Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-09 Thread mcc99
Sebastian, While I bristle at the words "misguided", "dubious", and especially the implication (and indeed it's only that) that I'm in support of discrimination based on X (sex, etc.), which I hope by now others can see isn't so, at least I've gotten an actual counter-argument from someone that

[Wikimedia-l]  Re: Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap

2015-01-09 Thread mcc99
+0100 From: Austin Hair To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:30 PM, mcc99 wrote: > But in future, I think I'll sign in more often,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 130, Issue 25

2015-01-09 Thread mcc99
From: geni To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 8 January 2015 at 07:07, mcc99 wrote: > If you ask any RN the names of the grea

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia-l Digest, Vol 130, Issue 24

2015-01-09 Thread mcc99
Hi Chris, Philosophically, your question re who is to decide what's worthwhile and factual is a fair point.  But un practice it's decided by editors, authors, and on Wikipedia, by Wikipedia content reviewers and editors.  I've sometimes had my additions, even minor edits, reverted by a Wikipedi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-09 Thread mcc99
riod...) Frankly, there's not a single thing I've read, or a single objection I've seen raised, that wasn't about how unnecessary it is to focus on women. I don't think we've ever heard that about the global south, or non-European languages, or a lot of other areas whe

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap

2015-01-08 Thread mcc99
reason, I would like to know which Wikipedia(s) you have edited, they are not all the same. Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of mcc99 Sent: 08 January 2015 09:07 AM To: wikimedia-l@lis

[Wikimedia-l] Why WMF should reconsider the 3-month gender gap project-related decision

2015-01-08 Thread mcc99
Dear fellow Wikipedia devotees, While I'm new to this list, I've been an avid fan and proponent of Wikipedia and all the great service it gives people since it launched.  People can learn not just all the basics of nearly any topic imaginable, but for a large number, readers can with diligence

[Wikimedia-l] New project idea: WikiTribute

2014-12-30 Thread mcc99
Hi all, Please take a minute to review a new project idea the page for which I created just today at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiTribute I am interested in feedback, suggestions, etc. Thank you! Matt ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines