[Foundation-l] Do we even know if there is a Gender Gap

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
There are no benefits to indicate gender for the English language at the
moment. There is for Russian and the consequence is obvious. There is no
reason to believe that there is any other reason for there being more women
in the ru.wp then there being a benefit.
Thanks,
      GerardM

On 21 February 2011 18:49, James Heilman <jmh649 at gmail.com> wrote:

> We have heard a great deal lately about a "gender gap". Is there really a
> gender gap? With 93% of editor not marking there gender known per
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-02-14/News_and_notes
> <http://ref>might it just be that female editors prefer to keep there
> gender
> unknown which seems like an equally valid explanation of the results.
>
> --
> James Heilman
> MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian
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