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Examples of Bias in Wikipedia: Gender bias (view source)
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, 21:11, July 7, 2012Some Wikipedia editors are not truthful about their actual gender
This article lists examples of [[Bias in Wikipedia]], related to [[gender bias]]:
This article lists examples of [[Bias in Wikipedia]], related to [[gender bias]]:
# WMF President Sue Gardner noted that there is a "gender gap" at Wikipedia and the WMF Board adopted a goal of increasing the percentage of volunteer editors who are female. In practice, the male volunteer editors have been abused and mistreated so that their reduction has caused an increase in the percentage. WMF has issued a "[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_Gap_Manifesto Gender Gap Manifesto]" which includes as one of its goals, "Help men understand the obstacles women face and help them become better feminists."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender_Gap_Manifesto&oldid=2470786|title=Gender Gap Manifesto|accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref>
# WMF President Sue Gardner noted that there is a "gender gap" at Wikipedia and the WMF Board adopted a goal of increasing the percentage of volunteer editors who are female. In practice, the male volunteer editors have been abused and mistreated so that their reduction has caused an increase in the percentage. WMF has issued a "[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gender_Gap_Manifesto Gender Gap Manifesto]" which includes as one of its goals, "Help men understand the obstacles women face and help them become better feminists."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gender_Gap_Manifesto&oldid=2470786|title=Gender Gap Manifesto|accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref>
#In response to surveys showing that only 10%-13% of Wikipedia editors are women, the Wikimedia Foundation established a "Gender Gap email list" to discuss how to encourage more women to participate as editors. It was proposed that the email list be split into two section, one for women and transgendered and another for their male allies.<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-March/000770.html</ref> When the Deputy Director of the Wikimedia Foundation questioned the wisdom of the proposal,<ref>http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/2011-March/000817.html</ref> he was denounced as "sexist."
#WMF's efforts at [[affirmative action]] have been frustrated because most user names are not gender-specific and some editors online personalities do not correspond to their real-life genders. Apparently, some Wikipedia editors regard that project as a large role-playing game where accusing an opponent in a debate of "sexism" is a legitimate tactic (even if the parties are not truthful about their online gender claims.)
# Wikipedia awarded "good article" status<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles</ref> to a biased description of [[liberal]] Balboa High School, saying it has "a progressively nurturing environment" undergoing "a steady renaissance marked by academic innovation."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balboa_High_School_(San_Francisco)</ref> Nowhere in Wikipedia's 4,468-word description does it admit that half the 9th graders lacked proficiency on a statewide English test.<ref>Jill Tucker, "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/16/MNGE2KJB5K1.DTL Student Successes Defy Urban Trends]" San Francisco Chronicle (Aug. 16, 2006).</ref> Instead, Wikipedia editors apparently like how this public school converted its metal shop into a sex-based "health" clinic.
# Wikipedia awarded "good article" status<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles</ref> to a biased description of [[liberal]] Balboa High School, saying it has "a progressively nurturing environment" undergoing "a steady renaissance marked by academic innovation."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balboa_High_School_(San_Francisco)</ref> Nowhere in Wikipedia's 4,468-word description does it admit that half the 9th graders lacked proficiency on a statewide English test.<ref>Jill Tucker, "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/16/MNGE2KJB5K1.DTL Student Successes Defy Urban Trends]" San Francisco Chronicle (Aug. 16, 2006).</ref> Instead, Wikipedia editors apparently like how this public school converted its metal shop into a sex-based "health" clinic.
