Fred,
I don't know about the Hawthorne effect, but institution a women's issues
noticeboard certainly would put to rest the notion that there's no open
sexism/misogyny on Wikipedia! Imagining the probable reaction to the
creation of such a board, let alone the type of discourse on it, makes me
want to go back to categorising for the rest of eternity. At least the open
expressions of sexism I've encountered on Wikipedia are rare. I deal with
that kind of bull enough in "real" life; I don't want to seek it out in my
pastime.
Nepenthe
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net> wrote:
Go ahead and do it if you feel passionate about
it (of course), but you
asked for people's views, so I'm just saying that you should be prepared
for
an awful mess of drama and bickering, some of which is likely to drive
out
the very women we're trying to retain.
--
Steven Walling
Fellow at Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org
I'm counting on the [[Hawthorne effect]], and I don't think I'm wrong. In
fact, some good rows and frank expression of sexist attitudes, if such
are held, is sure to attract passionate involvement by women. We need to
stake out a public position.
Fred
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