Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Keilana
Well said, Kaldari.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 I find the entire premise of this essay to be a bit misguided. Do we
 really need to worry about tamping down the trickle of feminists editing
 art articles on Wikipedia? There are easily ten times more men's rights
 activists editing Wikipedia than feminists, and they actively organize
 off-wiki to subvert NPOV. Why does no one care about that? Why not write a
 blog post about men's rights activists running meat-puppet campaigns and
 trying to white-wash articles about rape and domestic violence? If
 anything, having a handful of feminists on Wikipedia might serve to keep
 them in check.

 Also, don't revise existing articles because you feel there is a male
 bias in them.
 This is terrible advice. For example, I significantly revised the dating
 article a few years ago because it had an obvious male bias and seemed to
 be intended only for a male audience. Why should people leave articles with
 a male bias? NPOV doesn't mean leave articles with whatever bias they
 started with.

 Also, I find it strange that your article implies that feminists can't
 write from a neutral point of view. Feminism is about equality of the sexes
 and opposing stereotypes and biases. It isn't about making women look
 better than men or excluding the male point of view. I think feminists make
 great Wikipedia editors. Look at Adrianne Wadewitz: 37 featured articles! I
 would gladly take 1000 more Adrianne Wadewitzs as Wikipedia editors!

 Kaldari

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:23 AM, J Hayes slowki...@gmail.com wrote:

 nice wiki-splaining - the problem with your thesis:
 

 *What we don't need, however, is more feminists.*
 is labeling and the double standard of civility enforcement

 as Djembayz said at Signpost:
 the rules on Wikipedia are not clear, the enforcement on disruptive
 behavior is arbitrary or non-existent. Online game players, vulgarians, and
 sea-lioning http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/ randos who
 congregate here can be as disruptive and outrageous as they wish, with
 impunity. They don't care, because they don't have to.

 until the systemic bias in civility enforcement is dealt with, your
 thesis will be a dead letter with me.

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 This part of the we of Wikipedians...me..wants feminist to edit
 Wikipedia, as well as people who want to solely add articles about women.

 What I ask of you is to stand back so that those of us who are
 interested in creating an inclusive editing community can do so without
 being hindered. Because there is simply no way that Wikipedia's content can
 be neutral without a large and inclusive body of people creating it.

 Warm regards,
 Sydney Poore
 User:FloNight
 On Apr 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia) 
 lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote:

 Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

 My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

 I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism
 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Gnom/Blog#2_April_2015:_A_blog_post_on_Wikipedia_and_feminism.
 and was encouraged to share it with this list.

 As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your
 comments.
 Regards,

 Lukas Mezger

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Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread J Hayes
nice wiki-splaining - the problem with your thesis:


*What we don't need, however, is more feminists.*
is labeling and the double standard of civility enforcement

as Djembayz said at Signpost:
the rules on Wikipedia are not clear, the enforcement on disruptive
behavior is arbitrary or non-existent. Online game players, vulgarians, and
sea-lioning http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/ randos who
congregate here can be as disruptive and outrageous as they wish, with
impunity. They don't care, because they don't have to.

until the systemic bias in civility enforcement is dealt with, your
thesis will be a dead letter with me.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com
wrote:

 This part of the we of Wikipedians...me..wants feminist to edit
 Wikipedia, as well as people who want to solely add articles about women.

 What I ask of you is to stand back so that those of us who are interested
 in creating an inclusive editing community can do so without being
 hindered. Because there is simply no way that Wikipedia's content can be
 neutral without a large and inclusive body of people creating it.

 Warm regards,
 Sydney Poore
 User:FloNight
 On Apr 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia) 
 lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote:

 Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

 My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

 I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism
 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Gnom/Blog#2_April_2015:_A_blog_post_on_Wikipedia_and_feminism.
 and was encouraged to share it with this list.

 As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your
 comments.
 Regards,

 Lukas Mezger

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Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Ryan Kaldari
I find the entire premise of this essay to be a bit misguided. Do we really
need to worry about tamping down the trickle of feminists editing art
articles on Wikipedia? There are easily ten times more men's rights
activists editing Wikipedia than feminists, and they actively organize
off-wiki to subvert NPOV. Why does no one care about that? Why not write a
blog post about men's rights activists running meat-puppet campaigns and
trying to white-wash articles about rape and domestic violence? If
anything, having a handful of feminists on Wikipedia might serve to keep
them in check.

