On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 15:56, Daniel and Elizabeth Case
danc...@frontiernet.net wrote:
Forking this list as a way to make it more effective in its stated purpose
is bound to be self-defeating for the simple reason (beyond the inability to
effectively authenticate the gender of participants)
I completely agree with Fluffy.
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2011/3/16 ChaoticFluffy
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 16:47, Laura Hale la...@fanhistory.com wrote:
Michael's comment saying women need to act like men, and that the only way
for women to participate on Wikipedia is to act like men (which is exactly
how his comment of WOMEN SHOULD ACT LIKE PEOPLE reads. Pretend that
I don't have a problem with people starting an all women list
specifically on this topic through whatever appropriate list serve
service seems appropriate. It can make its own rules about participants.
The impression I got was the proposal was to make *this* the all women
list, which I oppose.
Steven asked me a while back to help moderate this list. Unfortunately,
I just haven't had time to keep up with the volume of discussion here,
so I don't feel like I'm doing a very effective job of keeping the
discussions on track. Rather than keep up the pretense, I think it would
be better
Clearly the arguments here are a rehashing of two different versions
of feminist action - and both have been successful in winning rights
and opportunities for women in the Western world. Which you prefer
often comes down to a philosophical difference about essentialism -
do you believe that women
