Stacey Merrick

Wikipedia is one of the top 10 most visited sites of the world.  We all use it.  Kids use it to do their homework, many doctors use it for medical research, I use it for trivia and as an aid for my swiss cheese memory of most of what I have learned over my lifetime.  Whether you like it or not, Wikipedia is a major source of information that we are all using either directly or indirectly, and it is shaping the world.  Anyone can edit Wikipedia, but Wikipedia editors consist of almost entirely men with an estimate of only around  13% being women.  This is the first time in all of human history that women have a chance to make an impact on how people understand the world, so why are we being so irresponsible with this feminist goldmine and not editing Wikipedia?

Sue Gardner, executive direction of the Wikimedia Foundation (the non-profit that runs Wikipedia and several other free knowledge sites), wrote a blog post discussing 9 reasons why women don’t edit Wikipedia: