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This page is part of WikiProject Gender studies. This WikiProject aims to improve the quality of articles dealing with gender studies and to remove systematic gender bias from Wikipedia. If you would like to participate in the project, you can choose to edit this page, or visit the project page for more information.Gender studiesWikipedia:WikiProject Gender studiesTemplate:WikiProject Gender studiesGender studies articles

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Assess : see Unassessed Gender studies articles and Unknown-importance Gender studies articles
Cleanup : edit to see
Collaborate : see /Collaboration
Copyedit : edit to see
Deletion sorting : see /Sexuality and gender
Expand : edit to see
Infobox : see Gender studies articles needing infoboxes
Merge : edit to see
Notability : edit to see
NPOV : edit to see
Orphans : Brannon Masculinity Scale · Holy Virility · Media and gender · Michael Kaufman (author) · Women's education in Saudi Arabia
Photo : see Wikipedia requested photographs of gender studies
Split : History of feminism
Stubs : see Gender studies stubs
Translate : see /translation
Update : edit to see
Verify : Riot grrrl
Needs attention : see Gender studies articles needing attention

Edit this intro

Welcome to the WikiProject Gender Studies!

This WikiProject is aimed at improving the quality of articles dealing with gender studies, and at removing systematic gender bias from Wikipedia.

Our total progress so far:

Important disclaimer: A few Wikipedians have got together to make some suggestions about how we might organise data in articles about Gender Studies. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!

About this Project

Observation suggests that males are over-represented on Wikipedia, though there has not been a proper survey to back this up. The aim of this Project is to correct any systematic gender bias on Wikipedia. If you're interested, add your name to the list of contributors!

Aims of this Project

Create or improve articles on feminism and masculism, feminists, trans issues, and articles dealing with gender studies.
Correct any sexism or gender bias in Wikipedia articles.
Where a feminist writer has written on a given topic, the view should be put forward on the appropriate article (as well as any criticisms or critiques).
Improve or create articles on issues of interest to, or about, women, or about gender.
Do so within Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View policy.

What this Project is not

This project does not aim to correct a perceived pro-female or anti-male bias in Wikipedia. Nor does it seek to write general critiques of articles about gender-related topics.

This project does not aim to introduce a pro-female or anti-male bias, to advocate feminism (or any given variety of feminism) across Wikipedia. Nor does it seek to write feminist critiques of aspects of society without including criticisms of these views (where relevant).

This project does not seek to introduce a POV bias (to either articles, or Wikipedia in general). Rather, the aim is to improve the quality of articles, which deal with gender studies, within the Neutral Point of View policy.

How do I help?

Glad you asked! Feel free to sign up under contributors. If you come across an article which either needs attention, or alternatively that doesn't exist (even though it should), add it to the lists under "Requested articles", "Requests for expansion", or "Requests for review/attention" headings. If articles under those headings seem mature enough to no longer need attention, feel free to clean them off the list. If there are categories or templates you come across on Wikipedia which may be of interest to contributors of this project, feel free to add them under "Useful Categories" or "Useful Templates". You can also 'adopt' an article, or use the Discussion page to discuss issues relating to Gender Studies on Wikipedia. Finally, beyond Wikipedia, some contributors of this project are working on a Wikibook (textbook) on Feminism at Wikibooks (available here, feel free to contribute).

Considerations

In combatting gender bias on Wikipedia, take particular consideration of the following examples of sexism:

Usage of the terms "Miss" or "Mrs." should be changed to "Ms." or, preferably, removed entirely. Even calling an individual "Ms. Gallagher" is deferential in that it highlights gender and is more gentle than simply referring to her as "Gallagher", as is most often done with men.
- If you do remove the term "Mrs.", it is advisable to add a sentence to the article about who the woman is married to, if that is a relevant thing to note.
Avoid referring to spouses in terms of ownership. For instance, instead of "Anderson was the wife of", "Anderson's husband", or "Anderson's wife was", be neutral and say "Anderson was married to".
Take note of details limiting people to their physical characteristics. A person's height and weight are generally considered irrelevant except in the cases of models, athletes, and those to whom an attribute is seen as a dominating characteristic by the larger public. Similarly, remove infatuated comments related to appearance.
Note that pictures can be POV representations as well. Oftentimes, the images selected to represent women are among the most sexualized, and least humanizing. If possible, attempt to locate suitable alternatives.
- There are times, though, when this consideration should be reconsidered. 'Sexualized' and 'humanizing' are not necessarily mutually exclusive categories, and this is an area that should be treated with care. Further, some in the public eye may have elected to present themselves as a sexualized image. Not respecting that choice may amount to showing a lack of respect for their rational capacities, and therefore be dehumanizing as well.

Contributors

AmishThrasher 03:01, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Seth Mahoney 02:06, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
--Revolución (talk) 03:06, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Sarge Baldy 23:08, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
An An 01:59, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ilessthan3you 21:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ambi 13:52, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
DinoMo 00:04, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Romarin 20:50, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
jessicanr 19 April 2006
clm17 13:23, 26 May 2006
Julia528 23:44, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Useful Categories

Useful Templates

Adopted articles

If there is an article that you are interested about within the scope of this project, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of quality articles the Project has produced.

To list your adopted article, feel free to post your username (by using four tildes (~)) and the article name below:

Feminism Wikibook - AmishThrasher 13:01, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Current Tasks

/to do - lists of articles that need attention. Please add all articles to be cleaned up to this page.

You can also periodically check up on, and update Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:WikiProject_Gender_Studies