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The lack of women in Wikipedia (and female related topics) is being adressed in several ways. Here are some ways that work and some ways that don't, along with some good advice and links to relevant pages.
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Lennart GuldbrandssonWikimedia [email protected]@aliasHannibal
The
WIKIPEDIAgendergap
what we're trying to
do about it&
Bradley
Chelsea Manning
Articles (Swedish Wikipedia)
1 9
Editors (globally)
The problem of KateMiddleton's dress.
The non-problem ofseveral hundredUbuntu articles.
Wikipedia isnot oneencyclopedia.
It's manyencyclopediasof varyingquality.
Sue Gardner,CEO ofWikimediaFoundation
Unlocking the Clubhouse: Fiveways to encourage women to editWikipedia
http://bit.ly/1exTrxG
Nine Reasons Women Don’t EditWikipedia (in their own words)
http://bit.ly/18hkg1H
Sometimes,women only
We're working on strategiesopenly – and we welcome inputhttp://bit.ly/gendergapstrategy
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Lennart GuldbrandssonWikimedia [email protected]@aliasHannibal
