+1 Ryan. This was one article, and no Wikipedians, readers, or article subjects were injured as a result of its publication. I don't really have a strong opinion one way or the other about whether using language in this way is OK. But the main lesson to me is how much the English Wikipedia community has come to value the Signpost as an institution. It's hard to imagine such any Signpost column inspiring so much passion, say, five years ago. Above all, I think this constitutes a strong endorsement of the general value of the Signpost.
-Pete On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote: > The depressing thing to me is that the English Wikipedia community takes > all of 10 minutes to work itself into a frenzy about the use of profanity > in a positive, non-personal way, but if an editor on Wikipedia calls a > female editor a cunt, no one dares to bat an eye. > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is it a double standard? If that page hadn't been written by Keilana, >> would it have been published as is? >> >> Perhaps you're right, it *is* a double standard. Just not quite the one >> some think it would be. >> >> Risker/Anne >> >> On 21 February 2016 at 08:31, Neotarf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Op-ed about systemic bias and articles created. Interesting double >>> standard about profanity in the comment section. >>> >>> >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-02-17/Op-ed >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >>> visit: >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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