[Wikipedia-l] 80/20

Thu Jul 27 20:02:26 UTC 2006

He wrote a quote wrong.

The section below "Pippu d'a" was all a quote.

Mark

On 27/07/06, mboverload <mboverload at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why are you signing as Jimbo?
>
> On 7/27/06, Giuseppe DAngelo <pippudoz at yahoo.it> wrote:
> >
> > The reason for the over-representation of female leaders (in comparison to
> > their overall numbers)?  C'mon - we all know the reason!  Blokes are bloody
> > hopeless, that's why!  Those of us who have had the misfortune of living in
> > all-male accomodation will be able to confirm my thesis.  Interestingly,
> > even in a tiny project like the Sicilian wikipedia, the average (and thesis)
> > holds true.  One of the 5 "Capi" is female - but we would be absolutely lost
> > without her.
> >   pippu d'a
> >
> >
> > It is my anecdotal sense based on wikipedia meetups and interactions
> > online that about 80% of Wikipedians are male, that this number is
> > better than most free software projects, but worse than I think most of
> > us would like, and that the leadership of the projects tends to be much
> > more heavily female than the averages would suggest.
> >
> > We have many strong female leaders in various projects. I leave it to
> > others to speculate why this might be. :)
> >
> > --Jimbo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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