The article underwent AfD and has been kept. It was a Snow Keep. Sarkeesian wrote about her experience here: http://www.feministfrequency.com/2012/06/harassment-and-misogyny-via-wikipedia/
Andreas On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Gillian White <whiteghost....@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 <russavia.wikipe...@gmail.com> 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 <risker...@gmail.com> 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, <koltzenb...@w4w.net> 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 >> >> koltzenb...@w4w.net >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Gendergap mailing list >> >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Gendergap mailing list >> > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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