Also, don't revise existing articles because you feel there is a male bias
in them.
This is terrible advice. For example, I significantly revised the dating
article a few years ago because it had an obvious male bias and seemed to
be intended only for a male audience. Why should people leave articles with
a male bias? NPOV doesn't mean leave articles with whatever bias they
started with.

Also, I find it strange that your article implies that feminists can't
write from a neutral point of view. Feminism is about equality of the sexes
and opposing stereotypes and biases. It isn't about making women look
better than men or excluding the male point of view. I think feminists make
great Wikipedia editors. Look at Adrianne Wadewitz: 37 featured articles! I
would gladly take 1000 more Adrianne Wadewitzs as Wikipedia editors!

Kaldari

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:23 AM, J Hayes slowki...@gmail.com wrote:

 nice wiki-splaining - the problem with your thesis:
 

 *What we don't need, however, is more feminists.*
 is labeling and the double standard of civility enforcement

 as Djembayz said at Signpost:
 the rules on Wikipedia are not clear, the enforcement on disruptive
 behavior is arbitrary or non-existent. Online game players, vulgarians, and
 sea-lioning http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/ randos who
 congregate here can be as disruptive and outrageous as they wish, with
 impunity. They don't care, because they don't have to.

 until the systemic bias in civility enforcement is dealt with, your
 thesis will be a dead letter with me.

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 This part of the we of Wikipedians...me..wants feminist to edit
 Wikipedia, as well as people who want to solely add articles about women.

 What I ask of you is to stand back so that those of us who are interested
 in creating an inclusive editing community can do so without being
 hindered. Because there is simply no way that Wikipedia's content can be
 neutral without a large and inclusive body of people creating it.

 Warm regards,
 Sydney Poore
 User:FloNight
 On Apr 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia) 
 lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote:

 Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

 My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

 I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism
 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Gnom/Blog#2_April_2015:_A_blog_post_on_Wikipedia_and_feminism.
 and was encouraged to share it with this list.

 As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your
 comments.
 Regards,

 Lukas Mezger

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Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Sydney Poore
Yes, and its patronizing to write a blog post about NPOV policy directed at
the community members who organize community outreach events for feminists.

Especially condescending towards art+feminism community organizers who
brilliantly executed a well thought out plan that included pre-event
training materials and sessions, as well as materials to be used the day of
the event.

Maybe, we could assume that the people planning the events understand
Wikipedia policy and don't need to be schooled about basic policy.

The blog portrays the attitude that feminists who plan events are not true
members of the community and need special scrutiny to keep them from
ruining content.

This is exactly the type of attitude that makes Wikipedia an unwelcoming
place for people who are not part of the dominant demographic group or are
newcomers with enthusiasm for improving Wikipedia.

Sydney
User:FloNight
On Apr 9, 2015 2:30 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 I find the entire premise of this essay to be a bit misguided. Do we
 really need to worry about tamping down the trickle of feminists editing
 art articles on Wikipedia? There are easily ten times more men's rights
 activists editing Wikipedia than feminists, and they actively organize
 off-wiki to subvert NPOV. Why does no one care about that? Why not write a
 blog post about men's rights activists running meat-puppet campaigns and
 trying to white-wash articles about rape and domestic violence? If
 anything, having a handful of feminists on Wikipedia might serve to keep
 them in check.

 Also, don't revise existing articles because you feel there is a male
 bias in them.
 This is terrible advice. For example, I significantly revised the dating
 article a few years ago because it had an obvious male bias and seemed to
 be intended only for a male audience. Why should people leave articles with
 a male bias? NPOV doesn't mean leave articles with whatever bias they
 started with.

 Also, I find it strange that your article implies that feminists can't
 write from a neutral point of view. Feminism is about equality of the sexes
 and opposing stereotypes and biases. It isn't about making women look
 better than men or excluding the male point of view. I think feminists make
 great Wikipedia editors. Look at Adrianne Wadewitz: 37 featured articles! I
 would gladly take 1000 more Adrianne Wadewitzs as Wikipedia editors!

 Kaldari

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:23 AM, J Hayes slowki...@gmail.com wrote:

 nice wiki-splaining - the problem with your thesis:
 

 *What we don't need, however, is more feminists.*
 is labeling and the double standard of civility enforcement

 as Djembayz said at Signpost:
 the rules on Wikipedia are not clear, the enforcement on disruptive
 behavior is arbitrary or non-existent. Online game players, vulgarians, and
 sea-lioning http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/ randos who
 congregate here can be as disruptive and outrageous as they wish, with
 impunity. They don't care, because they don't have to.

 until the systemic bias in civility enforcement is dealt with, your
 thesis will be a dead letter with me.

