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]
> >>
> >>
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