I wouldn't call that an AFD It was open for an entire hour and a half.
Yeah it sucks she met trolls on the internet -- god knows this isn't something new for Wikipedia -- but she just isn't notable. In fact, this is now setting a precedent that any blogger who has been interviewed by another blogger can get their own article. That's not good. On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
