On 11/26/2014 1:37 PM, Kevin Gorman wrote:
It's noteworthy that they are not non-appealable blocks. I honestly
don't think this is beyond the scope of the list, although it's
certainly a depressing topic. Allowing severe gendered slurs to be
bandied about with essentially no penalty is likely something that is
going to decrease the participation of women on ENWP - which is not a
good thing. I know there's been some debate in the past about whether
or not ENWP specific issues are appropriate for this list, but I
believe this is a large enough one to be.
Best,
Kevin Gorman
Since en.Wikipedia is the largest one and WMF in US, obviously large
developments regarding the gender gap are relevant.
I was content for the first six years to be on my best behavior (except
for occasional outbursts when provoked) and work on topics of interest,
though I wasted a lot of time in BLP disputes with people out to trash
subjects of BLP.
But for almost the last two years I've had to deal with insulting
editors pulling outrageous numbers and no adults willing to tell them to
cut it out. This Arbitration is just the culmination of it. So I feel
no desire to associate with Wikipedia UNTIL the culture is changed so
BLP violations and insults and harassment are taken seriously. And I see
no need to be a well-behaved woman any more. If I'm ever allowed to edit
my talk page again, I'll tell them I do not apologize for using the
terms gang banger and gang rape to describe the goings on of the last
six months. When I'm allowed to come back despite saying that, I'll know
the culture has changed.
Sitush said I'm a rabble rouser. All he did was pump up my ego and now
I really want to rouse some rabble. This isn't the place, and Wikipedia
certainly is not the prime target. However, as a former standup comic
and long term satirist, I will have to have my satisfaction by making
sure certain individuals and certain events go down in youtube history
in song, photographs and screenshots. Hope I don't change my mind when I
get the bees nest out of my sinuses. But then given my long history of
exposes of B.S., not likely. In fact, I've got a couple I should have
published in on-demand book form by now if I hadn't been messing around
on Wikipedia.
Call me disruptive, Tim. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn...
CM
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