of women (and women of colour) in academia that I thought might be interesting. The comments are also really (as Gabriella Coleman noted) 'lively' so they're worth a read too. I'd be curious to learn more about how we as a Wikipedia research community fare here too... 

https://merylalper.com/2016/02/22/please-read-the-article-please-cite-women-academics/

Best,
Heather.

Dr Heather Ford 
University Academic Fellow
School of Media and Communications, The University of Leeds
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