I wonder if it makes more sense to just change the name of the 'main' entry to men novelists and leave it at that. If the logic is that the list is too long, then at least make the titles fair and not sexist. It's pretty fucking shitty to 'other' women that way. It's the twenty first century, FFS. What kind of idiot doesn't get that 101 level stuff, still?
Correcting the sexism at Wikipedia is a big job. Several people have brought it up here over the years and also in some other feminist groups I'm in, trying to get people to help with the editing. I haven't done so yet but I should. Writing letters, raising awareness, going to meetings, making calls, protesting... those are all familiar forms of activism. Editing web pages is a new one. Guess we all have to change with the times. 
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