{"id":14797,"date":"2024-06-12T04:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T02:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/were-writing-history-spanish-women-tackle-wikipedias-gender-gap\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T04:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T02:37:34","slug":"were-writing-history-spanish-women-tackle-wikipedias-gender-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/were-writing-history-spanish-women-tackle-wikipedias-gender-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re writing history\u2019: Spanish women tackle Wikipedia\u2019s gender gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wikiesfera is one of a handful of groups around world trying to \u2018make women visible\u2019 on user-edited site<\/p>\n<p>Packed into the back room of a feminist bookshop in Madrid, 17 women hunched over their laptops, chatting and laughing as they passed around snacks. Every now and then a hearty burst of applause punctuated the sound of typing, each time marking a milestone as the group steadily chipped away at what is perhaps one of the world\u2019s most pervasive gender gaps.<\/p>\n<p>Just under a fifth of Wikipedia\u2019s content, including biographies, is focused on women, while women <a href=\"https:\/\/wikimediafoundation.org\/participate\/rewrite\/\">account for<\/a> just about 15% of the site\u2019s volunteer editors. \u201cThe numbers are pretty terrifying,\u201d said Patricia Horrillo, who for much of the past decade has spent her spare time working to tackle this gap, cultivating a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to publishing content focused on women.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/jun\/12\/spain-women-tackle-wikipedia-gender-gap-wikiesfera\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/add0a3595d24ac8bf9ac177501c66401d4a348db\/0_376_5014_3007\/master\/5014.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=76e31e99927d15ed95529c19d9727615\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re writing history\u2019: Spanish women tackle Wikipedia\u2019s gender gap\" \/>Wikiesfera is one of a handful of groups around world trying to \u2018make women visible\u2019 on user-edited site<br \/>\nPacked into the back room of a feminist bookshop in Madrid, 17 women hunched over their laptops, chatting and laughing as they passed around snacks. Every now and then a hearty burst of applause punctuated the sound of typing, each time marking a milestone as the group steadily chipped away at what is perhaps one of the world\u2019s most pervasive gender gaps.<br \/>\nJust under a fifth of Wikipedia\u2019s content, including biographies, is focused on women, while women account for just about 15% of the site\u2019s volunteer editors. \u201cThe numbers are pretty terrifying,\u201d said Patricia Horrillo, who for much of the past decade has spent her spare time working to tackle this gap, cultivating a community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to publishing content focused on women. 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