Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Chelsea Manning article (and how women were shouted down)

2013-09-06 Thread Nathan
Odd thing about the current Google search results for Bradley Manning. It gives the title "Bradley Manning" with a link to the Chelsea Manning page, which when followed is a redirect to Bradley Manning. SS attached. <>___ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@

Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Chelsea Manning article (and how women were shouted down)

2013-09-06 Thread Risker
On 6 September 2013 11:55, Jeremy Baron wrote: > On Sep 5, 2013 6:55 PM, "Risker" wrote: > > Secondly, redirects are expensive - not to those in the Western world > with fast computers and high speed internet, but to those who are on > dial-up or have comparatively high lag times because of dist

Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Chelsea Manning article (and how women were shouted down)

2013-09-06 Thread Daniel and Elizabeth Case
Actually you would be surprised at the nature of some of the renaming debates on Wikipedia in the area of artists like the one you mention, but also artists from the 17th-century. One could probably write a funny book about renaming debates on Wikipedia. You could start by expanding the releva

Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Chelsea Manning article (and how women were shouted down)

2013-09-06 Thread Jeremy Baron
On Sep 5, 2013 6:55 PM, "Risker" wrote: > Secondly, redirects are expensive - not to those in the Western world with fast computers and high speed internet, but to those who are on dial-up or have comparatively high lag times because of distance (lots of people at Wikimania had difficulty getting

Re: [Gendergap] Changing the Chelsea Manning article (and how women were shouted down)

2013-09-06 Thread George William Herbert
On Sep 5, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Helga Hansen wrote: > Since when is Wikipedia about beliefs? The question of what policy to follow regarding article names, in general, has no externally valid single right answer. "Cat"? "Felis Silvestrus Catus"? "Kitties!"? "Neko"? The default standard is