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 This part of the we of Wikipedians...me..wants feminist to edit
 Wikipedia, as well as people who want to solely add articles about women.

 What I ask of you is to stand back so that those of us who are
 interested in creating an inclusive editing community can do so without
 being hindered. Because there is simply no way that Wikipedia's content can
 be neutral without a large and inclusive body of people creating it.

 Warm regards,
 Sydney Poore
 User:FloNight
 On Apr 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia) 
 lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote:

 Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

 My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

 I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism
 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Gnom/Blog#2_April_2015:_A_blog_post_on_Wikipedia_and_feminism.
 and was encouraged to share it with this list.

 As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your
 comments.
 Regards,

 Lukas Mezger

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Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Rob
Well, if you want to write articles about French women painters, go
ahead. But you shouldn't do it just because you want more articles
about women on Wikipedia.

Why not?  Nobody says this to the people who write articles about
trains or video games.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 I find the entire premise of this essay to be a bit misguided. Do we really
 need to worry about tamping down the trickle of feminists editing art
 articles on Wikipedia? There are easily ten times more men's rights
 activists editing Wikipedia than feminists, and they actively organize
 off-wiki to subvert NPOV. Why does no one care about that? Why not write a
 blog post about men's rights activists running meat-puppet campaigns and
 trying to white-wash articles about rape and domestic violence? If anything,
 having a handful of feminists on Wikipedia might serve to keep them in
 check.

 Also, don't revise existing articles because you feel there is a male bias
 in them.
 This is terrible advice. For example, I significantly revised the dating
 article a few years ago because it had an obvious male bias and seemed to be
 intended only for a male audience. Why should people leave articles with a
 male bias? NPOV doesn't mean leave articles with whatever bias they started
 with.

 Also, I find it strange that your article implies that feminists can't write
 from a neutral point of view. Feminism is about equality of the sexes and
 opposing stereotypes and biases. It isn't about making women look better
 than men or excluding the male point of view. I think feminists make great
 Wikipedia editors. Look at Adrianne Wadewitz: 37 featured articles! I would
 gladly take 1000 more Adrianne Wadewitzs as Wikipedia editors!

 Kaldari

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:23 AM, J Hayes slowki...@gmail.com wrote:

 nice wiki-splaining - the problem with your thesis:
 What we don't need, however, is more feminists.

 is labeling and the double standard of civility enforcement

 as Djembayz said at Signpost:
 the rules on Wikipedia are not clear, the enforcement on disruptive
 behavior is arbitrary or non-existent. Online game players, vulgarians, and
 sea-lioning randos who congregate here can be as disruptive and outrageous
 as they wish, with impunity. They don't care, because they don't have to.

 until the systemic bias in civility enforcement is dealt with, your
 thesis will be a dead letter with me.

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 This part of the we of Wikipedians...me..wants feminist to edit
 Wikipedia, as well as people who want to solely add articles about women.

 What I ask of you is to stand back so that those of us who are interested
 in creating an inclusive editing community can do so without being hindered.
 Because there is simply no way that Wikipedia's content can be neutral
 without a large and inclusive body of people creating it.

 Warm regards,
 Sydney Poore
 User:FloNight

 On Apr 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia)
 lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote:

 Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

 My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

 I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism and was
 encouraged to share it with this list.

 As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your
 comments.
 Regards,

 Lukas Mezger

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Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Lika Tika
Thanks for your very eloquent response, Sydney, I strongly second that
thought.

Amy
On Apr 9, 2015 3:29 PM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com wrote:

 Yes, and its patronizing to write a blog post about NPOV policy directed
 at the community members who organize community outreach events for
 feminists.

 Especially condescending towards art+feminism community organizers who
 brilliantly executed a well thought out plan that included pre-event
 training materials and sessions, as well as materials to be used the day of
 the event.

 Maybe, we could assume that the people planning the events understand
 Wikipedia policy and don't need to be schooled about basic policy.

 The blog portrays the attitude that feminists who plan events are not true
 members of the community and need special scrutiny to keep them from
 ruining content.

 This is exactly the type of attitude that makes Wikipedia an unwelcoming
 place for people who are not part of the dominant demographic group or are
 newcomers with enthusiasm for improving Wikipedia.

