Research:Women and Wikipedia W&W
Created
Contact
Núria Ferran-Ferrer
Collaborators
, Miquel Centelles
Julià Minguillón
Duration: 2020-September – 2024-August
Women and Wikipedia: Analysis of the Gender Gap in the Co-Production of
Knowledge in the Wikipedias of Spain (W&W) was a research project at the Universitat de Barcelona, funded by the Plan Nacional I+D+I of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ref. PID2020-116936RA-I00, €65,000), running from September 2020 to August 2024.
The project studied the gender gap in the Wikipedias of Spain, with the aim of producing findings applicable to the growth and diversity of Wikipedia communities.
Objectives
[edit]- O1. Measure the gender gap among editors
- Definition and construction of indicators for gender issues in participation; assessment of the existing gap.
- O2. Characterise editing practices
- Comparison of female and male editors' practices; analysis of negotiation processes in articles-for-deletion discussions; analysis of the information sources grounding notability criteria.
- O3. Analyse the retention of female editors
- Detection of critical points for dropping out; assessment of the impact of safe spaces for participation; UX analysis of the platform's social interaction elements.
Research questions
[edit]- Where are the women in the Wikipedias of Spain?
- What different types of behaviour exist among men and women editors of the Wikipedias of Spain?
- How is the negotiation process of an article nominated for deletion produced?
- What information sources provide grounds for the notability criteria?
- How do female Wikipedia editors persist in editing?
Publications
[edit]- Ferran-Ferrer, N., Boté-Vericad, J.-J., & Minguillón, J. (2023). Wikipedia gender gap: a scoping review. Profesional de la información, 32(6). https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2023.nov.17
- Boté-Vericad, J.-J., Centelles, M., & Ferran-Ferrer, N. (2025). Determining gender in academic authorship: a comprehensive and methodical approach. Digital Library Perspectives, 41(2), 346–366. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLP-05-2024-0080
Full list: https://www.ub.edu/wikiwomen/publications/