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References from Gender/Queer Studies

Find out how denial of relevance can be countered effectively. Make Wikipedia itself the source of up-to-date knowledge for overcoming gender gaps

idea creator• C.Koltzenburg

researcher• C.Koltzenburg

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created on21:39, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Project idea

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

Debates on article quality should be based on what is known about a topic in relevant research - which in many fields includes results from Gender/Queer Studies.

However, references from the fields of Gender/Queer Studies are often denied a relevance, and editors using them for article improvements are being discouraged - in the name of NPOV.

What is your solution?

• look into highly debated articles from, e.g., the fields of
  • sociology
  • fiction
  • media culture
  • plus high-profile biographies linked to these topics

and see how the Gender/Queer Studies references (and their positive editors) were being dealt with

• from this dataset choose articles in which the relevance of Gender/Queer Studies references was argued successfully and extrapolate from there what strategies should be included in a

• toolkit designed to reach a higher inclusion rate of relevant Gender/Queer Studies references

Goals

• Make better knowledge available in Wikipedia articles that forms a useful basis for overcoming gender gaps.

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Participants

• Researcher Find out which Gender/Queer Studies references could be deemed essential, experiment on putting them in where needed or suitable, analyse any reactions, then devise a toolkit for mutual support C.Koltzenburg (talk) 22:10, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

Endorsements

• We have had a "salon" last week where we talking about this theme:

references from the fields of Gender/Queer Studies are often denied a relevance, and editors using them for article improvements are being discouraged - in the name of NPOV.

I find discussions like this not couraged but it´s often needs much time. This time I would like to use for work in articles an not work in discussions. -- FCT Berlin • ^=>?! • 18:32, 27 March 2015 (UTC)

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