Aude - Thank you!! If there is anything we can do to help out, please let us know. As I said, when I was informed, I was deeply disturbed. I can't speak for everyone here, but myself and I am sure many other women/men on this list, have your back on this. Whatever you need, please let us know.
Would it help if people from this list shared their opinion on the D.C. mailing list? Or are you guys basically on it? (I want to help you guys, not make it harder or more annoying). If so, I might actually write something up, and ask that those that are on this list sign it (if they want to of course).
THANK YOU AGAIN!!! Very refreshing and inspiring to see this being nipped in the butt.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:29 AM, aude aude.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
On Oct 7, 2011, at 7:49 AM, Sandra ordonez sandratordonez@gmail.com wrote:
Essentially, that someone has gotten a leadership position in the D.C. chapter who has been banned from editing Wikipedia for year for things like harassing people, disruptive behavior, and editing problems like copyright violations.
We, the DC chapter, recognize and are discussing these concerns from you and others.
Essentially we had no minimum voting requirements (we're changing our bylaws to fix this) and a shortage of candidates which allowed essentially anyone to be elected. (Personally I am not happy about that)
We welcome your voice to discuss this or any concerns on our internal list, which is public and open to all:
wikidc-internal@googlegroups.com
Cheers, Katie
Isn't the next Wikimania in D.C.? This sends out a horrible message to people if its true - definitely not one of empowerment. this is a pretty hardcore problem. If this is this the case, then i suggest that as a group, we try to draw attention to this issue, or the location for Wikimania be changed. Not only is this F-ed up for internal people, but I can't imagine a reporter not jumping on this story. Obviously, this sends out a horrible message to women everywhere including, in my opinion, giving the impression that there are no repercussions for bad behavior.
Seriously f-ed up.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Béria Lima < beria.lima@wikimedia.pt beria.lima@wikimedia.pt> wrote:
Sandra, can you provide more info? Like, what the buzz says, where you saw and so on... That might make the job easier to WMDC members to answer it ;) _____ *Béria Lima* Wikimedia Portugal http://wikimedia.pt (351) 963 953 042
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On 7 October 2011 02:49, Sandra ordonez < sandratordonez@gmail.com sandratordonez@gmail.com> wrote:
sooo, i've heard some buzz about what is going on in the d.c. chapter, and I've been thinking of writing a post about it, bc frankly if the buzz is accurate, i'm a little disappointed. Does anyone know what is going on there? Thought this might be a good place to ask before I open my big mouth.
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