Re: [Gendergap] Who are the nicest people on our projects ?

2015-02-05 Thread Alison Cassidy
On Feb 5, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Alison Cassidy coot...@mac.com wrote: For an interesting twist, the #1 on the most-thanked list for the English Wikipedia is a previously banned editor who was unbanned and allowed back in. He has since become a superb editor. Goes to show … :) Actually

Re: [Gendergap] Who are the nicest people on our projects ?

2015-02-05 Thread Alison Cassidy
On Feb 5, 2015, at 12:41 PM, Daniel and Elizabeth Case danc...@frontiernet.net wrote: Hmm, I think the list of most-thanked people actually tells us more about who is doing the thanking. I see at least 5 names on that list that I recognise from my watchlist and therefore I may have

Re: [Gendergap] press coverage of Gamergate arbcom case

2015-01-26 Thread Alison Cassidy
On Jan 26, 2015, at 2:43 AM, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: Tarc, I felt your lipstick on a pig comment about a transexual was not just disgusting, but was a key example of why we needed a WM-LGBT user group to both highlight and gradually improve a hostile culture on Wikimedia projects that

Re: [Gendergap] Addressing incivility (was: men on lists)

2014-07-04 Thread Alison Cassidy
I'm European (from Ireland) and clearly identify this as a major issue. -- Allie (User:Alison) On Jul 4, 2014, at 11:53 AM, rupert THURNER rupert.thur...@gmail.com wrote: do you know women outside the north american culture, i.e. US and CA, affected by this? rupert Am 03.07.2014 21:13

Re: [Gendergap] Category:Nude portrayals of computer technology

2013-05-17 Thread Alison Cassidy
Hi again, Admin User:Evula attempted to delete them per COM:SCOPE but every single one was immediately restored. People are now yelling at him on his talk page. -- Allie On May 17, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Lennart Guldbrandsson l_guldbrands...@hotmail.com wrote: Oh, this was not good. I

Re: [Gendergap] Topless image retention -don't give up

2013-05-12 Thread Alison Cassidy
I feel *exactly* the same way, and I'm a Commons admin :( This speaks for me, too. -- Allie On May 12, 2013, at 1:15 PM, Katherine Casey fluffernutter.w...@gmail.com wrote: Alas no, I'm not up to your challenge. I'm subject to quite enough aggression and strange sexualization of situations

Re: [Gendergap] Article Cumshot in English and German Wikipedia

2012-05-02 Thread Alison Cassidy
On May 2, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Thomas Morton wrote: Advertising not sexist. Really. Well I'd be interested to hear rational arguments that it is... I've always found advertising to be highly sexualised, but refreshingly free of sexism. You're kidding, right? Advertising is so jam-loaded