So turns out less than 13% of the contributors on Wikipedia are women. Everyone has their own view as to why this is so… I’m wondering if you guys can shed some light on this stark gender gap.
Oh and Wikipedia’s goal is to get this up to 25% by 2015! lol
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Maybe because behind every successful wikipedia contributor their is a woman. They might be helping their male relatives in their contribution and don't want to take the credit themselves.
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Good!
Oh before I forget, the source of the news is NPR, heard it on the radio 2-3 days ago.
To get more women to contribute, just add the prefix, “A Man said…”, before all Wikipedia articles.
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it’s the quality that matters not quantity 
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Hmm, that's interesting. I know I use Wikipedia quite a bit, haven't contributed though...cuz I haven't really thought about doing so.
I remember learning in a few of my education courses that males tend to gravitate more toward literature that is non-fiction whereas women are more into the fiction. Now this refers to reading (and I know that there are exceptions to the generalization) but reading and writing are connected. So, I wonder if this could have any connection at all to the Wikipedia figures. For example, since men are more into non-fiction....are they better able to process and contribute factual/objective information compared to women?
And also some fields/professions are more male dominated than others.......could that also be a reason why more men than women are contributing information about a particular topic? It would also be interesting to know which kinds of topics the less than 13% of women are contributing to? What are they about...are they more objective or subjective, etc?
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I remember learning in a few of my education courses that males tend to gravitate more toward literature that is non-fiction whereas women are more into the fiction. Now this refers to reading (and I know that there are exceptions to the generalization) but reading and writing are connected. So, I wonder if this could have any connection at all to the Wikipedia figures. For example, since men are more into non-fiction....are they better able to process and contribute factual/objective information compared to women?
Well that's interesting, it's pretty much the opposite for me. I only read non-fiction when I have to or when it's highly recommended by someone.
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In all of my years of schooling, Wikipedia was always known to be the least reliable source.. not surprised that men are the top contributors :p
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you people read?? 
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I know right… 
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They lack enough brain cells to write something productive. This is not just limited to Wikipedia, it's in every field. Women sucks when it comes to thought process or doing something productive for mankind.
According to research, women naturally lacks certain genetics which are directly interlinked with brain cells - because of this their brain is little and empty then compare to men.
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They lack enough brain cells to write something productive. This is not just limited to Wikipedia, it's in every field. Women sucks when it comes to thought process or doing something productive for mankind.
According to research, women naturally lacks certain genetics which are directly interlinked with brain cells - because of this their brain is little and empty then compare to men.
dunno about that but one of my brain cells died after reading this
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that must be your only brain cell, 
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Wow chill out, it was just a joke.
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nope I have many, but i need to save’em before your stupidity kills them all
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certainly you have many, women can count brain cells on finger tips. I agree :k:
i am thrilled 
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They lack enough [misplaced? unless you say they don't have enough..] brain cells to write something productive. This is not just limited to Wikipedia,** [remove comma, use ;] it's in every field. Women sucks **[delete s] when it comes to thought process or doing something productive for mankind.
According to research, women naturally lacks [remove s, again] certain genetics*[im sure you mean genes?]* which are directly interlinked with brain cells - because of this their brain is [a] little and empty then [than, should be when actually ] compare*[d]* to men.
=)i feel productive.
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If I had a penny for everytime you made sense… Well, I’d still be poor :hinna:
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yup 