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女性是互联网上完美内容的创造者。从谷歌的技术高手Marissa Mayer到影响深远的mommy bloggers，以及YouTube 之星iJustine，女性在改变互联网的趋势上发挥了很重要的作用。
因此，维基百科基金会调查的结果有点出乎我们的意料。他们的调查结果显示维基百科的贡献者中只有13%是女性。
根据华尔街日报，这项调查是在去年11月展开的，调查结果上一周在布宜诺斯艾利斯会议上公布。受访的53888名志愿者中，女性贡献者只有6814人。
调查结果还显示：只阅读但不参与编辑或修改词条的用户中，女性的比率也更低，只占31%，男性占69%。
关于为什么愿意贡献维基百科及志愿者的教育背景，调查结果显示：
- 69%的志愿者表示纠错是他们的动机。
- 将近73%的志愿者表示因为他们愿意与别人分享知识。
- 19%的志愿者拥有硕士学历。
STUDY: Women and Wikipedia Don’t Mix
Women are consummate content creators online. From technology mavens like Google’s Marissa Mayer to influential mommy bloggers, and even YouTubeYouTube
stars like iJustine, females have played a significant role in shaping web trends.
That’s why we’re slightly surprised by a revealing study conducted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Their research found that only 13% of WikipediaWikipedia
contributors are women.
According to the The Wall Street Journal, the survey took place in November of last year, with results being presented last week at a conference in Buenos Aires. A total of 53,888 respondents indicated that they were Wikipedia contributors, but only 6,814 of them were women.
The research also showed that women are less likely to read articles as well, with 31% of women and 69% of men reading entries, but not writing or editing them.
Some other interesting findings point to why respondents contribute to Wikipedia, and their educational background:
- 69% of respondents were motivated to contribute to Wikipedia to fix an error
- Nearly 73% contribute because they “like the idea of sharing knowledge”
- 19% of Wikipedia contributors hold Masters degrees
We’re pretty shocked that the equilibrium between male and female contributors to Wikipedia is so off balance, and not exactly sure why it seems to be the case. Share your thoughts on the study in the comments.
