Re: [Gendergap] the poem gap

2017-05-11 Thread dancase
>yes, >i have been writing poetry bios for a while >(and there is a bias in the historical data) >and transcribing on wikisource tends to be by book and not individual poem >(that tends to be an older practice) >the oclc metadata tends to be by book, so we may need some hand curation, >since we

Re: [Gendergap] Craigslist founder donates $500K to curb Wikipediatrolls - Email filters?

2017-02-09 Thread dancase
>Why not go a step further, and allow people to specifically permit which users >can contact them by e-mail? Anyone else can contact them on their talkpage, >the preferred method of communication in any case. I, too, give a big +1 to this specifically and the concept in general. Admins already

Re: [Gendergap] New publications on harmful online speech

2016-12-14 Thread dancase
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >Finally, for an understanding of the definitions of hate speech, forget the >Wikipedia article, which >embarrassingly uses the words "politically correct" >and "Newspeak" in the introductory >paragraphs, sourced to opinion pieces by >two bloggers who did not