Press coverage is widening:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/23/wikipedia-bans-editors-from-gender-related-articles-amid-gamergate-controversy
http://internet.gawker.com/wikipedia-purged-a-group-of-feminist-editors-because-of-1681463331
On 1/25/2015 1:03 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote:
After reviewing the Arbcom case, I don't even know who got the idea
that any of the contributing editors are feminist, per se. No one even
mentions the word, except once, when describing a subject that was
slandered in the gamer gate article(s).
I
I'm fine with Carol as well. It would certainly send a message.
Christine
User:Figureskatingfan
On Jan 25, 2015 3:06 PM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net
wrote:
On 1/25/2015 2:09 PM, Chris Keating wrote:
I'd be
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Sarah slimvir...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com
wrote:
After reviewing the Arbcom case, I don't even know who got the idea that
any of the contributing editors are feminist, per se. No one even
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com
wrote:
Note: most of the in trouble editor's aren't that productive at
contributing feminist content to Wikipedia. I have interacted with only
four of them - Black Kite, Future Perfect at Sunrise, TarainDC and Bilby -
only
I'd be happy to help, assuming another man doesn't imbalance things
Chris
On 23 Jan 2015 21:34, LB lightbreath...@gmail.com wrote:
I might be interested. What all's involved?
Lightbreather
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Leigh Honeywell le...@hypatia.ca wrote:
Hey Kevin, don't worry
Some of you may already be aware of this, but there is a did you ask any
women question that has blown up all out-of-proportion at WP Editor
Retention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Editor_Retention#How_many_women_have_been_involved_in_these_discussions.3F
I largely agree with Sarah.
After several years taking a break from using the Checkuser tool, in early
January I decided to actively join the the team again. So, I read all the
active ArbCom cases to familarize myself with the current controversies on
Wikipedia. During my reading of the GamerGate
I am now on digest mode with this mailing list. The traffic is often too
much for me and the voice of this list is frustrating for me
sometimes..so... remember that please :)
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I have been asked to share my thoughts by many people this morning on the
internet, here they are:
I have been
I just wanted to bring up a point wrt but cannot ban the Guardian for bad
journalism below, there are already efforts underway on the Gamergate talk
page by a single-purpose account to do just that. The argument is that since
this Guardian article is so wrong (and it really isn't, just in
On 1/25/2015 2:09 PM, Chris Keating wrote:
I'd be happy to help, assuming another man doesn't imbalance things
Chris
I definitely think we need another woman. I'd step up, but as a banned
from wikipedia feminist already, I won't embarrass anyone by doing so.
CM
I'm sure it's hard to remain calm and thoughtful when 8chan is running 24/7
discussion threads to:
1. Strategize on how to subvert the consensus process to take over the
article
2. Target Wikipedia editors for doxxing and harassment so that they will
stop defending the article
The assault was
On 1/25/2015 6:17 PM, Nathan wrote:
I think the lesson it sends is that a righteous cause is not a defense
against accusations of disruption, nor a license to violate other
policies. I'm sure that among the restricted people are those with
positions I'd support along with many others, but
Suppose I should say a brief something since some of the posts here talk
about me. I have been caustic and acerbic at the Wikipedia over the years,
though in fits and starts I am trying to take it down a few notches. So, yea,
I'm quite aware that I'm not the best poster-child for any
I think in both your case and Devil's Advocate (even though you take
opposite positions) there may have been annoyance that you both very
vocally took the wrong position on GGTF on the arbitration talk pages
so this may be at least partial payback...
On 1/25/2015 8:12 PM, Tarc . wrote:
st want to make it clear that don't consider myself to be a feminist,
whatever that is. I was not a member of GGTF and have never edited in the
topic of gender. I saw the disruptions on the page, and tried to give some
support and validation to the only admin I saw trying to deal with the
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