Wikipedia and gender

Agenda

Agenda

  • My research in a nutshell
  • Objectives
  • Methodology

My research in a nutshell

Title

Wikipedia and gender gap: analysis of the deletion negotiations for female and male biographies based on the inclusion criteria of notability

The problem

The Wikipedia gender gap related to:

  • Editors

  • Content

  • Use

Research questions

(Are related to) the analysis of the Wikipedia gender gap on its content, specifically the gender gap of the online encyclopedia in the process of content production

Objectives

Objectives

  • WG1: Articles for Deletion (Scientists)
  • WG2: Reliable sources (STEM scientists)
  • WG3: Cases (STEM scientists)
  • WG4: Activists (STEM female scientists)

WG1: Articles for Deletion

O3. Analyse and compare how the debates are solved by consensus for men and women including gender gap as arguments and its reasons.

WG2: Reliable sources

O2. Analyse the use of the typology of the sources cited for male and female biographies and review if there is bias or lack of information in the type of resources considered in the negotiations as valid to support the articles.

WG3: Cases

O3. Analyse the role of the mainstream media on the gender gap and the debates they are promoting into the public sphere and identify if the new factors introduced in the deletion process, particularly gender bias, are enriched by the media or not.

WG4: Activists

O1. Identify the solutions of the cyber activists, their projects and specific strategies and tactics to review how are rising awareness and fighting the gender gap in Wikipedia, as content or as editors.

Methodology

Methodology

We are using a qualitative approach through discourse analysis to answer the research questions proposed.

WG1: Articles for Deletion

  • Scientists
  • Living people
  • From January 1, 2020 to March 13, 2020
  • Total of articles: 4.042

WG2: Reliable sources

  • STEM scientists in English Wikipedia
  • Scientists: 117.545
  • Scientists from 1920 in English Wikipedia: 55.040
  • Total of categories in Scientists by field: 39
  • Total of STEM fields: 33

WG3: Cases

  • Katie Bouman
  • Clarice Phelps
  • Donna Strickland

WG4: Activists

  • Jess Wade
  • Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight

Schedule

Schedule of the research
Schedule of the research

Credits

Credits