I've added "sexual innuendo" to the en:WP civility policy, under "other uncivil behaviours":
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3ACivility&action=historysubmit&diff=419506099&oldid=416379114 Andreas --- On Fri, 18/3/11, Sarah <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sarah <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] What to do about sexism when we see it on WP? > To: "Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, 18 March, 2011, 13:53 > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 15:34, Ryan > Kaldari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The behavior you describe is all too common on > Wikipedia (and even worse > > on Commons). I could quote some much more blatant > examples than the one > > you cite, but I'll spare everyone the groans. I think > the problem is > > that most guys do not understand that creating an > unwanted sexualized > > environment is a form of sexism and an abuse of male > privilege (and that > > it has a real effect on women's participation in the > project). Indeed, I > > imagine some do not even comprehend the concept of > "unwanted sexualized > > environment". Perhaps it would be helpful to point > them to: > > http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Sexualized_environment > > > > This reminds me of my unsuccessful attempt to get > WP:HOTTIE deleted :( > > > > For the long term, we should think about trying to get > wording added to > > either the Civility policy or the Harassment policy > about offensive > > verbal comments and sexual innuendo. > > > Ryan, thanks for the link to the "sexualized environment" > page. > http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Sexualized_environment > Perhaps the > best thing to do when we see these comments is just add a > link to that > page. > > I'd like to try to add something to the civility policy > about sexual > innuendo. I think so long as it's low key we could manage > that fairly > easily (famous last words). > > Sarah > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
