Wikipedia:Gender bias and editing on Wikipedia

Wikipedia editors are predominantly male

Wikipedia exists as an open source, web-based encyclopedia, and allows anonymous and registered users to edit and create articles. However, previous research has suggested that a skew toward the male gender in the users that do practice editing may exist. Some information on this has suggested that as many as 90% of Wikipedia's editors are male.[1][2] As a trend, this may have a subsequent effect on the topics edited and bias in perspectives offered and new articles created.

  1. ^ "Nine out of ten Wikipedians continue to be men: Editor Survey – Wikimedia Blog". blog.wikimedia.org.
  2. ^ Wikipedia:Wikipedians