This presentation focuses on the aims, approaches and first results of the research project - Wikipedia-Diversity (WiDi) - dedicated to fostering gender diversity in the German Wikipedia. WiDi is a collaborative project of Wikimedia Deutschland and Beuth University Berlin. Based on action research, transdisciplinarity and open innovation, WiDi develops gender diversity guidelines and gender-diversity action plans, designs and implements specific actions aimed at enhancing welcoming culture, diversity awareness among wikipedians and participation of female editors. Promoting gender diversity is however a delicate balancing act of acknowledging autonomy, introducing change and mediating conflicts. The guiding question is the effectiveness of promoting gender diversity in Wikipedia.

Wikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia movement. It's organized by a different local team each year. In 2013 the conference is taking place in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

https://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Promoting_diversity_in_the_German_Wikipedia

Slides can be viewed and downloaded here:
http://www.slideshare.net/ibuchem/wikipedia-diversity-25097396