Well I for one feel the category system is broken, though as I have
delved deeper into it I realize it was probably never working to begin
with. Sexism is as good as any other reason to do something about it,
and if we gain one or two more outraged female editors, then I think
we'll be the better
Please see below
via Matthew Roth at WMF.
Sue published this blog post just recently:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/05/01/of-wikipedia-categories-and-sexism/
What’s missing from the media discussions of Wikipedia categories and sexism
Posted by Sue Gardner on May 1, 2013
Last week the New
Thanks, Sarah. I've got to ask...I've not seen some of those comments
before on the public lists, and I subscribe to most of them. Did I miss
something?
Risker/Anne
On 1 May 2013 11:12, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com wrote:
Please see below
via Matthew Roth at WMF.
Sue
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, Sarah. I've got to ask...I've not seen some of those comments
before on the public lists, and I subscribe to most of them. Did I miss
something?
Oh, that's from the Communications list. I failed to crop out all of
Commentary in The Daily Dot.
http://www.dailydot.com/society/wikipedia-sexism-problem-sue-gardner/
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Wikipedia found itself squirming uncomfortably last week after charges of
systemic sexism drew heat from media outlets across the world and sparked
widespread outrage on social media.
