On 9/9/2014 7:51 PM, LB wrote:
I'm going to keep at it, for now. Honestly, I'm tired of it being a
mostly internally discussed problem... Perhaps I'll change my mind at
some point, but that's my thinking on it at this time.
Lightbreather
You are braver than I! On the other hand this is what
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net
wrote:
On 9/9/2014 7:51 PM, LB wrote:
I'm going to keep at it, for now. Honestly, I'm tired of it being a mostly
internally discussed problem... Perhaps I'll change my mind at some point,
but that's my thinking on it
Hi. Some people can't speak up about what happened for legal reasons.
I do think there is a double standard. But I have before my involvement in
wiki. Living in the US it's a way of life.
Some women who were impacted by those posts were harassed by people
involved way prior to making their own
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stie...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi. Some people can't speak up about what happened for legal reasons.
I do think there is a double standard. But I have before my involvement in
wiki. Living in the US it's a way of life.
Some women who were
Thanks Nathan. I do concur that harassment to the level myself, Carol and
other very active outspoken women have experienced on/off wiki is not the
standard experience for every woman who lines up to click edit.
It sucks that it happens. But I also always remind people - unless you are
editing
And of course, that is the nub of the problem. Women shouldn't have to keep
their heads down and write about acceptable and uncontroversial things to
avoid getting harassed. (Also, I'm not sure even editing women scientists
would be safe.)
Lightbreather
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Sarah
I agree. But, it hasn't been serving those women who don't very well. The
NFL is appearing to have a better track record right now than the Wikimedia
community... in handling harassers and that's not saying much at all :)
Sarah
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:36 AM, LB lightbreath...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, I've been following this list for a while. I'm pretty sick of the
constant sexism on Wikipedia, and depressed because it's not just a few
users, but seen in the opinions and suggestions of so many. I've started a
twitter account (https://twitter.com/SaidOnWP) to give some examples of
what I
The *#WhyIStayed hashtag shows also applies to this discussion. *
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 6:05 AM, Gender Gap saido...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, I've been following this list for a while. I'm pretty sick of the
constant sexism on Wikipedia, and depressed because it's not just a few
users, but seen
Frankly, given the hostility to the Gender Gap project, I have to wonder
about this Hashtag effort.
Lightbreather quoted some obnoxious guy statements a month ago out of
her own account and was roundly criticized. Forum shopping and
canvassing issues were raised while others applauded it.
I'm going to keep at it, for now. Honestly, I'm tired of it being a mostly
internally discussed problem... Perhaps I'll change my mind at some point,
but that's my thinking on it at this time.
Lightbreather
On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Carol Moore dc carolmoor...@verizon.net
wrote:
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