Essentially, that someone has gotten a leadership position in the D.C. chapter who has been banned from editing Wikipedia for year for things like harassing people, disruptive behavior, and editing problems like copyright violations.
Isn't the next Wikimania in D.C.? This sends out a horrible message to people if its true - definitely not one of empowerment. this is a pretty hardcore problem. If this is this the case, then i suggest that as a group, we try to draw attention to this issue, or the location for Wikimania be changed. Not only is this F-ed up for internal people, but I can't imagine a reporter not jumping on this story. Obviously, this sends out a horrible message to women everywhere including, in my opinion, giving the impression that there are no repercussions for bad behavior.
Seriously f-ed up.--
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Béria Lima <beria.lima@wikimedia.pt> wrote:
Sandra, can you provide more info? Like, what the buzz says, where you saw and so on... That might make the job easier to WMDC members to answer it ;)
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On 7 October 2011 02:49, Sandra ordonez <sandratordonez@gmail.com> wrote:sooo, i've heard some buzz about what is going on in the d.c. chapter, and I've been thinking of writing a post about it, bc frankly if the buzz is accurate, i'm a little disappointed. Does anyone know what is going on there? Thought this might be a good place to ask before I open my big mouth.
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