On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 15:34, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote:
The behavior you describe is all too common on Wikipedia (and even worse
on Commons). I could quote some much more blatant examples than the one
you cite, but I'll spare everyone the groans. I think the problem is
that
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Subject: Re: [Gendergap] What to do about sexism when we see it on WP?
To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects
gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Friday, 18 March, 2011, 13:53
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 15:34, Ryan
Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
The behavior
However, I also do worry about double standards. For example, earlier
somewhere someone suggested we visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochre
where a barebreasted woman was used to illustrate the use of it as a
body paint in Africa. I made the point that I really would like to know
if men
I saw an incident recently on WP that's fairly common, but it's not
clear to me what we should do about it, if anything.
A woman editor did something that a few male editors didn't like, and
she was taken to task for it. In the course of the discussion, the
Wikipedia biography of a woman was
The behavior you describe is all too common on Wikipedia (and even worse
on Commons). I could quote some much more blatant examples than the one
you cite, but I'll spare everyone the groans. I think the problem is
that most guys do not understand that creating an unwanted sexualized
I saw an incident recently on WP that's fairly common, but it's not
clear to me what we should do about it, if anything.
A woman editor did something that a few male editors didn't like, and
she was taken to task for it. In the course of the discussion, the
Wikipedia biography of a woman was
Just for information -
Whoever starts actioning this needs to be careful. The community
lashbacks over trying to limit abusive behavior in other areas (the
civility arguments, etc) have been severe at times.
A lot of men will take That was sexist and is creating a hostile
environment, please
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find Fred. I hadn't read those before. It sounds like revision
deletion might be an option in more extreme cases.
Less extreme cases should be taken here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts
