Wikipedia Diversity Conference: Bridging Communities

Border CrossingDiversity for Open Source Communities

Wikipedia Diversity Conference | Nov 10 | BerlinSunday, November 10, 13

Alyssa Wright@alyssapwright

Wikipedia Diversity Conference | Nov 10 | BerlinSunday, November 10, 13

Sunday, November 10, 13

Thank You.


Street Cred


women studiesfeminist in womb| academic training 2000


apw217OSM since Summer 2007


ARTSunday, November 10, 13

maps as tools of empathyMIT graduate research


What is OpenStreetMap?



http://vimeo.com/derickr/osm-2012



The Best Map in the GalaxySunday, November 10, 13




It empowers people, but...


Maps are biased by the norms, traditions,

assumptions, and political biases of the map maker.

J.B Harley 1989Sunday, November 10, 13

It not enough that "anyone" can contribute to

OpenStreetMap.


Stories are noise.


Data breaks through.


How are we using data?


Over 1,000,000 Users


80.63% of changes are submitted by 1% of users


Humor for Border Crossing


interactive session


Team America bias seeking: international statistics


% of women in US geo industry?


40%Census 2000 and 2009 American Community Survey


female graduates from geo programs?


34%National GIS Academic Program Survey 2012


female computer science graduates?


25%National GIS Academic Program Survey 2012


% of women who have heard of OSM?international study


23%Stephens 2013


% of women speakers at this conference?international study


10%33% keynotes


% of women OSM contributors?international studies


3%Budhathoki et al 2010 | Stark 2011 | Lechner 2011


% of women in open source?international studies


1%Ghosh et al. 2002


Data as Cross Platform Tools


fwd

new

reply

600030000

Messages By Type Messages By Gender

female

male

unknown

800040000

OSM DEV

Messages By Day

2010 2011 2012 2013

20

40

60

0

Dates: Jan 2010 - May 2013 | User Profiles: 992 | Messages: 13446 | Threads: 2496


fwd

new

reply

1600080000

Messages By Type Messages By Gender

female

male

unknown

20000100000

OSM TALK

Messages By Day

2010 2011 2012 2013

40

80

120

0

Dates: Jan 2010 - May 2013 | User Profiles: 1094 | Messages: 20554 | Threads: 3065


female

male

unknown

14007000

Messages By Gender

fwd

new

reply

200010000

Messages By Type

Talk US

Messages By Day

2008 2010 2011 2013

20

50

60

0

Dates: December 2007 - May 2013 | User Profiles: 397 | Messages: 10753 | Threads: 1997

20122009


female

male

unknown

14007000

Messages By Gender

fwd

new

reply

200010000

Messages By Type

HOT OSM

Messages By Day

2010 2011 2012 2013

10

20

30

0

Dates: March 2010 - May 2013 | User Profiles: 331 | Messages: 3180 | Threads: 942


Gender of Participants

female (3%)

male (88%)

unknown (9%)

7503750

Messages By Gender

female (3%)

male (96%)

unknown (1%)

800040000

OSM DEVDates: Jan 2010 - May 2013

User Profiles: 992 | Messages: 13446 | Threads: 2496


Messages By Gender

female (5%)

male (94%)

unknown (2%)

20000100000

female (5%)

male (87%)

unknown (8%)

10005000


OSM TalkDates: Jan 2010 - May 2013



female (3%)

male (88%)

unknown (9%)

7503750

Messages By Gender

female (3%)

male (96%)

unknown (1%)

800040000

OSM DEVDates: Jan 2010 - May 2013



Messages By Gender

female (5%)

male (94%)

unknown (2%)

20000100000

female (5%)

male (87%)

unknown (8%)

10005000






female (11%)

male (58%)

unknown (31%)

2501250

Talk USDates: December 2007 - May 2013


Messages By Gender

female (5%)

male (94%)

unknown (2%)

20000100000

female (5%)

male (87%)

unknown (8%)

10005000





female (4%)

male (95%)

unknown (1%)

14007000

Messages By Gender


female (11%)

male (58%)

unknown (31%)

2501250



Messages By Gender

female (5%)

male (94%)

unknown (2%)

20000100000

female (5%)

male (87%)

unknown (8%)

10005000






female (11%)

male (58%)

unknown (31%)

2501250

female (4%)

male (95%)

unknown (1%)

14007000

Messages By Gender




female (11%)

male (61%)

unknown (28%)

2501250


HOT OSMDates: March 2010 - May 2013



female (11%)

male (58%)

unknown (31%)

2501250

female (4%)

male (95%)

unknown (1%)

14007000

Messages By Gender




female (21%)

male (46%)

unknown (33%)

14007000

Messages By Gender

female (11%)

male (61%)

unknown (28%)

2501250


HOT OSMDates: March 2010 - May 2013



female (11%)

male (58%)

unknown (31%)

2501250

female (4%)

male (95%)

unknown (1%)

14007000

Messages By Gender




OSM DEV

TALK OSM

TALK US

HOT OSM


100%50%0

Messages by Gender

100%50%0

Female

Male

Unknown


Leverage the Zeitgeist


Change the Ratio


Cross Community Partnerships


Lets diversify together.


Thank You.

Alyssa Wright | @alyssapwrightSunday, November 10, 13

Want more?


Addendum 1


The Diversity Cocktail.


Our Three-Step Diet to Explosive OSM Success.


01

Step 1Stop Talking


01

Step 1Start Mediating


01

Step 1Online and Off


Stop the temper tantrums.

Start working with those you dislike.


Stop jousting for technical supremacy.

Start measuring supremacy by teaching.


Stop the condescension to newbies.

Start from “new to OSM” means expert in something else.


Stop the apathy towards engagement.

Start making diversity central to the OSM mission.


01

Step 2Collect Data


01

Step 2Measure Hypotheses


Community is the destination.

I I Sunday, November 10, 13

Community is messy.


OSM DEV

TALK OSM

TALK US

HOT OSM


100%50%0

Messages by Gender

100%50%0

Female

Male

Unknown


01

Step 3....


(the most explosive step yet)


(can you handle it?)


Target Women


Publicly.


Targeted outreach to women increases overall diversity.


Seen it with my own eyes.Sunday, November 10, 13

Addendum 2


play tag


care tag


tag=amenity=kindergarten

Monica Stephens 2013


tag=amenity=baby_hatch



proposed feature=childcare



J.B Harley 1989


Change the Ratio


Hello World


The Real CreditArtMicah BergerSergi DelgadoRobert SamuelhansonLuke BottMike Mcquade

WikimediaSiko Bouterse

iD editor helpTom MacWrightJohn Firebaugh

NYC-OSM

InitiativesIan Villeda

Beth SchecterAlan McConchie

Clifford SnowDarrell FurhrimanManuela SchmidtMichael Kozuch

Noel Hidalgo

#changetheratioRachel Sklar

SOTMRob Nickerson


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