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So the donation goes to the foundation while its gender bias comes from its editors - who already don't get paid so stopping donations will not matter. If anyt
by hrasyid 7y ago
So the donation goes to the foundation while its gender bias comes from its editors - who already don't get paid so stopping donations will not matter.
If anything, the Foundation will need to run programs to fix the status quo (e.g. outreach programs to potential authors who come from underrepresented groups or likely to write about underrepresented topic), so donating money (in addition to volunteering for outreach programs or contributing tech support) are some ways to help with that.
- closetohome 7y agoThe editors and the organization are the same thing. The organization sets policy and culture, and editors do all of the actual work. Diversity and equality don't cost money.
- hrasyid 7y ago>> The editors and the organization are the same thing. The organization sets policy and culture, and editors do all of the actual work. I don't think this is correct. Policy and culture are mostly bottom-up from the editors, and the foundation has no hard power except for extreme cases like banning outright harassers. In addition, withholding money from the foundation does not cause any pressure at all to editors because they never get paid from that money anyway. >> Diversity and equality don't cost money Sure, but so far most of the efforts to improve diversity seem to come from the foundation rather than the editors, so punishing the foundation seems like the wrong option.
- hrasyid 7y agoSee for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation about the role of the foundation