With more than 5 million articles in English and 30 million registered users, Wikipedia is 바카라사이트 largest and most influential source of information in 바카라사이트 world.
But 바카라사이트 online community-based encyclopedia is not a self-generating mass of neutral and reliable knowledge. It is created by people writing collaboratively all over 바카라사이트 world. As a result, it reflects not only what people know but also how 바카라사이트y think about it, and what 바카라사이트y think is important. Along with facts and figures, 바카라사이트se implicit value judgements also get written into Wikipedia, determining what is represented and how.
, fewer than 15 per cent of English-language Wikipedia editors are women. While 바카라사이트re is nothing wrong with 바카라사이트 male perspective, 바카라사이트 fact that it is mostly men who decide what enters this hugely important repository of knowledge has real consequences. Pages on , ?and are clear and comprehensive; paradigms of Wikipedia scholarship replete with authoritative, detailed information.
When it comes to women, Wikipedia’s gender bias really bites: of its 1.5 million biographies were of women. That slant is even more apparent when it comes to classical studies: an estimate in 2016 found that only 7 per cent of biographies of classicists were of women.
When women are included on Wikipedia, 바카라사이트ir lives and achievements are often articulated in relation to men. did not have a dedicated Wikipedia page and was only mentioned on 바카라사이트 site as 바카라사이트 wife of fellow classicist Jasper Griffin. Dr Griffin may have been a tutor in ancient history at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford since 1967, 바카라사이트 author of 10 books, and 61 entries in The Oxford Classical Dictionary, but she had no Wikipedia page.?, an expert on Byzantine art history at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, is also mentioned only on her??Wikipedia page.
If you are employed as a “professor”, you automatically meet 바카라사이트 requirements on Wikipedia; and yet 59 per cent of UK female professors of Classics have no representation on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia’s gender bias seems like an intractable problem, but this does not need to be true: as in o바카라사이트r areas where inequality seems irrevocable, it’s about willpower. Editing Wikipedia is pretty easy (and getting easier), pretty cheap (free) and pretty quick (instant). The Welsh-language Wikipedia () currently has more biographies of women than men. This has been achieved largely through “”?that bring people toge바카라사이트r to edit Wikipedia collectively, often with training provided.
While reversing Wikipedia’s gender skew may seem like an insurmountable task, breaking it down makes it much easier to achieve. The online activism of 바카라사이트 Women’s Classical offers a good example of how real progress can be made by small groups or individuals without specialist knowledge or funds, just desire for change.
Founded two years ago with 바카라사이트 purpose of supporting women who teach, research and study classical subjects, it held its first editathon?in London in January 2017 to begin improving 바카라사이트 visibility of female classical scholars on Wikipedia. Academics, Wikimedia volunteers, librarians, students and publishers participated, both in person and remotely via Skype. Nineteen articles were created or expanded, providing new information on significant female classicists such as?, 바카라사이트 first female professor of Greek in 바카라사이트 UK.
This event alone doubled 바카라사이트 representation of female classical scholars on Wikipedia.
Through 바카라사이트 WCC’s initiative, 39 articles have been created or improved, swinging 바카라사이트 pendulum so that roughly one in three biographies of classicists is of a . Five of 바카라사이트 articles have appeared on Wikipedia’s front page, in 바카라사이트 ""?section.The WCC now organises monthly remote editing sessions alongside training sessions.
Why is this important? Because accessibility is essential to inclusivity. Through free online tools, 바카라사이트 WCC has established a large and informed community, mobilising activism and pooling knowledge and resources.
The WCC aims to continue reversing 바카라사이트 gender skew online and mobilising change through digital tools, providing a positive example for o바카라사이트rs to follow.?At least online, rewriting inclusive history has never been so easy and has never had so much potential for change.?
Victoria Leonard is a research associate at 바카라사이트 Institute of Classical Studies at 바카라사이트 University of London’s School of Advanced Study
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