Re: [Gendergap] Ruth Barrett bio

2016-06-26 Thread Kevin Gorman
You're absolutely correct that the article does not have sufficient cites in it to establish notability, but reread that sentence. "No assertions, plausible or otherwise of notability" - that's a big difference than what is required to pass an AfD, and the tag didn't belong here. The article cont

Re: [Gendergap] Ruth Barrett bio

2016-06-26 Thread Michael J. Lowrey
I wrote, "The article as written contains no assertions, plausible or otherwise, of notability. It reeks with redlinks and self-published "sources". AS WRITTEN. I would have been equally dismissive of a guy name Ron who claimed to be part of a Odinic priesthood; no more and no less. On Sun, Jun 2

Re: [Gendergap] Ruth Barrett bio

2016-06-26 Thread Kevin Gorman
With Ruth having published articles in peer reviewed journals multiple times that have been directly responded to by dozens of times, having her work and ideas forming a significant part of a book by KS Coleman that directly talks about Ruth's life experences, mentions her full name 20+ times as bo

Re: [Gendergap] Ruth Barrett bio

2016-06-26 Thread Michael J. Lowrey
The book may be notable while the author is not. It sounds like it's a rehash of Joanna Russ' classic HOW TO SUPPRESS WOMEN'S WRITING. On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Carol Moore dc wrote: > Dang, I should have found some refs first. See how out of practice I am! > I was sure I'd read it alrea

Re: [Gendergap] Ruth Barrett bio

2016-06-26 Thread J Hayes
i see brainyj drove by tag-spamed it , 2 years ago recently, they can't be bothered with AfD, especially with old material they concentrate on biting new editors articles. On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Carol Moore dc wrote: > Dang, I should have found some refs first. See how out of practi

Re: [Gendergap] Ruth Barrett bio

2016-06-26 Thread Carol Moore dc
Dang, I should have found some refs first. See how out of practice I am! I was sure I'd read it already was discussed by Time or something. I'm sure that the bio will be quickly deleted, even after the book published and reviewed, while thousands of male bios with no refs survive. Sigh... On

Re: [Gendergap] Ruth Barrett bio

2016-06-26 Thread Michael J. Lowrey
The article as written contains no assertions, plausible or otherwise, of notability. It reeks with redlinks and self-published "sources". On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Carol Moore dc wrote: > It looks like her bio is being challenged just as the book she edited is > starting to get reliable

[Gendergap] Ruth Barrett bio

2016-06-26 Thread Carol Moore dc
It looks like her bio is being challenged just as the book she edited is starting to get reliable source attention. In case anyone wants to work on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Barrett The book is "Female Erasure: What You Need To Know About Gender Politics’, War On Woman, the Femal