What's more important than the content of what Baseball Bugs said, to
me, was the underlying assumption; that there couldn't possibly be any
women around who might be offended.
I'd venture that most people would hesitate to recount a particularly
hilarious episode of South Park featuring the
BaseballBugs has a problematic history at the reference desk. This isn't
the first time he's made sexist comments there.[1] Unfortunately, none
of this context was brought up in the discussion about the block. The
unblock was a knee-jerk reaction from a superficial evaluation.
Arguably, the
* ChaoticFluffy wrote:
Hi Björn, thanks for a very thoughtful email. I just want to point out that
the problematic comment the user made was not calling another user a woman.
If you think we would be better off if the comment had not been made in
the manner it has been made, I think we should
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Block_review_for_Baseball_Bugs
The first unblock statement shares the link to the joke and the reprimand
by an admin on the users page telling them they can get blocked for ongoing
comments like that. Fluffernutter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Block_review_for_Baseball_Bugs
The first unblock statement shares the link to the joke and the
reprimand
by an admin on the users page telling them they can get blocked for
ongoing
comments like that.
You are right, of course, what we do is bad enough, without having to
answer for the expectations of what our gender is expected to do.
Fred
Thanks for posting this, Sarah. I was hesitant to link to it while it was
an
active thread. My basic feeling in this case was that the user's comments
Is there any way to criticize a any action justified with sexism
without adding to the persecution complex here? Honest question.
Blocking a user for comments made a week prior falls a mile out of
standard process. Blocking a user who tries to explain himself without
begging for mercy falls a
I never said that I agreed or disagreed with the block. I was merely
expressing that some of the comments made in regards to the comment the
blocked user made were interesting. A nice selection of people didn't see
anything sexist about the comment, or the potential to find anything sexist
within
