Dear Wikipedia gender topic colleagues,
I've read the strings and visited Ms. Sarkeesian's Wikipedia and self-published
website, Feminist Frequency, as well as Kickstarter, and Forbes write up about
the Wikipedia Sarkeesian article debacle ("W-SAD").
I weigh in on Ms. Sarkeesian's behalf ab
While we sometimes read stirring stuff on this list, there is not often
time for excellent writing following from careful reflection. Arguments
about WP can be brutish and badly expressed. So, thanks for this
thoughtful, heartfelt and articulate piece of writing. Beautifully done.
Whiteghost.ink
Hey Karen,
Unfortunately Wikipedia is not really here to advance or serve a cause; the
point is to document things in a scholarly way.
I weigh in on Ms. Sarkeesian's behalf about notability. Let's give her a
> chance to advance the eternal cause of feminine value and voice. She has
> extraordin
Echoing Karen's sentiments. Has anyone invited Anita to join this list yet?
Andreas
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> I've read the strings and visited Ms. Sarkeesian's Wikipedia and
> self-published website, Feminist Frequency, as well as Kickstarter, and
> Forbes write up about the Wikipedia Sarkeesian article debacle ("W-SAD").
As a disclaimer, I have done none of these things. Therefore, I have
absolutel
I am sorry, but are you all aware that Anita's biography was proposed for
deletion three days ago, and the decision was a snow "keep"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Anita_Sarkeesian
I don't see any risk at all of her article being deleted now. I reiterate,
we should
I was aware that we were discussing an article that was proposed for
deletion earlier, but wasn't aware that it was this particular article.
From,
Emily
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote:
> I am sorry, but are you all aware that Anita's biography was proposed for
> deletion
Just thought I'd point out -- it's not just this list that is taking a
stronger interest in Anita since she started blogging about her experience.
Check out the number of page views the bio had in May vs. June (so far):
May 2012: 648 views
June 2012: 32,754 views
http://stats.grok.se/en/201206/An
