Re: [Gendergap] WP stalking

2011-11-15 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
>Wow, did everybody here just blame the victim? “If you had done x this >wouldn't have happened.” No. This is exactly the point that keeps women from >participating in everything, incluiding being visible in Wikipedia and talking >openly about their interests! >It was inappropriate of the guy

Re: [Gendergap] WP stalking

2011-11-15 Thread Christine Meyer
Excellent point. I agree that it's not inappropriate to be visible as a woman, but it's about privacy and safety. I know men who as a rule don't put out personal information on the internet for similar reasons. Maybe I've gone to the other extreme by removing my infoboxes from my userpage, and I

Re: [Gendergap] WP stalking

2011-11-15 Thread Risker
I don't think this is so much "blaming the victim" as trying to help Christine to find a more comfortable situation, and some more general discussion on risk mitigation. I for one am flabbergasted that the church would have provided ANY information about ANY of its parishioners, and I believe this

Re: [Gendergap] WP stalking

2011-11-15 Thread Helga Hansen
Wow, did everybody here just blame the victim? “If you had done x this wouldn't have happened.” No. This is exactly the point that keeps women from participating in everything, incluiding being visible in Wikipedia and talking openly about their interests! It was inappropriate of the guy to sta