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   RonSupportsYou (ronsupportsyou@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 11:57:32 JST RonSupportsYou

   • James Gleick

   @gleick I contributed some of my money to Wikipedia this month. I agree with you about its good works.

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     Stefan Monnier (monnier@oldbytes.space)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Dec-2024 11:57:31 JST Stefan Monnier

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     • James Gleick

     @RonSupportsYou @gleick IIUC, it's not so much donations that they need, but actual contributions in the form of edits

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     Don Ray (donray@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 01:17:12 JST Don Ray

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     • Stefan Monnier
     • Penny Richards
     • James Gleick
     • Konfetti 🎉🐳

     @RonSupportsYou @gleick @Konfettispaghetti @monnier

     #Wikipedia is great for many non-controversial things. On controversial topics, it’s at least starting point.

     But the problems are there. The gender imbalance among contributors and subjects of articles is one big problem.

     That’s why I really noticed the work of @PennamitePLR. She’s created MANY articles about notable women. I hope others can follow her example.

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     Konfetti 🎉🐳 (konfettispaghetti@social.cologne)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 01:17:14 JST Konfetti 🎉🐳

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     • Stefan Monnier
     • James Gleick

     @monnier @RonSupportsYou @gleick
     Unfortunately #wikipedia doesn't really offer a neutral view of the world. Only about 13 % of the authors are women. There were projects to change it, but many women (including me) were put off quickly because of the behaviour of other authors & especially the admins. When you write an article about a woman odds are high it will be deleted quickly, bc it's not relevant.The idea is good, but the implementation is biased. #ProjectRewrite #feminism #GenderEquality

     Stefan Monnier repeated this.