Presentation delivered at the IADIS eSociety Conference 2013 in Lisbon (Portugal) http://www.esociety-conf.org/

1. Wikipedia-Diversity
TOWARDS THE DEMOCRACY OF KNOWLEDGE: BRINGING GENDER DIVERSITY TO WIKIPEDIA
ILONA BUCHEM : ANTJE DUCKI1 : : : JULIA KLOPPENBURG : NILS WEICHERT2
1BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES BERLIN 2WIKIMEDIA DEUTSCHLAND e.V.
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2. WiDi Project
WIKIPEDIA DIVERSITY
February - December 2013
Diversity Guidance
Diversity Strategy
Diversity Actions
WIKIPEDIA-DIVERSITY, CC BY-NC-SA 2
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3. Read? Use? Edit?
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4. WIKIPEDIA In Germany: Wikimedia Germany -
Association for the promotion of free
knowledge
Editor Survey Report-April 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIKIPEDIA
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5. global cultural
reference heritage
knowledge universal
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6. WHO IS EDITING WIKIPEDIA?
Source: Wikipedia Editors Study
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7. The average contributor to Wikipedia is
"a 26-year-old geeky male who moves on to other ventures, gets married and leaves the website"
Jimmy Wales
MALE : STUDENT : SINGLE : SUPPORTS OPEN SOURCE: US/EUROPE
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/08/wikipedia-needs-more-single-geeky-men/40841/
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8. NEW CONTRIBUTOR DECLINE
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9. MEDIA COVERAGE
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10. However there are some ...
PROBLEMS
Graphics: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671921/3-paths-toward-a-more-creative-life
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11. GENDER GAP
13%
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12. STATISTICS
OPT-IN >>> GENDER IN PROFILE : SURVEY PARTICIPATION
http://vadlo.com/Research_Cartoons/Last-line-of-defense---statistics.gif
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13. POSSIBLE CORRECTION:
The total proportion of female editors was 26.8% higher (16.1%, versus 12.7%)
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14. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_editors_are_predominantly_male.png
BASED ON 5,073 DATA SETS FROM THE SURVEY IN 22 LANGUAGES
IT’S ABOUT 0.4% OF ALL CONTRIBUTORS!
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15. And the question is ...
WHY?
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16. no time
other offline activities
other online activities
no support
special jargon & markup
unwritten rules
not clear why to edit
missing role models
reverted, rejected
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17. NEWCOMERS RETENTION
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-09-24/Recent_research
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18. ELITE & POWER RELATIONS
• Self-recruitment of editors
• Exclusion of newcomers
• Battles for reputation
• Self-preservation
• Diligence
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19. INTERACTION QUALITY
http://stuartgeiger.com/icwsm-final-geiger-socialization.pdf
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20. FEMALE EDITORS
http://mashable.com/2012/08/08/wikipedia-gender-graphic/
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Editor_Survey_Report_-_April_2011.pdf
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21. And what are the ...
IMPLICATIONS?
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22. MISSING BIOGRAPHIES OF FEMALE HISTORIC FIGURES AND SCIENTISTS
http://www.webpronews.com/wikipedia-editors-are-basically-all-dudes-should-that-matter-2012-04
POOR COVERAGE OF TOPICS INTERESTING TO WOMEN
MEANING NEGOTIATION
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23. FROM GENDER TO KNOWLEDGE
http://www.uni-heidelberg.de
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24. Is there a common ...
APPROACH?
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25. WiDi APPROACH
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26. OPEN INNOVATION
dge
kn owle
rces
resou
s kills Inside-out
ideas Outside-in
http://www.reddoorinnovation.com/images/Think-Outside-Bowl.gif
RESEARCH : DEVELOPMENT : AGILE : KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE : STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS : INTEGRATION : DIVERSITY
http://www.denkmotor.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/open-innovation.jpg
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27. TRANSDISCIPLINARITY
CROSSES MANY DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES : HOLISTIC APPROACH : BEST-FIT SOLUTIONS : OPEN DISCUSSION
silo ment
ality
sociology
psychology
culture studies
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/3965077777_0a19be83e4.jpg
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28. So how about some ...
SOLUTIONS
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29. GLOBAL INITIATIVES
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30. WiDi: DIVERSITY GUIDANCE
COMMON PRINCIPLES : UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY : ENHANCING AWARENESS
http://www.diversity-inclusion.at/Diversity-Inclusion/Diversity-Strategy_files/Diversity_Strategy_eng.jpg
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31. WiDi: DIVERSITY-STRATEGY
CULTURE OF DIVERSITY
TOLERANCE AND INCLUSION
REPUTATION AND CONTRIBUTION
motivations
AWARENESS OF DIVERSITY ENHANCING PARTICIPATION
GIVING & GAINING ACCEPTANCE ENABLING ADVANCEMENT
FAIRNESS & INCLUSION FOSTERING INCLUSION
competencies regulations
Based on the diversity model by Köppel (2012)
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32. WiDi: DIVERSITY ACTIONS
Open Innovation Stage 1
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
CROWD CHALLENGES : IDEA CREATION : CROWDSOURCING
Open Innovation Stage 2
SELECTED CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
INVITED EXPERTS : GRAND CHALLENGES : FOCUSED ACTIONS
Open Innovation Stage 3
CLOSED CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS : LEARNING RESOURCES : STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
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33. CHALLENGES
theintersectionist.com manattackscrowd.com/ millhaus.com
DIVERGENCE OF OPINIONS : REDEFINING GOALS : RESISTANCE TO CHANGE : INTERVENTION IN AUTONOMY
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34. MORE INFORMATION:
PROF. DR. ILONA BUCHEM:
buchem@beuth-hochschule.de
CURATES RESOURCES ON WIKIPEDIA & DIVERSITY:
http://www.scoop.it/t/wikipedia-gender
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