Re: [Gendergap] positive action Re: Nastiness

I wouldn't call that an AFD It was open for an entire hour and a half. Yeah it sucks she met trolls on the internet -- god knows this isn't something new for Wikipedia -- but she just isn't notable. In fact, this is now setting a precedent that any blogger who has been interviewed by another blogger can get their own article. That's not good. On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com>

> The article underwent AfD and has been kept. It was a Snow Keep. > > Sarkeesian wrote about her experience here: >

> > Andreas > > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:08 AM, Gillian White <

> wrote: >> >> I agree that notoriety, as opposed to notability, is not a good

>> for Wikipedia, whether the subject is man or woman. >> >> Gillian >> >> >> On 13 June 2012 23:11, Russavia &lt;russavia.wikipedia(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>> I've had a look at the article, and I can't believe that this hasn't >>> yet undergone AfD. >>> >>> As it says on the talk page, being a feminist and having a blog and >>> youtube channel doesn't make one notable. >>> >>> There are no reliable sources in the article which discuss Sarkeesian >>> in-depth -- there is an interview on a blog, but this can't be used to >>> base notability on. >>> >>> As it stands now, Anita (who is hardly notable) had the misfortune to >>> meet some trolls on the internet (welcome to Internet peoples), and >>> now she is basically notable, because her un-notable Wikipedia >>> biography was trolled with a pr0n imagem, and someone reported on it. >>> >>> Anyone wishing to get their bio onto WP should use this case as an >>> example of how to go about it. >>> >>> The article should be at AfD, because as it stands now, it is >>> everything that WP is not. >>> >>> Russavia >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Risker &lt;risker.wp(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> Well, I've taken a look at the history and have identified "BLP" >>>> violations >>>> going back to October 2011; as such, I've extended the existing >>>> semi-protection for a full year. Some extensive cleanup has already >>>> taken >>>> place, as well as some useful article expansion. >>>> >>>> Risker/Anne >>>> >>>> >>>> On 13 June 2012 02:04, &lt;koltzenburg(a)w4w.net&gt; wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Gillian, >>>>> >>>>> thank you for this information >>>>> >>>>> do you have any suggesting as a positive action that members of this >>>>> list >>>>> might take, in this case as well as >>>>> generally? >>>>> >>>>> open for suggestions, >>>>> Claudia >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:33:38 +1000, Gillian White wrote >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> The Community is aware of this and is discussing it. However, it's >>>>>> worthwhile bringing to the attention of this list that one woman's >>>>>> efforts >>>>>> at studying gender stereotyping (reported in The New >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Statesman<

>>>>>> why-you-cant-have-anything-nice>) have resulted in massive and

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