[WikiEN-l] Systemic bias wrt gender

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On 26/11/06, charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
<charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> "Gregory Maxwell" wrote

> > I believe that while bringing in people who like X to write about X is
> > a good start, it will not be enough to produce even coverage.

> I think it's important to point out (a) WP has grown largely by word-of-mouth, (b) it has worked and indeed snowballed; and so (c) we want to continue on the basis of _good_ WoM.
> Which is why our reputation matters.


I suspect our solution to systemic bias in article coverage will be to
bring in people interested in those subjects. Because they complain
the most about the lack of coverage.


- d.

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