Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2013 August 27

= August 27 =

International Library Catalog online
Right, I remember back when I was mindbogglingly active here that I used one specific site to find books near me. I'd punch the name in, along with the oclc (I don't think it took ISBN's, but I'm not sure), and out would come several books near me with the library name and how many miles it was away from my zip code. I can't seem to find it now. I remember mentioning it once in an edit on WT:OMT or somewhere near that, but now I can't find that, either. Anyone have a clue about what website I'm talking about, help? Buggie111 (talk) 00:17, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * WorldCat --   Gadget850talk 02:37, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * That's it! Now, what was my name, again? ;) Buggie111 (talk) 03:30, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Slim Shady! μηδείς (talk) 05:31, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Gender disclosure on Wikipedia
I read somwhere that there are way more male editors than female editors on wikipedia. How can anyone possibly know that when most editors hve not disclosed their gender? Pass a Method  talk  22:39, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Sampling and large surveys; people may be willing to disclose gender to an anonymous survey while not disclosing it publicly. The major editor surveys have come up with broadly similar numbers (around the 10-15% mark); an interesting recent study  looked at how the sampling bias might affect these results, and came up with a revised figure for female editors of 16.1% globally and 22.7% in the US, using 2008 data. Andrew Gray (talk) 22:45, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


 * I have amended your header, as "I read somwhere" gives no clue as to what the question is about. Please give your question headers a little more attention.  Thank you.  --   Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  22:47, 27 August 2013 (UTC)