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Monday, January 31, 2011
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Wikipedia Ponders Its Gender-Skewed Contributions
New York Times – by Noam Cohen
About a year ago, the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs Wikipedia, collaborated on a study of Wikipedia’s contributor base and discovered that it was barely 13 percent women; the average age of a contributor was in the mid-20s, according to the study by a joint center of the United Nations University and Maastricht University.
Sue Gardner, the executive director of the foundation, has set a goal to raise the share of female contributors to 25 percent by 2015, but she is running up against the traditions of the computer world and an obsessive fact-loving realm that is dominated by men and, some say, uncomfortable for women.
Her effort is not diversity for diversity’s sake, she says. “This is about wanting to ensure that the encyclopedia is as good as it could be,” Ms. Gardner said in an interview on Thursday. “The difference between Wikipedia and other editorially created products is that Wikipedians are not professionals, they are only asked to bring what they know.”
“Everyone brings their crumb of information to the table,” she said. “If they are not at the table, we don’t benefit from their crumb.”
With so many subjects represented — most everything has an article on Wikipedia — the gender disparity often shows up in terms of emphasis. A topic generally restricted to teenage girls, like friendship bracelets, can seem short at four paragraphs when compared with lengthy articles on something boys might favor, like, toy soldiers or baseball cards, whose voluminous entry includes a detailed chronological history of the subject.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/business/media/31link.html?_r=1&hp
To see the grosses for the week ending 1/30/11 and what’s opening in the coming week expand this post here
Link to Broadway Grosses for the week ending January 30, 2011:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/147198-Broadway-Grosses-Jan-24-30
http://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm
Current week:
1. Wicked - $1,308,560
2. Spider-Man,Turn Off the Dark
3. The Lion King
4. Jersey Boys
5. American Idiot
Last week:
1. Wicked - $1,401,052
2. Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark
3. The Lion King
4. Jersey Boys
5. American Idiot
5 Years Ago:
1. Wicked - $1,346,750
2. Spamalot
3. The Lion King
4. Jersey Boys
5. Mamma Mia!
10 Years Ago:
1. The Lion King - $1,007,660
2. Miss Saigon
3. Aida
4. Seussical
5. Kiss Me Kate
Opening this week:
Off Broadway
Gruesome Playground Injuries – Second Stage Theatre – Monday, January 31
The Whipping Man – New York City Center – Stage 1 – Tuesday, February 1
My Scandalous Life – Irish Repertory Theatre – Wednesday, February 2
Vieux Carré – Baryshnikov Arts Center, Howard Gilman Performance Space – Wednesday, February 2
The Road to Qatar – York Theatre Company – Thursday, February 3
Three Sisters – Classic Stage Company – Thursday, February 3
The Witch of Edmonton – Theatre at St. Clement’s – Thursday, February 3
Madeleine The Magician’s Dazzical – West End Theatre at Church of St Paul and St. Andrew – Friday, February 4
The Little Mermaid – Players Theatre – Saturday, February 5