Wikipedia criticised after it emerges female Nobel laureate had page rejected

[RavenSky]

On Tuesday at 6:14 am, Wikipedia contributors created the very first entry for Donna Strickland, the University of Waterloo laser physicist who, just minutes earlier, was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/10/2/17929366/nobel-prize-physics-donna-strickland

The Canadian scientist Donna Strickland is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Waterloo, a former president of the Optical Society and as of Tuesday, one of the winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics.

But until the hours after Ms Strickland’s win, the physicist did not have her own Wikipedia page as she was not considered significant enough.

When a Wikipedia user attempted to create a profile for the physicist in March, the request was denied.

“This submission’s references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article,” the website's moderators said at the time

Unlike Ms Strickland, [her co-author, Gérard] Mourou has had a Wikipedia page since 2005.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ics-university-of-waterloo-stem-a8568851.html

 

[Politesse]

No great surprise to me; the Wikipedia inner circle are a very insular and incel-ish crowd in my experience. We have had several run-ins over the years where articles in my field are concerned, and almost always due to race or gender rhetoric.

 

[RVonse]

Who cares? Is there some kind of financial renumeration from wikipedia if you are posted there? Advertising endorsements.? If I were her, I would just be glad I got a Nobel that comes not only with the medal itself but a real monitory award as well.

If wikipedia doesnt want to recognize someone gifted in physics , that's their problem not hers.