well said, Sarah! Thanks for reading through all that stuff - I tried and failed
On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Sarah Stierch <sarah.stie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am now on digest mode with this mailing list. The traffic is often too > much for me and the voice of this list is frustrating for me > sometimes..so... remember that please :) > --- > > I have been asked to share my thoughts by many people this morning on the > internet, here they are: > > I have been editing Wikipedia for ten years and i have no clue what has > been going on with the feminist/gamergate thing. As one of the more well > known female editors i have cut back heavily on my involvement after last > year. I don't know any of the editors, personally, who "went to court" but > I have seen this stuff happen to both sides in men's rights articles in the > past. > > After reviewing the Arbcom case, I don't even know who got the idea that > any of the contributing editors are feminist, per se. No one even mentions > the word, except once, when describing a subject that was "slandered" in > the gamer gate article(s). > > I also don't think that the edits made to the article are overwhelmingly > feminist in nature. It appears to be just a bunch of people editing the > Wikipedia article to protect it from being a hot mess of 4chan junk. > > Note: most of the "in trouble" editor's aren't that productive at > contributing feminist content to Wikipedia. I have interacted with only > four of them - Black Kite, Future Perfect at Sunrise, TarainDC and Bilby - > only one is a female in real life and I know her from GLAM editing > projects. She is the only one that I know who has actively edited feminist > topics prior to this. I actually consider Bilby an ally, but, I have never > heard him or any of the other editors blatantly identify themselves as > feminists. > > From what I know, only one of the editors on the entire "trial list" > identifies out as a female. > > So, it appears a bunch of editors trying to keep the article clean had to > run through the gauntlet. I don't think the end of the world has come to > any of their lives - they have plenty of other subjects of interest to keep > them busy on Wikipedia. > > I also think people invest *too much* into Wikipedia to where it's what > they live for..per se. I see a lot of that in this case, and many others > that "go to court" on Wikipedia. I stopped participating on Wikipedia when > it screwed up my personal life so much, and I lost sleep over it. So... > that's my advice to anyone involved in that Arbcom case :) Go on vacation > and get another hobby and edit Wikipedia when you feel like it. It isn't > life. It's just an encyclopedia. > > Sarah > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >
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