I think the argument behind deleting this category is WP:MYSPACE, which isn't really sexist. I mean, I think it's taking WP:MYSPACE too far, personally, but still.
Just FYI, I just tried to search for "male wikipedians" and couldn't find it. Anyone have better luck? From, Emily On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Netha Hussain <nethahuss...@gmail.com>wrote: > I think Sarah's point was that one could add this category to the > Wikipedia articles on women Wikipedians, and not on their userpages. > > Of course, I do not want anybody to put any category on my userpage too. > But if an article about me existed on Wikipedia, it is not under my control > to choose which category that page should belong to. > > And yes, I added Category : Female Wikipedians to my userpage a few > minutes ago :) > > Netha > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 3:00 AM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Umm, please don't do that. Users themselves should be the sole deciders >> of what categories they wish to link to. For example, I hope nobody puts >> that category on my userpage, and if they do it will be removed as soon as >> I can log in. >> >> Some people deliberately choose not to categorize themselves. >> >> Risker/Anne >> >> On 9 September 2012 17:10, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Don't forget, you can also add the category to any women you might know >>> who have Wikipedia articles and are Wikipedians. >>> Such as Sue or Valerie! >>> >>> >>> -Sarah >>> >>> -- >>> *Sarah Stierch* >>> *Wikimedia Foundation Community Fellow* >>> >>Mind the gap! Support Wikipedia women's outreach: donate >>> >>today<https://donate.wikimedia.org/> >>> << >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Netha Hussain > Student of Medicine and Surgery > Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode > Blogs : *nethahussain.blogspot.com > swethaambari.wordpress.com* > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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