I agree about the double standard, I've seen it applied all too often on Wikipedia. I was just asking what specific articles were being affected.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Carol Moore dc <carolmoor...@verizon.net> wrote: > One can always just study the relevant articles. > But often it's a double standard in application of policies. > So if it's a guy architect with a couple low quality refs, > people won't even bother to notice or respond. > But if it's a woman architect with 7 or 8 solid ones, > it becomes a cause celebre to delete the article. > And none of that "give the women a chance to > beef it up" nonsense either. > > It tends to be quite irrational and knee jerk. > I've seen the same thing on articles about writers, > professors, politicians, anyone with even a mild > POV that goes against the alleged mainstream. > Their articles sometimes are ruthlessly attacked > and nitpicked. But if you just put a tag for > better references (or any references at all!) on > articles about individuals with an allegedly more > mainstream view who editors merely claim are > important in their field, you may get a lot of grief. > > That's what systemic bias is all about it. > > > On 4/11/2015 5:55 PM, Rob wrote: > > Can anyone point to where this "troll" behavior happened? There don't seem > to be a lot of specifics in this article, and I'm wondering if it's gender > trolls (which are, alas, plentiful) or a culture clash between old editors > and new ones over unfamiliar policies? > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Carol Moore dc <carolmoor...@verizon.net> > wrote: > >> On 4/10/2015 6:33 PM, Siko Bouterse wrote: >> >>> This is the grant proposal referenced at the end of that article >>> (currently under review as part of Inspire): >>> >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/More_Female_Architects_on_Wikipedia >>> >>> I remember NOT commenting on that one because I figured, who could >> have a problem with that? >> >> How soon we forget that getting MORE women articles and editors was and >> remains controversial. >> >> Banging head vs. wall.... >> >> >> CM >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing listgender...@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit:https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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