Well, it's not something I'd probably comment on at the noticeboards
themselves, but I did leave a message for Drmies on his talk page.[1]
I think the most bizarre aspect of the post is that it was made at all.
Birthday posts on the admin noticeboard? Really?
Risker/Anne
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ADrmies&diff=5647…
On 17 July 2013 14:24, Katherine Casey <fluffernutter.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Another day, another
example<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministra…
casual sexism exhibited by en.wikipedia editors who mean absolutely no
harm, but simply don't understand how they could cause harm while meaning
none. I seem to
have<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboar…
significant alarm and offense to a number of male editors be
publicly pointing out that I found the comment inappropriate.
Was there a better way to handle this? I can't help feeling that saying
nothing or hatting the section would have been supporting the notion that
it's either not a problem or not remarkable for male editors to make
comments encouraging others to comment on female editors' bodies.
-Fluff
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