Lisa, I hadn't know about this so I just spend some time reading the items
you list below. I was primarily motivated to do so because I had never
heard of this "famous" librarian, Joe Murphy. (I must be in a different
conference circuit than he is.)
I also was interested because I've recently joined the hardworking group
of Wikipedians who work to distinguish between notable persons and able
self-promoters. In doing so, I've learned a lot about how self-promotion
works, especially in social media. In Wikipedia, to be considered notable,
there needs to be some reliable proof - that is, third-party references,
not provided by the individual in question. In terms of accomplishments,
for example for academics, there is a list of "measures", albeit not
measurable in the scientific sense. [1]
Just for a lark, look at the Google scholar profiles for Joe Murphy, RoyT,
and for myself:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zW1lb04AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LJw73cAAAAAJ&hl=en
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=m4Tx73QAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
The "h-index", while imprecise, is about as close as you get to something
one can cite as a measure. It's not a decision, but it is an indication.
I put this forward not as proof of anything, but to offer that reputation
is extremely hard to quantify, but should be looked at with a critical eye
and not taken for granted. It also fits in with what we already know, which
is that men promote themselves in the workplace more aggressively than
women do. In fact, in the Wikipedia group, we mainly find articles about
men whose notability is over-stated. (You can see my blog post on the
problems of notability for women. [2])
I greatly admire your stand for free speech. Beyond this, I will contact
you offline with other thoughts.
kc
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_%28academics%29
[2] http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2014/09/wpnotability-and-women.html
On 9/20/14, 9:16 AM, Lisa Rabey wrote:
Friends:
I know many of you have already been boosting the signal, and we thank
you profusely for the help.
For those who do not know, Joe Murphy is currently suing nina and I in
$1.25M defamation case because
From our official statement
(http://teamharpy.wordpress.com/why-are-we-being-sued/)
"Mr. Murphy claims that Ms. Rabey “posted the following false,
libelous and highly damaging tweet accusing the plaintiff of being a
‘sexual predator'”3. He further claims that Ms. de jesus wrote a blog
post that “makes additional false, libelous, highly damaging,
outrageous, malicious statements against the plaintiff alleging the
commission of sexual harassment and sexual abuse of women and other
forms of criminal and unlawful behaviour”4.
Both Ms. Rabey and Ms. de jesus maintain that our comments are fair
and are truthful, which we intend to establish in our defense. Neither
of us made the claims maliciously nor with any intent to damage Mr.
Murphy’s reputation."
Right now we need the following most importantly:
1. We have a call out for additional witnesses
(http://teamharpy.wordpress.com/call-for-witnesses/), which have
started to filter in more accounts of harrassment. Please, PLEASE, if
you know/seen/heard anything about the plaintiff, or know someone who
might -- please have them get in touch.
2. Share our site (http://teamharpy.wordpress.com) which includes
details of the case and updates. Please help us get the word out to as
many people as possible about the plaintiff's attempt to silence those
speaking up against sexual harassment and why you won't stand for it.
3.
onations: Many, many of you have asked to help donate to fund our
mounting legal costs. We will have a donation page up soon. Even if
you cannot help financially, please share across your social networks.
We will not be silenced. We will not be shamed.
Thank you again. The outpouring of support that has been happening has
made this all very much worth while.
Best,
Lisa
--
Karen Coyle
kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net
m: +1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600
