The URL I just posted goes to the wrong survey (since there are two sections with the same header on that page). Here is a better URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Civility#Arbcom.27s_position_on_expletives
Kaldari On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:39 AM, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Rationalobserver has posted a survey related to the Gender Gap Task Force > Arbitration decision on the Civility talk page: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Civility#Survey > > Seems pretty relevant to the recent discussions here. > > Kaldari > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Russia Aviation <russiaviat...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The answer to a hypothetical query by TDA >> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=367632.10;wap2 >> "Simon Tushingham [Sitush]" >> >> "I was an active user in Wikipedia for the past many many years. I had >> more than 30,000 edits to my name. From 2011, most of the sections in >> Wikipedia were under the control of organized cabals. I wrote to Jimmy >> Wales many times warning against this. But many of the users who >> voiced against this were later banned. In the section I was following, >> the leader of the Cabal was from Manchester, known by his alibi "Simon >> Tushingham". Despite this guy committing all sorts of one-sided edits, >> Wales supported him. Tushingham frequently bragged in Wikipedia that >> he regularly talked to Wales in his cell phone and were good friends >> in real life. I had enough and quit Wikipedia in 2011. I know many >> more who did the same. >> Wikipedia is similar to a ponzi scheme. They publicized themselves as >> a "free" and "unbiased" online encyclopedia. Once they had enough >> following, they kicked out the old users and showed their true >> colors." >> >> In reply to : >> >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Jimbo_Wales&oldid=636276109#GGTF_interactions_arbcom_case_has_now_closed >> >> "So you won't comment on the case, but how about a hypothetical? Let's >> say there is a male editor who, after the conclusion of an arbitration >> case, begins following a female editor from the same case all over the >> site for months. When that editor is reported for this behavior and >> there is a proposal to bar the male editor from interacting with the >> female editor, another male editor comes to his defense and suggests >> if the male editor is barred from interacting with the female editor >> that maybe he will start "following her around" instead. After the >> proposal is passed the other male editor announces he is going to be >> doing work on Wikipedia regarding a link, which just happens to be the >> personal website of the female editor. The female editor objects and >> questions his intentions. This male editor then begins taunting her >> with personal details researched online and plainly expresses his >> intentions to write a bio about her here. Despite several other >> objections and the female editor's own protests, this male editor >> creates a draft that he explains is fully intended to be made into a >> live article all about the female editor. It is apparent that certain >> details have been cherry-picked from primary sources and articles >> about the female editor and presented in a way that is clearly aimed >> at being unflattering towards her. Despite numerous editors suggesting >> his actions are woefully inappropriate he insists that he is a >> perfectly good editor who is being neutral towards this person he >> detests. Would you consider it acceptable for the Arbitration >> Committee to ban the female editor for commenting about this male >> editor's behavior, while giving the male editor essentially nothing >> more than a warning after praising his efforts on this site?--The >> Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 21:23, 1 December 2014 (UTC)" >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gender Gap" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to gender-gap+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >
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