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]
>>> >>
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