I remembered this thread as I began my most recent GAC-review, "Mona Sax" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Sax. Sure enough, the nominator and main editor of this article is the same guy who was topic-banned! I only chose it because I wanted to review an article and it's short. I know almost nothing about gaming, but not knowing about a topic has never stopped me from reviewing an article; I tend to choose ones that are at the top of the queue and to expand my knowledge about stuff I don't know much about.
I was still tempted, though, to fail it on principle, but that would be the wrong principle. The guy doesn't come across as all that smart; plus, English isn't his native language and he's using that as an excuse for his weak prose. (As a second language-user myself, I tend to not accept that as a reason to be a weak writer, since just because you're a native speaker of English doesn't mean that you can write well in it, and plenty of non-native speakers are good writers.) Thus far, we're being polite with each other, although I must admit that part of me wonders how it'll turn out and if me being a girl will come into play. Will keep you informed! Christine User: Figureskatingfan On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Diff of the quoted edit, for reference: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Anita_Sarkeesian&diff=prev&oldid=523584174 > > > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think most people here will remember the appalling harassment Anita >> Sarkeesian suffered in YouTube and on Wikipedia. >> >> If not, see >> >> >> http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/06/harassment-misogyny-and-silencing-on-youtube/ >> >> http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/06/harassment-and-misogyny-via-wikipedia/ >> >> So now we have another ANI thread on her biography >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#BLP_issues_at_Anita_Sarkeesian >> >> The discussion is whether a chap who made the following comment (among >> many others) should be topic-banned from her biography: >> >> ---o0o--- >> >> Now she has over 4 million views, which is a huge leap (relatively), >> despite not publishing any new videos since then - these 3 million new >> views, and a big fame (especially among gamers), and the notability (also >> on Wikipedia), and the money (from donations), all of it was only due to >> the massive trolling response to her trailer video for a Kickstarter >> project, which she then *media-savy way used to start a huge moral panic >> (a smooth move, I'll admit) instead of just ignoring it, or do things like [ >> http://www.destructoid.com/bioware-writer-s-vagina-versus-the-internet-222206.phtmlcounter-attack >> literally using her vagina, >> * which is what Hepler did], and so this is what she is "best known for" >> (note: best). >> >> ---o0o--- >> >> That guy is the most frequent editor of her biography's talk page, having >> made over three times more edits to it than the next editor. >> >> >> http://toolserver.org/~daniel/WikiSense/Contributors.php?wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikipedia.org&grouped=on&page=Talk:Anita_Sarkeesian >> >> The ANI discussion has been running for a week. >> >> Andreas >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > -- Christine -- Christine W. Meyer christinewme...@gmail.com 208/310-1549
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