I just edited my first Wikipedia article. I set a goal to edit one a day after reading that fewer than 15 percent of the site’s contributers are women. I can’t say I was terribly surprised (as the article notes, the 85-15 percent breakdown mirrors male-female representation in offline areas, too), and after going through The Daily Tar Heel Wikipedia page and adding citations, I am even less surprised by the disparity. It’s time consuming to do well and a lonely task.

But I strongly agree with what Wikipedia Foundation Executive Director Sue Gardner said: “Everyone brings their crumb of information to the table,” she said. “If they are not at the table, we don’t benefit from their crumb.” So, I’m going to try to do my part.

(H/t to Andy Bechtel, whose tweet reminded me of this great Office clip.)