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troad 2 hours ago

Internal DEI initiatives are very helpful for an organisation trying to create a comprehensive knowledge base without falling to any group's bias. That requires diverse perspectives.

I don't care about internal DEI if the job is managing sewerage systems, but this is a perfect example of a context where fostering diverse engagement is both rational and improves the end product.

appreciatorBus an hour ago | parent [-]

That's a fine goal, but at some point, someone should evaluate if that goal is being achieved, if the purported methods actually work.

It's difficult to look at any remotely contentious Wiki page today and conclude that they have succeeded.

troad an hour ago | parent [-]

The perfect ought not be the enemy of the good - the question isn't whether Wikipedia has solved all prejudice, the question is whether it is doing better on that question than its peers. And I'd say it is, relatively speaking. I'm always happy for it to do better, though.

Spending money to get people into editing Wikipedia that would never otherwise have done so seems like a very worthy goal to me.