Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-06 Thread
eers, > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf > Of Fæ > Sent: 06 March 2019 10:37 > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour" &g

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-06 Thread Peter Southwood
from the author. Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Fæ Sent: 06 March 2019 10:37 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour" It is an old stor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-06 Thread Pierre-Selim
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/world/europe/la-ligue-du-lol-sexual-harassment.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > Le 5 mars 2019 à 10:07, Peter Southwood > a écrit : > > > > > > "When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-06 Thread
Peter > > -Original Message- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf > Of Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l > Sent: 05 March 2019 16:12 > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-06 Thread Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l
ning with others who do not feel > personally targeted too, but I don’t know what their reasoning is. > Cheers, > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf > Of Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l > Sent: 05 M

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-05 Thread Peter Southwood
@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l Sent: 05 March 2019 16:12 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour" Hi Peter, Please take time to reflect that this humour has deeply affected some people (and

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-05 Thread Delphine Dallison
f Of Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l Sent: 05 March 2019 14:12 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour" Hi Peter, Please take time to reflect that this humour has deeply affected some people (and not only the persons who

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-05 Thread Natacha Rault via Wikimedia-l
inal Message- > From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf > Of Michel Vuijlsteke > Sent: 03 March 2019 19:49 > To: Wikimedia Mailing List > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour" > > I don't

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-05 Thread Peter Southwood
ia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour" I don't understand in which possible world anyone thought this was a good idea. The MfD, that is. It, and the entire discussion in favour, reads as some sort of caricature of the worst SJW-typ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-03 Thread Michel Vuijlsteke
I don't understand in which possible world anyone thought this was a good idea. The MfD, that is. It, and the entire discussion in favour, reads as some sort of caricature of the worst SJW-type excesses. M. On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 at 16:41, Fæ wrote: > As the last second repost had the same forma

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-03 Thread
As the last second repost had the same format error, I am trying for a final time. How embarrassing! I would like to apologise to SMcCandlish and Barbara (WVS), and more generally to the Wikipedia community, for any possible implication given in my previous email to this list, that authors o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-03 Thread
As the last post had a format error, I am reposting the body of the email again to avoid confusion! I would like to apologise to SMcCandlish and Barbara (WVS), and more generally to the Wikipedia community, for any possible implication given in my previous email to this list, that authors of

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-03-03 Thread
I would like to apologise to SMcCandlish and Barbara (WVS), and more generally to the Wikipedia community, for any possible implication given in my previous email to this list, that authors of the problematic Signpost "Pronouns beware" essay, might in any way be thought to be transphobic. This was

[Wikimedia-l] Use of Wikimedia projects for anti-LGBT+ "humour"

2019-02-28 Thread
It is sad to see that two well established Wikipedians, Barbara (WVS) and SMcCandlish have misused Wikipedia Signpost to publish a "humour" article which derides the use of nonbinary pronouns. It will be clear for any reader that not only is this a joke in bad taste, but the article is a misuse of