Wikipedia is dominated by male editors

Wikipedia is dominated by male editors After he saw a New York Times article on the gender gap among Wikipedia contributors (The contributor base is only 13 percent women), Santiago Ortiz plotted articles by number of men versus number of women who edited. It's interactive, so you can mouse over dots to see what article each represents, and you can zoom in for closer look in the bottom left. At first glance, the difference doesn't look that big, but notice the values of the axes. The axis for men on the horizontal is from 0 to 200, the axis for women is 0 to 20, and the equal ratio line is the purple one that's nearly vertical. So the only article with more women contributors is on cloth menstrual pads. See also: what the chart looks like with equally-spaced increments. The results are clear. Become a member. Get access to tutorials and directly support FlowingData. You are receiving this email because you opted in on FlowingData. Mailing address: FlowingData PO Box 3381 Livermore, CA 94550 Add us to your address book Unsubscribe | Update subscription preferences