On 6 August 2017 at 23:08, Neotarf <neot...@gmail.com> wrote:

> ......
>
> Women who do not want to interact on these terms, with individuals who are
> quite probably minors, are being silenced.  I have heard that professional
> women are being recruited for Wikipedia, women whose employers would
> ordinarily be expected to protect them from a 'hostile work place', but
> they are being required to post their real identities on their talk pages,
> along with the names of their employers. and a COI form statement.  They
> are also required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prevents them
> from revealing any harassment they experience in Wikipedia, or from even
> revealing they have been required to sign an NDA.  These women will join
> Wikipedia, and listen to the pitch and eat the bagels, and Wikipedia gets
> to count them as female editors, but very few of them go on to make that
> second edit, because it's their professional reputation on the line.
>
> If Wikipedia wants women editors they are going to have to come to terms
> with this.
>
>
>
This is a very inflammatory thing to say, Neotarf, and I need to insist
that you show some proof of this.  Links to discussions or requirements,
please. This is far too sensationalistic to allow it to sit here without
serious evidence.

Risker/Anne
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