On 11/26/2014 1:37 PM, Kevin Gorman wrote:

It's noteworthy that they are not non-appealable blocks.  I honestly don't think this is beyond the scope of the list, although it's certainly a depressing topic.  Allowing severe gendered slurs to be bandied about with essentially no penalty is likely something that is going to decrease the participation of women on ENWP - which is not a good thing.  I know there's been some debate in the past about whether or not ENWP specific issues are appropriate for this list, but I believe this is a large enough one to be.

Best,
Kevin Gorman

Since en.Wikipedia is the largest one and WMF in US, obviously large developments regarding the gender gap are relevant.

I was content for the first six years to be on my best behavior (except for occasional outbursts when provoked) and work on topics of interest, though I wasted a lot of time in BLP disputes with people out to trash subjects of BLP.

But for almost the last two years I've had to deal with insulting editors pulling outrageous numbers and no adults willing to tell them to cut it out.  This Arbitration is just the culmination of it.  So I feel no desire to associate with Wikipedia UNTIL the culture is changed so BLP violations and insults and harassment are taken seriously. And I see no need to be a well-behaved woman any more. If I'm ever allowed to edit my talk page again, I'll tell them I do not apologize for using the terms gang banger and gang rape to describe the goings on of the last six months. When I'm allowed to come back despite saying that, I'll know the culture has changed.

Sitush said I'm a rabble rouser.  All he did was pump up my ego and now I really want to rouse some rabble.  This isn't the place, and Wikipedia certainly is not the prime target.  However, as a former standup comic and long term satirist, I will have to have my satisfaction by making sure certain individuals and certain events go down in youtube history in song, photographs and screenshots. Hope I don't change my mind when I get the bees nest out of my sinuses.  But then given my long history of exposes of B.S., not likely. In fact, I've got a couple I should have published in on-demand book form by now if I hadn't been messing around on Wikipedia.

Call me disruptive, Tim. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn...

CM

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