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Here is the example I always remember when people talk about deletion on Wikipedia: "Canadian Nobel scientist's deletion from Wikipedia points to wider bias, st

by janice1999 3y ago

Here is the example I always remember when people talk about deletion on Wikipedia: "Canadian Nobel scientist's deletion from Wikipedia points to wider bias, study find" [0]. Deletion is not some unbiased cleanup. Pages are chosen are a reason. [0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wikipedia-bias-1.6129073 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wikipedia-bias-1.6129073

formerly_proven 3y ago
Well it can't be powertripping editors because everyone is equal.
- whaleofatw2022 3y ago
  Some editors are more equal than others.
meinersbur 3y ago
> Deletion is not some unbiased cleanup. Pages are chosen are a reason. While I don't see a need to delete articles when storage is not the limiting factor, the bias here is likely benevolent sexism. Some writers, projects and organized edit-a-thons very eagerly add articles about women [1,2,3,4]. As a result, necessarily also many articles that do not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements [5] are added, and suggested for deletion again. [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia-pages-year-female-scientists-noticed https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-w... [2]: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/03/08/project-rewrite-tell-the-missing-stories-of-women-on-wikipedia-and-beyond/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/03/08/project-rewr... [3]:https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/05/uk-academics-wikipedia-project-raises-profile-of-women-around-the-world https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/05/uk-academics... [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)

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Here is the example I always remember when people talk about deletion on Wikipedia: "Canadian Nobel scientist's deletion from Wikipedia points to wider bias, st

by janice1999 3y ago

formerly_proven 3y ago
Well it can't be powertripping editors because everyone is equal.
- whaleofatw2022 3y ago
  Some editors are more equal than others.
meinersbur 3y ago
> Deletion is not some unbiased cleanup. Pages are chosen are a reason. While I don't see a need to delete articles when storage is not the limiting factor, the bias here is likely benevolent sexism. Some writers, projects and organized edit-a-thons very eagerly add articles about women [1,2,3,4]. As a result, necessarily also many articles that do not meet Wikipedia's notability requirements [5] are added, and suggested for deletion again. [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia-pages-year-female-scientists-noticed https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-w... [2]: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/03/08/project-rewrite-tell-the-missing-stories-of-women-on-wikipedia-and-beyond/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2021/03/08/project-rewr... [3]:https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/05/uk-academics-wikipedia-project-raises-profile-of-women-around-the-world https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/05/uk-academics... [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(people)