On 7/3/2014 1:40 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote:
The problem on en.wiki at least is that a vocal minority effectively
prevent any enforcement of the civility policy.
The other problem is double standard enforcement. A bunch of guys may
complain about mild incivility by a female and she'll get warned by an
admin at an ANI. A guy can get away with a lot of bullying, insults
and harassment before complaints are taken seriously and there is even
an admin comment on an ANI.
That's why it's important to have the talk page of the gender gap task
force page open to a listing of various ANIs and enforcement actions
involving editors known to be women. A couple women going to each one
and pointing out when these gender gap double standards obviously exist,
over and over again would be a big help. That way there's some hope
editors and admins especially will understand that double standards
exist and are "bad"! Same with Harassment, incivility, etc. The
squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Going to Admins talk pages directly after the rule "wrong" can be
helpful. I've seen some obnoxious individuals get away with stuff
because they'd chummy up to the Admin on their talk page and explain the
righteousness of their behavior ad nauseam, as if to brainwash the
admin. More squeaky wheel stuff.
CM