Thread by @cindygallop

'A bio for Donna Strickland, the physicist who invented a technology used by all the high-powered lasers in the world, was created on Wikipedia. In less than 6 mins it was flagged for a “speedy deletion” & shortly thereafter erased from the site' @ftripodi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'This is part of the reason Dr. Strickland didn't have an active Wikipedia page when she was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics 4 years later. Despite clear evidence, some didn't feel her contributions were notable enough to warrant a Wikipedia bio' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'Much scholastic work demonstrates the extent of gender inequality on Wikipedia. Women in all fields are underrepresented, articles about women’s interests are underdeveloped, and women are less likely to edit Wikipedia articles' @ftripodi @sage_publishing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'Bios about women who meet Wikipedia’s criteria for inclusion = more likely to be considered non-notable than men’s. Bc women’s bios face additional hurdles to remain active pages, groups committed to closing the gender gap must bear that burden' @ftripodi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'Women’s biographies are underrepresented & underdeveloped. Many notable women are missing from the site altogether. Regardless of field of study/scientific achievement, being male increases the chance of being recognized & featured on Wikipedia' @ftripodi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'In order to manage their personal safety, women editors often work in the “quiet corners” of Wikipedia, avoiding topics or areas prone to harassment.' @ftripodi @sage_publishing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… #changetheratio #diversityandinclusion #genderequality

'The need to create safe spaces and tread lightly in discussions are just some of the many reasons Wikipedia participation requires a “taxing level of emotional labor” for women editors.' @ftripodi @SAGE_Publishing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… #genderequality #diversityandinclusion

'If women who MEET @Wikipedia’s threshold for inclusion are more likely to be nominated for deletion than men, it creates an additional hurdle for editors determined to close the gender gap on the site.' @ftripodi @sage_publishing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… #changetheratio

'I argue evaluating the extent to which women’s biographies are miscategorized as non-notable should be included as another indicator when trying to measure worldwide differences in gender equality relevant to existing human development indices' @ftripodi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'Discrediting the significance of women subjects holds wider implications than just @Wikipedia representation and provides a broader understanding of how women’s accomplishments are undervalued.' @ftripodi @sage_publishing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… #changetheratio #genderequality

'My dataset revealed the proportion of women nominated for deletion each month (out of all biographies nominated for deletion) was greater than the proportion of available biographies about women on English-language Wikipedia more generally.' @ftripodi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'From Jan 2017-Feb 2020, the number of bios about women on English-language Wikipedia rose from 16.83% to 18.25%, yet the % of bios about women nominated for deletion each month was consistently over 25%. Some months, it was much higher.' @ftripodi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

'Several pages of notable women I observed were nominated for deletion WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF CREATION and sometimes during the edit-a-thon while the article was being created.' @ftripodi @sage_publishing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… #genderequality #diversityandinclusion

'One month, multiple @wikipedia biographies about women were nominated for deletion with the same phrase copy and pasted over and over: “I don’t see how she manages to pass our notability guidelines.”' @ftripodi @sage_publishing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… cc @genderavenger

'My data indicate more research is needed regarding the notability of articles deleted from Wikipedia...Future research must test the extent to which notable women are not just disappearing into thin air, but rather, are actively being erased.' @ftripodi journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…