So... as referenced to yesterday, I was doing some research. I published
the results on meta at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Men_of_Quora_use_Wikipedia_to_get_…
. The gist of it appears to be that women on Quora are less likely to link
to Wikipedia than their male counterparts. I am not completely sure what
the reasons for this are, but some of the research done by others appears
to hint around the edges at possible causes... though I am not sure how
much they explain this. (Is this a Wikipedia issue or a Quora issue?)
If you're interested in some research looking at the gender gap on another
site,
http://statisticsforfun.quora.com/ is where a fair bit of my Quora
research can be found. It is interesting, especially given that Quora does
some of the things people say Wikipedia should do to fix its problems.
Sincerely,
Laura Hale