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Raising awareness for diversity issues of Wikipedia authors

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Raising awareness for diversity issues of Wikipedia authors
Wikimania 2019

In general, the assumption behind the present initiatives is roughly that by increasing the diversity of the authorship the diversity of the articles will be improved and the negative stereotypes about people ''not'' white, straight, healthy, young, male, educated, living in the “North” lessened. However, this burdens the already disadvantaged with “fixing” Wikipedia and neglects that these persons often have internalized the systemic bias themselves. It also does not take advantage of that a significant part of Wikipedia authors who are privileged (or less disadvantaged) are open to learn and ready to contribute. Thereby, intersectionality also plays a role. Many of us are in a mixed situation with respect to privilege/disadvantage if one takes various diversity dimensions into account. [[Category:2019:Diversity submissions]] [[Category:2019:Accepted diversity submissions]] In this workshop we want to put together what initiatives have been taken to address diversity bias. How have they worked? Are there any new ideas? At last, how can we work together across Wikipedias to lessen diversity bias? We hope that the discussion gives the opportunity to create and improve a network across Wikipedias of people interested in this issue.

Speakers: Leserättin IvaBerlin