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===A Mix From Different Cultures=== |
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The systemic bias page defines the "average Wikipedian" as "(1) a male, (2) technically inclined, (3) formally educated, (4) an English speaker (native or non-native), (5) aged 15–49, (6) from a majority-Christian country, (7) from a developed nation, (8) from the Northern Hemisphere, and (9) likely employed as a white-collar worker or enrolled as a student rather than being employed as a laborer." Most of these traits are probably the same throughout all the Wikipedias simply because males tend to like computers and the Internet more than females, you have to be technically-inclined to understand the site, it is helpful to be educated so that you have something to add to the pages, and developed nations are the ones where internet and technology is most prevalent. I believe the other Wikipedias will still have users with these traits simply because those are the qualities needed to edit the pages (and not get your work reverted). However, in less-developed countries, I would imagine that there will be people from other countries that just know the language that would edit the pages. If the people in those countries don't have internet access, they wouldn't be able to contribute, so there must be outside editors. This probably happens on the English Wikipedia too, but not nearly as often because people from other countries would most likely just add to their language's Wikipedia since it would be smaller than the English one. I believe that the "average Wikipedian" is similar in every country, but I also think there is probably some mixing in the countries of the contributors. [[User:Kslinker5493|Kslinker5493]] ([[User talk:Kslinker5493|talk]]) 15:46, 23 March 2013 (UTC) |
The systemic bias page defines the "average Wikipedian" as "(1) a male, (2) technically inclined, (3) formally educated, (4) an English speaker (native or non-native), (5) aged 15–49, (6) from a majority-Christian country, (7) from a developed nation, (8) from the Northern Hemisphere, and (9) likely employed as a white-collar worker or enrolled as a student rather than being employed as a laborer." Most of these traits are probably the same throughout all the Wikipedias simply because males tend to like computers and the Internet more than females, you have to be technically-inclined to understand the site, it is helpful to be educated so that you have something to add to the pages, and developed nations are the ones where internet and technology is most prevalent. I believe the other Wikipedias will still have users with these traits simply because those are the qualities needed to edit the pages (and not get your work reverted). However, in less-developed countries, I would imagine that there will be people from other countries that just know the language that would edit the pages. If the people in those countries don't have internet access, they wouldn't be able to contribute, so there must be outside editors. This probably happens on the English Wikipedia too, but not nearly as often because people from other countries would most likely just add to their language's Wikipedia since it would be smaller than the English one. I believe that the "average Wikipedian" is similar in every country, but I also think there is probably some mixing in the countries of the contributors. [[User:Kslinker5493|Kslinker5493]] ([[User talk:Kslinker5493|talk]]) 15:46, 23 March 2013 (UTC) |
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:I mostly agree with this outlook. Certain demographics such as gender and age would likely be similar to all Wikipedia editors across the globe. Access to and familiarity with computers are critical to the ability to edit pages. Internet service with relatively high speeds is also important. What I find interesting here is how much of a cultural bias the average contributor incorporates into their edits. I would assume most of this occurs unconsciously to a significant degree.--[[User:Jeflicki|Jeflicki]] ([[User talk:Jeflicki|talk]]) 00:47, 25 March 2013 (UTC) |
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===WikiProjects=== |
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Please complete the Manypedia assignment before posting to this discussion.
On the Wikipedia Systemic Bias page we read about the "average Wikipedian" on the English Wikipedia. Who, in your estimation, is writing on the other Wikipedias? Other than the obvious differences in language and location, are they similar to contributors on the English Wiki? In discussing the role these differences play in what appears in the text of an article, be careful not to fall into the trap of considering the English Wikipedia as a kind of standard against which others should be measured (as should be clear from the systemic bias page, the English wiki is affected by particular cultural values, too).
A Mix From Different Cultures
The systemic bias page defines the "average Wikipedian" as "(1) a male, (2) technically inclined, (3) formally educated, (4) an English speaker (native or non-native), (5) aged 15–49, (6) from a majority-Christian country, (7) from a developed nation, (8) from the Northern Hemisphere, and (9) likely employed as a white-collar worker or enrolled as a student rather than being employed as a laborer." Most of these traits are probably the same throughout all the Wikipedias simply because males tend to like computers and the Internet more than females, you have to be technically-inclined to understand the site, it is helpful to be educated so that you have something to add to the pages, and developed nations are the ones where internet and technology is most prevalent. I believe the other Wikipedias will still have users with these traits simply because those are the qualities needed to edit the pages (and not get your work reverted). However, in less-developed countries, I would imagine that there will be people from other countries that just know the language that would edit the pages. If the people in those countries don't have internet access, they wouldn't be able to contribute, so there must be outside editors. This probably happens on the English Wikipedia too, but not nearly as often because people from other countries would most likely just add to their language's Wikipedia since it would be smaller than the English one. I believe that the "average Wikipedian" is similar in every country, but I also think there is probably some mixing in the countries of the contributors. Kslinker5493 (talk) 15:46, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
- I mostly agree with this outlook. Certain demographics such as gender and age would likely be similar to all Wikipedia editors across the globe. Access to and familiarity with computers are critical to the ability to edit pages. Internet service with relatively high speeds is also important. What I find interesting here is how much of a cultural bias the average contributor incorporates into their edits. I would assume most of this occurs unconsciously to a significant degree.--Jeflicki (talk) 00:47, 25 March 2013 (UTC)
WikiProjects
I feel that certain WikiProjects would contribute to the other Wikipedias. Groups like WikiProject Italy, for example, is not necessarily only available in English, they are also available in French. I feel like people who join and contribute to WikiProject Italy would be people interested in topics related to Italy and/or may be people who are native or descendents from Italy and are familiar with these topics. Therefore it would be possible for that group to be able to translate articles as well, from Italian to English or vice versa, and therefore helping both Wikipedias. In fact, WikiProject Italy has categories such as "Articles needing translation from Italian/Neapolitan/Sardinian/Sicilian Wikipedia" so it's quite possible that the French WikiProject would have something similar as well. --MangoDango (talk) 18:47, 23 March 2013 (UTC)