Wikipedia erasing women's voices

Forking as (cultural) feature led to a perfect example of how women's voices can be erased in wikipedi-type environments.

The book Women's Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind, edited by Mary Field Belenky has a wikipedia page that is said to lack citations wikipedia . Consulting the section of book that relates to Constructed knowing reveals that in the process of writing about women's ways of knowing on Wikipedia, women's voices had been erased.

Adele's contribution to the 'integrating voices' aspect of constructed knowledge that is acknowledged in the book is not acknowledged in the Wikipedia article.

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Adele recognised that .... she tended to listen to what she called "a voice of integration" within herself that prompted her to find a place for reason and intuition and the expertise of others Google books .

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Mary Field Belenky and her co-authors were able to preserve Adele's voice and contribution to their ideas in the book by the narrative structure and naming women through their stories.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the originator of the article (who has since left wikipedia) did not manage to preserve Adele's voice. The 'culture' of wikipedia editing was revealed and reinforced by the comment at the top of the article

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This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (September 2012)

As the contribution, citation and editing culture at Fedwikihappening is built, consideration could be given to how erasing the voices of women and others who do not share the dominant culture here can be avoided. Currently, the dominant voices at FWH are the most influential on FWH culture.

FemTechNet have been active in addressing the lack of women's voices in Wikipedia through Wikistorming. This is a Repair Strategy: the fresh start offered by fedwiki presents an opportunity to minimise the erasing of women's and other voices.

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