Of English-language Wikipedia’s 1.5 million biographies, only around 19% are about women. Here's what institutions can do to help to change things
Challenge: There are higher rates of deletion for biographies about women and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Solution: Increase support for edit-a-thons centeed on advancing equity and justice, and build a community of support. written in English were about women — four years later, the number has increased to 19.2%. This is essential progress, but incremental. We need more editors to collectively chip away at Wikipedia’s gender, racial, geographical and societal bases.
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