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=== CA1: Participation gaps on English Wikipedia === Leaders and community members affiliated with the [https://wikimedia.org Wikimedia Foundation], the organization that supports a number of communities and projects, have contacted you seeking recommendations for steps they can take to overcome participation and contribution "gaps" in the English language edition of Wikipedia. [https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12314 They define] a "gap" in this context as any aspect of the Wikipedia ecosystem—for example the contributor community—that exhibits stark imbalance or inequities along a salient dimension—for example age, gender, race, socioeconomic status, or digital skills level. Prior research suggests that all of these factors shape who edits Wikipedia. Prior attempts to overcome these gaps have met with limited success...until now. Your job is to produce a report (1500-1800 words long) drawing on materials from this class advising these leaders about how they ought to understand this challenge (participation gaps) and how they might make progress towards overcoming it. A warning: if all you say boils down to, "You need to convince more different kinds of people to edit Wikipedia" or "You should make it easier to edit Wikipedia," we won't be very impressed. Better insights will draw on intelligent reflections on the themes and materials of this course to make more concrete, specific, and sophisticated recommendations that carefully consider potential drawbacks and unintended consequences. Please note: You do not need to draw on resources beyond the course materials (readings, lectures, assignments, sections, etc.) in producing your report. However, you may feel free to do so.
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