On Sep 10, 2014 8:41 AM, "Nathan" <nawrich@gmail.com> wrote

Hi Sarah, I'm sorry if I was unclear. I was understanding Carol as saying that there were sexist comments in the ANI she linked (where Andreas' quoted comment was found). I read the entire AN/I thread and the editor review and found none.

I did not know that the harassing individual was a woman until now. If it was mentioned in passing in the ANI, I missed it.

Frankly, unless a woman through her user name makes it clear she is a woman, given the predominance of males, I've come to the point where I do not even bother to try to figure it out. Even with women joining the Gender gap task force, I don't always check it out and sometimes when I have there also was no indication on their user page. One such woman went around complaining I didn't know she was a woman, when there had been no indication. We are not mind readers. I have often regretted using my real name and an obviously female name. However the last week or so I have see the fact that so many women feel forced to hide their sex to prevent their being ignored, reverted, harassed, etc. as a kind of burqa we are forced to wear to protect ourselves. It's pretty sad.

In any case, the ANI itself is still primarily relevant to off-wiki criticism and whether women can use a *twitter hashtag* to identify criticism and whether we should... Thus I've added that to the subject line to stay on topic.

While I'm not going to promote the idea, I think anyone is serious about it they might take it to Village Pump - or the WP:Canvas or WP:Forumshopping pages.

CM