 Sydney
 User:FloNight
 On Apr 9, 2015 2:30 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 I find the entire premise of this essay to be a bit misguided. Do we
 really need to worry about tamping down the trickle of feminists editing
 art articles on Wikipedia? There are easily ten times more men's rights
 activists editing Wikipedia than feminists, and they actively organize
 off-wiki to subvert NPOV. Why does no one care about that? Why not write a
 blog post about men's rights activists running meat-puppet campaigns and
 trying to white-wash articles about rape and domestic violence? If
 anything, having a handful of feminists on Wikipedia might serve to keep
 them in check.

 Also, don't revise existing articles because you feel there is a male
 bias in them.
 This is terrible advice. For example, I significantly revised the
 dating article a few years ago because it had an obvious male bias and
 seemed to be intended only for a male audience. Why should people leave
 articles with a male bias? NPOV doesn't mean leave articles with whatever
 bias they started with.

 Also, I find it strange that your article implies that feminists can't
 write from a neutral point of view. Feminism is about equality of the sexes
 and opposing stereotypes and biases. It isn't about making women look
 better than men or excluding the male point of view. I think feminists make
 great Wikipedia editors. Look at Adrianne Wadewitz: 37 featured articles! I
 would gladly take 1000 more Adrianne Wadewitzs as Wikipedia editors!

 Kaldari

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 8:23 AM, J Hayes slowki...@gmail.com wrote:

 nice wiki-splaining - the problem with your thesis:
 

 *What we don't need, however, is more feminists.*
 is labeling and the double standard of civility enforcement

 as Djembayz said at Signpost:
 the rules on Wikipedia are not clear, the enforcement on disruptive
 behavior is arbitrary or non-existent. Online game players, vulgarians, and
 sea-lioning http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/ randos who
 congregate here can be as disruptive and outrageous as they wish, with
 impunity. They don't care, because they don't have to.

 until the systemic bias in civility enforcement is dealt with, your
 thesis will be a dead letter with me.

 On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Sydney Poore sydney.po...@gmail.com
 wrote:

 This part of the we of Wikipedians...me..wants feminist to edit
 Wikipedia, as well as people who want to solely add articles about women.

 What I ask of you is to stand back so that those of us who are
 interested in creating an inclusive editing community can do so without
 being hindered. Because there is simply no way that Wikipedia's content can
 be neutral without a large and inclusive body of people creating it.

 Warm regards,
 Sydney Poore
 User:FloNight
 On Apr 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia) 
 lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote:

 Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

 My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

 I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism
 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Gnom/Blog#2_April_2015:_A_blog_post_on_Wikipedia_and_feminism.
 and was encouraged to share it with this list.

 As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your
 comments.
 Regards,

 Lukas Mezger

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Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Sydney Poore
This part of the we of Wikipedians...me..wants feminist to edit
Wikipedia, as well as people who want to solely add articles about women.

What I ask of you is to stand back so that those of us who are interested
in creating an inclusive editing community can do so without being
hindered. Because there is simply no way that Wikipedia's content can be
neutral without a large and inclusive body of people creating it.

Warm regards,
Sydney Poore
User:FloNight
On Apr 9, 2015 10:27 AM, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia) 
lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote:

 Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

 My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

 I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism
 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Gnom/Blog#2_April_2015:_A_blog_post_on_Wikipedia_and_feminism.
 and was encouraged to share it with this list.

 As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your
 comments.
 Regards,

 Lukas Mezger

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[Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia)
Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Gnom/Blog#2_April_2015:_A_blog_post_on_Wikipedia_and_feminism.
and was encouraged to share it with this list.

As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your comments.
Regards,

Lukas Mezger
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Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia and Feminism.

2015-04-09 Thread
I think it would be better to drop, or tone down the bit about:
But stay away if your actions are in any way motivated by a certain
interest, or worse, a social agenda.

We want expert editors and that's not possible if they are being
pushed away. Maybe consider re-writing it to promote the idea that
editor training/on-line help should address the barrier of how to
write from a neutral point of view, even if your motivation is as an
activist.

P.S. I speak from the experience of getting banned when trying to do
something about LGBT content and being naive about how best to handle
on-line harassment (which you cannot call sexist or homophobic on
Wikipedia, even when in any other forum it would be considered
blatantly so, without that bouncing back on you as bad faith).

Fae

On 9 April 2015 at 00:08, Lukas Mezger (Wikipedia)
lukas.mez...@wikipedia.de wrote:
 Dear readers of the gender gap mailing list,

 My name is Lukas and I am a German Wikipedian (User:Gnom).

 I recently wrote a blog post on Wikipedia and feminism and was encouraged to
 share it with this list.

 As I am very new to the gender gap debate, I would appreciate your comments.
 Regards,

 Lukas Mezger
-- 
fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae

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