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Why is there so much bias? Do these men just hate women? Is it cultural?

I really don't understand this.

I'm not saying its malicious or deliberate, but any non-diverse population will tend to exhibit some bias.

I don't think its that surprising that a group of men share different view points about worthy posts than a group of women would. The point is wikipedia doesn't have good coverage in this regard. I'd say the same thing for a group of American editors vs a group of African editors. Or a group of wall st professionals vs blue collar workers.

Wikipedia's editors have a diversity problem in light of their goal to be the "world's encyclopedia".

I suspect the underlying bias is, "have I heard of this before?" If not, it's more likely the entry gets rejected. The more homogeneous the population of editors, the more narrow their experience scope. This is amplified by external biases that make women's contributions less visible - it's harder for new awareness to be built.

Just a theory.

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