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Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Gender bias (view source)
Revision as of 11:45, December 25, 2014
, 11:45, December 25, 2014→Biased content: Mount Royal University
#Wikipedia glowing biography of [[Helen Gurley Brown]] has been the subject of an edit war which has deleted references to critics of Brown's feminist views.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helen_Gurley_Brown&diff=526984890&oldid=526177954 (Dec. 8, 2012).</ref>
#Wikipedia glowing biography of [[Helen Gurley Brown]] has been the subject of an edit war which has deleted references to critics of Brown's feminist views.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helen_Gurley_Brown&diff=526984890&oldid=526177954 (Dec. 8, 2012).</ref>
#Outspoken feminist Carol Moore, who was active in Wikipedia's Gender Gap Task Force, was banned from editing Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Interactions_at_GGTF#Carolmooredc_banned|title=Carolmooredc Banned|date=December 1, 2014|accessdate=December 15, 2014}}</ref> Prior to that, Wikipedia created an attack biography about her.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Carol_Moore_%282nd_nomination%29</ref> It was deleted after a debate.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Sitush/Carol_Moore</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_disputes_the_crowdsourced_encyclopedia_has_become_a_rancorous.html|title=Encyclopedia Frown|first= David |last=Auerbach|date=Dec. 11 2014|work=Slate|accessdate=Dec 15, 2014}}</ref>
#Outspoken feminist Carol Moore, who was active in Wikipedia's Gender Gap Task Force, was banned from editing Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Interactions_at_GGTF#Carolmooredc_banned|title=Carolmooredc Banned|date=December 1, 2014|accessdate=December 15, 2014}}</ref> Prior to that, Wikipedia created an attack biography about her.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Carol_Moore_%282nd_nomination%29</ref> It was deleted after a debate.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Sitush/Carol_Moore</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_disputes_the_crowdsourced_encyclopedia_has_become_a_rancorous.html|title=Encyclopedia Frown|first= David |last=Auerbach|date=Dec. 11 2014|work=Slate|accessdate=Dec 15, 2014}}</ref>
#A Women's Studies class at Mount Royal University tried to create a Wikipedia article about a feminist blogger, but was met with resistance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metronews.ca/news/calgary/1247529/mount-royal-university-womens-studies-class-aims-to-take-back-piece-of-wikipedia/|title=Mount Royal University women’s studies class aims to take back piece of Wikipedia|first= Jeremy |last=Nolais|date=December 23, 2014|accessdate=December 25, 2014|work=Calgary Metro News}}</ref>
== References ==
== References ==