#Wikipedia is sexist? Definitions of [[antonym]]s don't match up:
#Wikipedia is sexist? Definitions of [[antonym]]s don't match up:
#The Carrie Prejean article on Wikipedia is carefully crafted however, major points tend to end with a liberals last word. 'Photograph controversy' last line quotes "go beyond what the Miss California pageant says are appropriate, and do not benefit Prejean's status." The section 'Crown retention', last line says- "she no longer believes in the organization," referring to a pageant official. The page is locked from mentioning other contestants who also had photos questionable under pageant rules. The last line of 'Miss USA 2009 controversy', plug the candidate for governor of Ca. and same-sex advocate SF mayor Gavin Newsom beliefs, supports Prejean. Wikipedia's non family-friendly presentation is complete with text of Hilton's foul-mouthed tirade.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carrie_Prejean&diff= http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carrie_Prejean&diff=] Wikipedia- Carrie Prejean</ref>
#The Carrie Prejean article on Wikipedia is carefully crafted however, major points tend to end with a liberals last word. 'Photograph controversy' last line quotes "go beyond what the Miss California pageant says are appropriate, and do not benefit Prejean's status." The section 'Crown retention', last line says- "she no longer believes in the organization," referring to a pageant official. The page is locked from mentioning other contestants who also had photos questionable under pageant rules. The last line of 'Miss USA 2009 controversy', plug the candidate for governor of Ca. and same-sex advocate SF mayor Gavin Newsom beliefs, supports Prejean. Wikipedia's non family-friendly presentation is complete with text of Hilton's foul-mouthed tirade.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carrie_Prejean&diff= http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carrie_Prejean&diff=] Wikipedia- Carrie Prejean</ref>
#Radical feminists have taken control of Wikipedia's coverage of [[netball]] to promote the idea there is a bias against sports that are played primarily by women (such as netball) in the Olympics<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball_and_the_Olympic_Movement Wikipedia article on Netball and the Olympic Movement]</ref> and that netball helps obscure nations like the Cook Islands to "raise the profile of the country internationally."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball_in_the_Cook_Islands Wikipedia article on netball in the Cook Islands]</ref> When other editors have tried to curb such excesses<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Netball_at_the_Olympics/GA1|title=Good Article Review of Netball at the Olympics|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|accessdate=2011-06-28|date=March 26, 2011}}</ref> they were proposed to be topic blocked. The radical feminists are trying to create the myth that Netball is an "Olympic sport" (which Wikipedia defines as being played in the Olympics) and they revert any effort to correct their false claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball&diff=499427816&oldid=499426481|title=Netball|date=June 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball_and_the_Olympic_Movement&diff=prev&oldid=499513580|title=Netball and the Olympic Movement|date=June 26, 2012}}</ref> The radical feminists ignored the consensus of Wikiproject Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Olympics/Archive_12#Olympic_recognised_sports|title=Olympic recognized sports|date=April 26, 2011}}</ref>
#Radical feminists have taken control of Wikipedia's coverage of [[netball]] to promote the idea there is a bias against sports that are played primarily by women (such as netball) in the Olympics<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball_and_the_Olympic_Movement Wikipedia article on Netball and the Olympic Movement]</ref> and that netball helps obscure nations like the Cook Islands to "raise the profile of the country internationally."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball_in_the_Cook_Islands Wikipedia article on netball in the Cook Islands]</ref> When other editors have tried to curb such excesses<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Netball_at_the_Olympics/GA1|title=Good Article Review of Netball at the Olympics|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|accessdate=2011-06-28|date=March 26, 2011}}</ref> they were proposed to be topic blocked. The radical feminists are trying to create the myth that Netball is an "Olympic sport" (which Wikipedia defines as being played in the Olympics) and they revert any effort to correct their false claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball&diff=499427816&oldid=499426481|title=Netball|date=June 26, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Netball_and_the_Olympic_Movement&diff=prev&oldid=499513580|title=Netball and the Olympic Movement|date=June 26, 2012}}</ref> The radical feminists ignored the consensus of Wikiproject Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Olympics/Archive_12#Olympic_recognised_sports|title=Olympic recognized sports|date=April 26, 2011}}</ref>
#The same radical feminists who wrote "Netball and the Olympic Movement" have virtually the same biased material in the article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_sport_at_the_Olympics Women's sports at the Olympics].
#The same radical feminists who wrote "Netball and the Olympic Movement" have virtually the same biased material in the article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_sport_at_the_Olympics Women's sports at the Olympics].
#The Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_Women_Canada Minister responsible for the Status of Women (Canada)] is extremely superficial and makes only a quick mention of the slander lawsuit that the government agency lost in 2003 against the creator of the "BC Fathers" website that provides information for fathers in custody disputes.<ref>[http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/SC/08/02/2008BCSC0249.htm ''Wiebe v. Bouchard''] Supreme Court of British Columbia, 2008 BCSC 249 (March 11, 2008) Retreived June 29, 2012.</ref>
#The Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_Women_Canada Minister responsible for the Status of Women (Canada)] is extremely superficial and makes only a quick mention of the slander lawsuit that the government agency lost in 2003 against the creator of the "BC Fathers" website that provides information for fathers in custody disputes.<ref>[http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/SC/08/02/2008BCSC0249.htm ''Wiebe v. Bouchard''] Supreme Court of British Columbia, 2008 BCSC 249 (March 11, 2008) Retreived June 29, 2012.</ref>