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A gender gaps exists on Wikipedia, and the community has been consciously working to address that for several years.

Encouraging contributions from females has probably been the Wikimedia Foundation's largest policy effort. Increasing Wikipedia's coverage of notable women is a common theme in edit-a-thons, events where Wikipedians get together at a library or cafe and edit Wikipedia together for a few hours. There is more to do, but these are effective and useful efforts.

I am not familiar enough with the editorial conflicts surrounding Gamergate to make an informed comment on Mark's post, but thought I would offer some broader context.