1. Wikipedia
Diversity
PROMOTING (GENDER) DIVERSITY IN WIKIPEDIA
ILONA BUCHEM, Professor for DIGITAL MEDIA & DIVERSITY
GENDER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES BERLIN, GERMANY
in cooperation with WIKIMEDIA DEUTSCHLAND e.V.
DIVERSITY CONFERENCE 2013 // WIKIMEDIA DEUTSCHLAND E.V. // 09-11-2013 // CC BY-SA
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Honeybee_landing_on_milkthistle02.jpg
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2. WHAT IS DIVERSITY?
Diversity means:
• variety
• variation
• plurality
• multiplicity
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3. DIVERSITY IN NATURE
BIODIVERSITY (GENETIC, SPECIES, ECOSYSTEM VARIATION) MAKES LIFE ON EARTH
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Fungi_of_Saskatchewan.JPG/768px-Fungi_of_Saskatchewan.JPG
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_fruits_from_Barro_Colorado.png
4. MONOCULTURES
MONOCULTURES MAY BE EFFICIENT BUT DESTROY THE NATURAL BALANCE
http://www.nue.okstate.edu/Hand_Held/DCP_0803.JPG
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5. GLOBAL LOSS
BEE DIE-OFF HAS REACHED 30-50% IN 2013 > 70 OUT OF 100 CROPS ARE POLLINATED BY BEES
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/genetic-engineering/Bees-in-Crisis/
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6. POLYCULTURES
POLYCULTURES IMPROVE BEE POLLINATION WHICH IMPROVES CROP YIELDS
http://mighkrophone.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dsc02543.jpg
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8. REASON #1
The editor base is declining ...
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9. POOR RETENTION
“Post-2007, lots of people were still trying to
become Wikipedia editors. What had
changed, though, is that they were
increasingly failing to integrate into the
Wikipedia community, and failing
increasingly quickly.”
Sue Gardner http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/
March_2011_Update
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10. HIGH WORKLOAD
“That's a problem for everyone, because it
means that experienced editors are
needing to shoulder an ever-increasing
workload, and bureaucrat and
administrator positions are growing
ever-harder to fill.”
Sue Gardner, http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/
March_2011_Update
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12. CONTENT COVERAGE
http://mashable.com/2012/08/08/wikipedia-gender-graphic/
“Table 1 shows our results, which indicate that males and females are
focused on disparate content areas within Wikipedia. There is a
greater concentration of females in the People and Arts areas, while
males focus more on Geography and Science.” In: “WP: Clubhouse?”
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13. WOMEN BIOGRAPHIES
SYSTEMIC BIAS = KNOWLEDGE IS PORTRAYED IN A DISTORTED WAY
BECAUSE SOME GROUPS MAY BE UNDERREPRESENTED
http://www.webpronews.com/wikipedia-editors-are-basically-all-dudes-should-that-matter-2012-04
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14. REASON #3
The image of free & open ...
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15. REPUTATION LOSS
Ghe t t o
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EN
Wikise
xism
PL
Exclusi
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30. WIKIPEDIA DIVERSITY (WiDi)
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Wikimedia Deutschland & Beuth University Berlin
Gender & Technology Center
One of 5 annual projects on “Enhancing knowledge
diversity in Wikipedia” run by Wikimedia Deutschland
Focus on gender diversity, later other diversity aspects
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33. OPEN INNOVATION
Stage I
CLOSED CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
LEARNING : ANALYSIS : HYPOTHESIS
Stage II
SELECTED CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
INVITED EXPERTS : PRIORITIES : ACTION POINTS
Stage III
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
CROWD CONTRIBUTION : IDEA CREATION : EMERGENT ACTIONS
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34. STAGE 1
LEARNING : ANALYSIS : HYPOTHESIS
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UNU-MERIT Survey (2009): United Nations University (UNU-MERIT)
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Explorative interviews with German Wikipedians
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WMF Editor Survey (2011): Wikimedia Foundation Editor Survey
Clubhouse study (2011): University of Minnesota (US)
MIT/NU Survey (2013): Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Northwestern University
Literature review e.g. book written by German Wikipedians
National and international press
Gender gap mailing list
37. I. AWARENESS
have no idea
under-/overestimate
hidden good practice
• diversity guide
• diversity portal
• diversity scouting
gender gap awareness
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39. III. SUPPORTIVE
no support
insider jargon
unfriendly tone
• declaration
• learning resources
• conflict mediation
• reputation
problems with communication
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41. V. MOTIVATION
have no time
enjoy social media
prefer other activities
• reasons & drivers
• building networks
• editing events
problems with participation
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42. PERSPECTIVES ON DIVERSITY
A. Resource perspective:
Socio-demographic diversity is regarded as a valuable
resource, since, compared to homogenous teams,
heterogeneous teams are likely to possess greater
potential for expert knowledge and decision-making.
B. Process perspective:
Socio-demographic diversity can be a cause of
dysfunctions in groups and organisational processes.
Those who see each other as similar may build in-groups
an marginalise “others” in the out-groups.
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43. DIVERSITY COMPETENCE
• Knowledge about differences, inequalities
and how they are constructed in societies.
• Mindset oriented towards promoting
diversity.
• Conciously contributing to more equality in
every-day situations.
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46. SHORT LIST OF
ACTION POINTS
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Open seminars in web
(MOOC, Massive Open Online Courses)
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Research on diversity & quality
(Participatory research with Wikipedians)
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Diversity Charter
(Charta of Diversity for Wikipedia)
STAGE III: OPEN CALL
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47. OPEN QUESTIONS
• Open call organisation - where
can we organise this? do we
need a diversity site?
• Open call communication - how
can we moderate this process?
Who can help?
• Open call participation - how can
we stimulate and award diverse
participation?
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