I agree that notoriety, as opposed to notability, is not a good precedent for Wikipedia, whether the subject is man or woman.
Gillian On 13 June 2012 23:11, Russavia <[email protected]> wrote: > I've had a look at the article, and I can't believe that this hasn't > yet undergone AfD. > > As it says on the talk page, being a feminist and having a blog and > youtube channel doesn't make one notable. > > There are no reliable sources in the article which discuss Sarkeesian > in-depth -- there is an interview on a blog, but this can't be used to > base notability on. > > As it stands now, Anita (who is hardly notable) had the misfortune to > meet some trolls on the internet (welcome to Internet peoples), and > now she is basically notable, because her un-notable Wikipedia > biography was trolled with a pr0n imagem, and someone reported on it. > > Anyone wishing to get their bio onto WP should use this case as an > example of how to go about it. > > The article should be at AfD, because as it stands now, it is > everything that WP is not. > > Russavia > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, I've taken a look at the history and have identified "BLP" > violations > > going back to October 2011; as such, I've extended the existing > > semi-protection for a full year. Some extensive cleanup has already > taken > > place, as well as some useful article expansion. > > > > Risker/Anne > > > > > > On 13 June 2012 02:04, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Gillian, > >> > >> thank you for this information > >> > >> do you have any suggesting as a positive action that members of this > list > >> might take, in this case as well as > >> generally? > >> > >> open for suggestions, > >> Claudia > >> > >> On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:33:38 +1000, Gillian White wrote > >> > Hi All, > >> > The Community is aware of this and is discussing it. However, it's > >> > worthwhile bringing to the attention of this list that one woman's > >> > efforts > >> > at studying gender stereotyping (reported in The New > >> > > >> > Statesman< > http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/internet/2012/06/dear-internet- > >> > why-you-cant-have-anything-nice>) have resulted in massive and nasty > >> > vandalism of Anita Sarkeesian's page on Wikipedia > >> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Sarkeesian>. > >> > Gillian > >> > >> > >> thanks & cheers, > >> Claudia > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Gendergap mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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