There are plenty! She was notable before this incident happened. She's been covered/interviewed in /multiple secondary reliable sources/.
-Sarah /who always likes a challenge.
On 3/30/13 12:58 PM, Emily Monroe wrote:
On the other hand, we need a secondary source that is more reliable than Facebook or Twitter.
From, Emily
On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Jane Darnell <jane023@gmail.com mailto:jane023@gmail.com> wrote:
Awesome! Nice article. I think she is OK on the notability front. Anyone who manages to accumulate more than 4 million *science* followers on facebook without posting regularly on sexual subjects is definitely noteworthy enough for Wikipedia. Add to that this strange development on the swear-word gender miscommunication and you pass on the basis of "most bizarre gendergap content to be published in 2013". 2013/3/30, Ilona Buchem <buchem@beuth-hochschule.de <mailto:buchem@beuth-hochschule.de>>: > Hi Sarah, > > I am following this discussion and it's interesting to see that deciding > about an entry is not straight-forward even to "core insiders". I wonder > what criteria help decide if something or someone is "worth" an article > in WP. How do you decide? Or: What makes it worth it or nor? > > -Ilona > > Am 3/30/13 5:17 PM, schrieb Sarah Stierch: >> Oh Michael, the bearer of bad news about people who generally want to >> write new articles on this mailing list. >> >> Is there another article where we think this type of coverage or >> content could be placed? I think we could even build an article about >> I Fucking Love Science instead. >> >> I still question if it's officially not worth an article, I haven't >> researched it yet. But, at this point I'm a "pro" at making people >> most declare non-notable rather notable based on research. (Oh the >> curator in me!) >> >> -Sarah >> >> On 3/30/13 6:08 AM, Michael J. Lowrey wrote: >>> It's appalling and depressing; but if somebody were to write a >>> Wikipedia article about it, at this point, I'd say it fails WP:NOTNEWS. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 2:52 AM, Jane Darnell <jane023@gmail.com <mailto:jane023@gmail.com> >>> <mailto:jane023@gmail.com <mailto:jane023@gmail.com>>> wrote: >>> >>> Did anyone see this? A popular blogger on Science (with more than 4 >>> million followers) is a woman. The woman herself, Elise Andrew, >>> had no >>> idea it was a secret, and she was "outed" when she announced her >>> twitter account featuring a picture of herself. Apparently the bias >>> occurred because of the swear word on her facebook page which made >>> readers assume she was a man. Interesting conclusion! This is a >>> facebook hype that deserves a WP page, no? >>> >>> article is here: >>> >>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/us-news-blog/2013/mar/20/i-love-science-woman-facbook >>> facebook page here: >>> http://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience >>> The TV interview with Dr. Michio Kaku on CBS morning show is here: >>> http://cbsn.ws/109mAEL >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> <mailto:Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org>> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael J. "Orange Mike" Lowrey >>> >>> "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy >>> food and clothes." >>> -- Desiderius Erasmus >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gendergap mailing list >>> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> >> -- >> *Sarah Stierch* >> */Museumist and open culture advocate/* >> >>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com> <http://sarahstierch.com><< >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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