prep to update article   sources  citations   peer reviewed   Klein Max and Piotr Konieczn Wikipedia in the World of Global Gender Inequality Indices Proceedings of the th International Symposium on Open Collaboration  OpenSym   n pag Web  While Wikipedias editor gender gap is important but difficult to measure its biographical gender gap can more readily be measured We correlate a Wikipediaderived gender inequality indicator WIGI with four widespread gender inequality indices in use today GDI GEI GGGI and SIGI Analysing their methodologies and correlations to Wikipedia we find evidence that Wikipedias bias in biographical coverage is related to the gender bias in positions of social power  Kalla Joshua L and Peter M Aronow Editorial Bias in CrowdSourced Political Information PLOS ONE PLoS ONE   n pag Web  In this paper we examine what kinds of biases exist in crowdsourced information on Wikipedia Because any user can also be an editor no one person with any particular ideological or partisan motivation should be able to control Wikipedia Yet scholars have recognized the tension that comes from distributed crowdsourced platforms like Wikipedia On the one hand crowdsourced information platforms create opportunities for citizens to challenge mediadriven narratives On the other these platforms may be captured by the selfinterested who have the greatest motivation to shape them for their own benefit  mass media   Many hands make Wikipedia work  December  Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Australia p  Retrieved from httpgogalegroupcomezproxysfplorgpsidoidGALECAsidsummonvusfplmainitrpSTNDswwasidecebcacffdcb We all use Wikipedia Its hard to avoid On just about any Google search Wiki tops the list Because its also astoundingly comprehensive intelligible and reliable it has become the ubiquitous goto start point Yet almost the first research rule our kids learn is Wikidenial Read it if you must but never honey never ever admit to it  So yes Wikipedia is flawed Above all it needs more female input But the obvious response for youandme users who encounter something stupid or biased or just plain wrong is to hop in there and fix it Ill see you there yes Oh and honey Cite away   Wikipedia A bias against women  Apr  The National Retrieved from httpezproxysfplorgloginurlhttpsearchproquestcomdocviewaccountid Prof Bruckners hope is that having systemic data on the extent and reasons behind bias could mobilise resources to deal with the issue It might help she suggests if universities encouraged staff to become Wikipedia contributors ensuring important academic work does not get ignored They could for example expand the programmes some of them already run for academics on writing newspaper editorial columns  another area where female writers tend to be heavily outnumbered  to cover Wikipedia contributions That is not something we usually do Were scientists were not in the business of marketing our research We have no training to do this said Prof Bruckner She admits she has never contributed to Wikipedia herself The apparent bias could also be partly redressed by focusing on general initiatives to improve Wikipedias quality For Prof Bruckner the Wikipedia project may also offer pointers about how the value of academic work in general is assessed There is the gender issue but also how people think about scholarship and whats reputable scholarship or not she said