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?

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

600030000

Messages By Type Messages By Gender

female

unknown

800040000

OSM DEV

Messages By Day

2010 2011 2012 2013

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

1600080000

Messages By Type Messages By Gender

female

unknown

20000100000

OSM TALK

Messages By Day

2010 2011 2012 2013

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

female

unknown

14007000

Messages By Gender

200010000

Messages By Type

Talk US

Messages By Day

2008 2010 2011 2013

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

20122009

female

unknown

14007000

Messages By Gender

200010000

Messages By Type

HOT OSM

Messages By Day

2010 2011 2012 2013

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

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.

Step 1Stop Talking

Step 1Start Mediating

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.

Step 2Collect Data

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

Unknown

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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