[Gendergap] Women and Wikipedia by Barbara Fisher

[Steven Walling]

On Feb 4, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Sarah Stierch wrote:

> http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library_babel_fish/women_and_wikipedia
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> Where is this from? "Many Wikipedians say anyone can contribute, so women are to blame if they don't contribute more."   That's a terribly painful thing to hear and I'd probably physical injure anyone who said something like that. 
> 
> Check out the comments as well. 
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Sarah, I think she's referring to a general argument about meritocracies and open communities rather than any specific comment made by a Wikipedian, though I'm sure it's been said in some form or another in many places.

Joseph Reagle's op-ed explains this argument further I think: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/02/02/where-are-the-women-in-wikipedia/open-doesnt-include-everyone

Steven Walling
Fellow at the Wikimedia Foundation
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