I understand all the reasons, but I must disagree on a couple of points*.
I think it might have to do with me having a different experience with
these topics, but while I do agree that there's absolutely a great
advantage of having a women-only space, I also think that it is
context-dependent.
I
Valerie's interesting comments are in line with one of the reasons I've
stayed off of this list in the past. I am ok with women having a space
without men around, just like I feel men should be able to have a space
without women around. I'm familiar with a workplace where at least one
employee loun
(: Yes, I think Keilana is a good apple.
I think anyone who's been around Wikipedia long enough will encounter a
genuine emergency sooner or later, although in my experience there are many
more fake or over-hyped "emergencies" than real emergencies.
In my IEGCom capacity, I can say I would be hap
Unfortunately sites like AVfM and its ilk are something that we really do
have limited ability to directly address on Wikipedia, even though it's
something that has a direct effect on the retention of our editors. I've
made AVfM and similar sites way more times than I would like to remember,
as ha
I placed an ANI about the Voice for Men article and the subsequent comments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ANI#Off-wiki_comments.2C_possible_multiple_policy_infringements
The result being:
> "We cannot take action for off-Wiki discussions like this. However, an
> "announcement" on WP:A
Thanks for excellent comments below. Let's keep them in mind. Even some
of us "tough chicks" still can get sucked into the "helper" role even if
it's against our own interests... sigh...
On 7/2/2014 6:33 PM, Valerie Aurora wrote:
Hi Phoebe,
Thanks for your thoughtful and carefully explai
Re: the below, yes, i was blocked in a situation I thought was biased
compared to other blocks I've seen. (I didn't mention that originally it
was a six month block but the community of mostly guys thought that was
grossly unfair and it was reduced to two weeks.)
However, in general wikipedia
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:15 PM, phoebe ayers wrote:
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>
>
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 6:29 AM, Valerie Aurora
> wrote:
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>> Hi Derric,
>>
>> This list is not for the purpose of improving people's communication
>> skills. If you would like to help women in Wikimedia projects and you
>> know that y
Oh. Oh my. You mean that there's a name besides "Emily" that people share?
;-)
Back to your normal programming.
From,
Emily
On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Jeremy Baron wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 2:03 AM, Marie Earley wrote:
> > Gosh, I did make a pig's ear out of it didn't I. I didn't
