Hi Jessy, Sorry to learn about this sad experience. I had the impression - on the French wiktionnary, things were easier (but I am not contributing myself). Kind regards, Nattes à chat
> Le 26 avr. 2017 à 19:27, Jessy D. King <jessy.d.k...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Hi, > I'm new to this list, this is my first post. > > If Wikipedia is a boy's club, Wiktionary is an uber boy's club. It *so* > desperately needs people interested in addressing systemic bias. > > Every time I try to make completely legitimate fixes to address systemic bias > of the male privilege variety (for example, > https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=so&type=revision&diff=42598962&oldid=42598906 > ) > it is reverted very quickly (in the just-referenced case, within 10 minutes). > Then a fight must ensue in which I'm accused of being things like > "dishonest", "disrespectful" and 'railing'. The person in this case has > demonstrated his double standards in his edit summary and in his comments to > me on his talk page, and that is absolutely (unfortunately) the norm amongst > long-term Wiktionary editors. > > It is incredibly demoralising. My contributions to Wiktionary include adding > etymologies, adding quotations, all with absolutely no gender issues > involved, yet none of that work is ever recognised in any way, and I'm > treated like a resented interloper. The majority of long-term Wiktionary > editors seem to bitterly resent the very suggestion of addressing systemic > bias. It is a really, really nasty little uber boy's club in there. Which I > realise may not encourage anyone to join, I'm just being honest. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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