[Gendergap] Wikipedystka

[Erik Moeller]

"Wikipedystka", in Polish, describes a female Wikipedian (as opposed
to the male "wikipedysta"). As of today, Polish female Wikipedians are
no longer called "wikipedysta" if they choose to publicly identify
their gender as female.

Here are a few examples:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:Tanja5
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:Joanna_Ko%C5%9Bmider
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedystka:AldraW

This is also visible in other places, e.g. recent changes on Polish Wikipedia.

This change is a result of the roll-out of a new version of our
software. Other languages, like German, which also have
gender-specific terms to describe users, will be upgraded in the
coming days.

It's a small thing, but hopefully it'll make gender diversity (and
lack thereof) a bit more visible, at least in languages which are more
expressive than English. ;-)

Cheers,
Erik

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Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation

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