Thank you, Heather! This is what we run into on the WP GGTF every time we open something up for discussion.
All I wanted to discuss the possibility of such a group. Are there any policies that would make it impossible? How would we determine who is a woman? Could inclusion/exclusion be automated? What might the benefits of such a group be? The liabilities? What would its scope be? It's goals? Can we discuss this? On Jan 1, 2015 5:30 PM, "Heather Walls" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Tim Davenport <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I for one would immediately be running the project through the Miscellany >> for Deletion process. >> >> You don't see anything slightly wrong with this idea? Really?!? >> >> This is 100% unadulterated identity politics. >> > > You say that as if identity politics is somehow inherently negative. > > >> >> Tim Davenport >> Carrite on WP /// Randy from Boise on WPO >> Corvallis, OR >> >> >> >>Is it simply impossible to start a Wikipedia project that's open to >> women, >> or people who identify as women? (I'm sorry if I don't use the correct >> terms, but I haven't kept up with them in recent years.) >> >> >>I mean if we did it... what would the consequences be? >> >> >>Lightbreather >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > > -- > *Heather Walls* > Communications Design Manager I Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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