[Gendergap] Fwd: [Press] : The Hindustan Times ( Kolkata edition) : "Wiki wants Women"

[CherianTinu Abraham]

The reporter refers it as Wikipedia / Wikimedia on several times on the
article, in case you haven't noticed it.
http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HKL/2011/03/22/ArticleHtmls/Wiki-wants-women-22032011101054.shtml?Mode=1


I respect your opinion but for most part of world, Wiki means Wikipedia and
not necessarily Wikileaks :)

Please note that the article was written by journo ( err... journalist) from
the media publication and not me.

Regards
Tinu Cherian


On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at shlomifish.org> wrote:

> Hi CherianTinu,
>
> On Tuesday 22 Mar 2011 13:34:18 CherianTinu Abraham wrote:
> > FYI
> >
> >
> > *The Hindustan Times ( Kolkata edition) : "Wiki wants Women"*
> >
> http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/PUBLICATIONS/HT/HKL/2011/03/22/ArticleHtml
> > s/Wiki-wants-women-22032011101054.shtml?Mode=1
> >
>
> "Wiki wants Women".
>
> >
> > *The international media is abuzz with the gender gap in Wikipedia
> > contributors around the world. Also, a survey by Wikimedia Foundation
> shows
> > that English Wiki has only 13% women editors. To level this skewed ratio,
>
> "English Wiki".
>
> I would have taken this article more seriously, if it hadn't called
> "Wikipedia" simply "Wiki":
>
> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
>
> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWikiWeb
>
> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
>
> Note that "wikip" is a useful shorthand for "Wikipedia" on IRC/IM/etc. but
> not
> simply "Wiki". This kind of mental sloppiness always makes me think that
> the
> person who say that is an idiot.
>
> Regards,
>
>        Shlomi Fish
>
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