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Curious. Why are they almost all men? And, what's with all the wrestlers!?!
by cure 7y ago
Curious. Why are they almost all men?
And, what's with all the wrestlers!?!
- rwcarlsen 7y agoProbably because many of these people are historical figures and - historical records exhibit significant bias toward info about men.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- vpmpaul 7y agoAre you implying the results are doctored in some way?
- SolaceQuantum 7y agoI believe a more charitable interpretation is wondering why men are searched more often than women when it comes to the data set "people wikipedia'd correlated with location".
- gereshes 7y agoUntil recently (and still today but to a lesser extent) women were excluded from certain professions (politics, science, engineering, ...) or were not given proper recognition for their contributions (Ex: Margaret Keane, Katherine Johnson, Rosalind Franklin, ...)
- acheron 7y agoIIRC one of the most controversial/edit-warred Wikipedia pages is wresting-related. (Can't find the reference I'm thinking of right now though, so [citation needed] I guess.) Germans love David Hasselhoff, and Wikipedians love wrestling.
- tdb7893 7y agoI don't follow wrestling but I've googled some wrestlers before. Their stories (both on and off stage) are often super convoluted and interesting/funny.
- reallydude 7y agoSee Gwen Stefani from both Anaheim and Fullerton, California. She grew up in fullerton but famously got neighbors agitated from her own rental in Anaheim. Perfecting "I'm just a girl" out of her garage took a long time.
- sonnyblarney 7y agoBecause wrestling is hugely popular.