Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-09 Thread mcc99
Sebastian, While I bristle at the words misguided, dubious, and especially the implication (and indeed it's only that) that I'm in support of discrimination based on X (sex, etc.), which I hope by now others can see isn't so, at least I've gotten an actual counter-argument from someone that

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 130, Issue 25

2015-01-09 Thread mcc99
-xwdpvcyqnirprcr-jwag-6gudqwkkeewic...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 8 January 2015 at 07:07, mcc99 mc...@hotmail.com wrote: If you ask any RN the names of the greatest contributors to the nursing profession, you'll get a stream of women's names. To suggest that nursing needs

[Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-08 Thread mcc99
Dear fellow Wikipedia devotees, While I'm new to this list, I've been an avid fan and proponent of Wikipedia and all the great service it gives people since it launched.  People can learn not just all the basics of nearly any topic imaginable, but for a large number, readers can with diligence

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap

2015-01-08 Thread mcc99
to know which Wikipedia(s) you have edited, they are not all the same. Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of mcc99 Sent: 08 January 2015 09:07 AM To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org

[Wikimedia-l] New project idea: WikiTribute

2014-12-30 Thread mcc99
Hi all, Please take a minute to review a new project idea the page for which I created just today at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiTribute I am interested in feedback, suggestions, etc. Thank you! Matt ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list,