While I personally don't mind the color pink, I have to say that the hot pink globe logo makes me cry a little inside.

Ryan Kaldari


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Russavia <russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com> wrote:
From: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_for_kvinder in
the info on WikiWednesday, part of what is done is:

"Sladre om de andre brugere"

Bwahahahahaha, if that's not reinforcing stereotypes, what is? :)))))



On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen
<ole@palnatoke.org> wrote:
> You never know with allergies - it could be a recent development :-)
>
> More seriously: I guess pink is given the connotations of cutesy,
> little-girl-donesn't-know-a-thing and such.
>
> -Ole
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Russavia <russavia.wikipedia@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> And here is Sanne wearing pink badges --
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/7405752@N06/2513156755/in/photolist-4Q5zWT-4Q9PEs
>>
>> And here is Sanne standing directly next to some big arsed pink
>> balloons --
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/7405752@N06/2513983346/in/photolist-4Q9PEs
>>
>> I am guessing that she isn't the one with the problem with pink?
>>
>> If so, *facepalm*
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Ole Palnatoke Andersen
>> <ole@palnatoke.org> wrote:
>> > Yesterday, stand up comedienne Sanne Søndergaard* ** noticed "Wikipedia
>> > for
>> > kvinder"***, dawiki's portal for women, and her reaction was "WTF?"****
>> >
>> > The discussion on Facebook has had its ups and downs. One particular
>> > down is
>> > a lot of name-calling amongst the women in the discussion. It appears,
>> > however, that some people are allergic to pink, and that some people
>> > find
>> > the text condescending and patronising.
>> >
>> > The kerfluffle has caused quite a lot of views on the portal - on
>> > ordinary
>> > days, it has ~20-30 hits; yesterday 5159. *****
>> >
>> > Oh, and at WikiWednesday the day after tomorrow, we'll probably talk
>> > about
>> > pinkness and stuff.******
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Ole
>> >
>> > *) http://solosanne.dk/
>> > **) https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanne_S%C3%B8ndergaard
>> > ***) https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_for_kvinder
>> > ****) https://www.facebook.com/SanneSonder/posts/609718455741119
>> > *****)
>> > http://stats.grok.se/da/latest90/Wikipedia:Wikipedia%20for%20kvinder
>> > ******)
>> > https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiWednesday/2013#Oktober
>> >
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