To add, it won't be difficult to find all the women that have not edited for the say last 3 months and send them an e-mail if they have one on the system.
Kim
On 2/10/2011 6:30 PM, Kim van der Linde wrote:
On 2/10/2011 4:42 PM, Oliver Keyes wrote:
So, petty, childish POV-pushing is something men do more than women.
Yes, that is my experience.
Is there any actual statistical evidence of this?
I already suggested we do a survey to get a feel for the actual numbers.
Aren't we here precisely /because/ the number of women on Wikipedia is statistically tiny?
Yes, but that does not make my experience invalid.
I'm sure you do encounter women doing it on WP more than men.
Yes, and that are generally the few women who persevere at WP.
That might be something to do with the fact that there are far more men here /than/ women. Is there any way we could try to think of a solution which doesn't involve gender stereotypes - or at least, if we're going to involve stereotypes, provide evidence stronger than "well, it's happened to me"?
The blunt reality of gender stereotypes is that they actually exist when looking at whole populations. if we want generic solutions, we are going to fail hard. What we need to know is why women and men leave wikipedia. And I dare to bet on it that the gender steryotypes will rank high in that list. So, aAs I indicated above and earlier, we should do a survey among women and men who left WP and ask them "WHY DID YOU LEAVE?"
Kim