Wikipedia Editor
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A Wikipedia Editor is an online content editor for a Wikipedia page.
- AKA: Wikipedian.
- Context:
- They can range from being a Human Wikipedia Editor to being a Robot Wikipedia Editor.
- They can (typically) be [[Human Male] (2011-01-30, Cohen)
- Their population has been dropping (Economis 2014-03-01)
- Example(s):
- an English Wikipedia Editor, Spanish Wikipedia Editor, ...
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Editor, Curator, Vandal Detection.
References
2017
2016
- https://hbr.org/2016/06/why-do-so-few-women-edit-wikipedia?utm_campaign=HBR&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
- QUOTE: In 2008, a survey found that less than 13% of Wikipedia contributors worldwide were women. The free online encyclopedia that “anyone can edit” was outed as being mostly run by men. A follow up survey in 2011 found similar results: globally, 9% of contributors were women; in the U.S., it was 15%. Meanwhile, there appeared to be no significant gender difference in readership rates.
These findings sparked profuse debate over what was discouraging women from contributing — yet there hasn’t been much of a change since then.
- QUOTE: In 2008, a survey found that less than 13% of Wikipedia contributors worldwide were women. The free online encyclopedia that “anyone can edit” was outed as being mostly run by men. A follow up survey in 2011 found similar results: globally, 9% of contributors were women; in the U.S., it was 15%. Meanwhile, there appeared to be no significant gender difference in readership rates.