[Gendergap] Hairdresser, hairstylist...barber?

[Nicole Willson]

Interestingly enough, the top Google result for "hairdresser" is the barber
article  on Wikipedia.

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stierch at gmail.com>wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairdresser
>
> Oh yeah!!! A brief history is added and some statistical data about
> hairdressers in the US today.
>
> /cheer
>
> -Sarah
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari at wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
>> Article started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairdresser
>>
>> Please add to it!
>>
>> Ryan Kaldari
>>
>> On 9/15/11 6:31 AM, Fred Bauder wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Sarah Stierch<sarah.stierch at gmail.com
>> >
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> I searched for "hairdresser" and was directed to barber.
>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairdresser
>> >>>
>> >>> Kind of interesting, that it directs to barber and then discusses male
>> >>> barbers and men's haircutting culture.
>> >>>
>> >>> Surely I can't be the only person who finds this odd...
>> >> Did you take a look at the article history? Would you prefer the last
>> >> pre-merger version
>> >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hairdresser&oldid=238820338
>> )
>> >> over a redirect to a proper article about the same subject?
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Ole
>> > Yes, it is as simple as writing a good article.
>> >
>> > Fred
>> >
>> >
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