[Gendergap] My apologies

2012-08-30 Thread Carol Moore DC
I hate to use physiological excuses, but...the reason I lost control was I had a bad head cold - plus doing strong coffee on top. So confused mental/emotional states on steroids dominated my writing... I value Wikipedia as a place where I HAVE to be diplomatic, since I do lose my temper like

Re: [Gendergap] My apologies

2012-08-30 Thread Thomas Morton
Hey Carol (and the list!) The escalation was equally my fault. And I also apologise for the incident, and the things I said. My nice comment, as I explained in private, was not intended to cause upset - I was unaware of the connotations. In that light; I can see how my reply could cause upset,

Re: [Gendergap] My apologies

2012-08-30 Thread Sarah Stierch
Hi Thomas and Carol - I'm glad to hear you too were able to come together offline and talk about the situation and have a non-caffeinated drink together ;) via the web, so to say. We're happy to throw trouts around here when needed, and like Kevin and I both said - if needed, we will

Re: [Gendergap] *thread kill* Re: Apologies from the Parlympic Games Opening Ceremonies for making others uncomfortable

2012-08-30 Thread Valerie Aurora
My experience during over a decade of advocacy for women has been that active moderation of online forums is both an absolute requirement for creating a safe space for women and also incredibly hard on the people doing the moderation itself. Thank you to everyone who does the hard work to create

Re: [Gendergap] Gender Gap Revamp! [please read] (and [please forward]!)

2012-08-30 Thread Risker
On 30 August 2012 19:12, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone! I wanted to share a few recent changes to the Gender Gap mailing list webpage: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap There you will see a new About Gendergap description. It includes a