Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap

An interview with Wikipedia editor Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight

Stephen Harrison
OneZero
Published in
9 min readMar 27, 2019

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Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight. Credit: VGrigas via Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0

ByBy now, it’s second nature. When you come across an unfamiliar name, you search for it online. Google’s algorithm typically includes the relevant Wikipedia pages near the top of its search results. But what happens when that person doesn’t have a Wikipedia entry? How does that change your perception of their…

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Stephen Harrison
OneZero

Covering Wikipedia and internet knowledge for @Slate. Attorney. Written for NY Times/WaPo/Atlantic.