I have no way of investigating something I was not supposed to find out
about in the first place. Given Wikipedia's culture of retaliation against
anyone who speaks out, I am unlikely to find out more, but it did seem
credible. These agreements are becoming more common, for instance here a
female employee wanted to get out of her non-disparagement agreement but
Angel List said no.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/technology/silicon-valley-sexual-harassm…
Also the internal Google gender manifesto that was just leaked "Until about
a week ago, you would have heard very little from me publicly about this,
because (as a fairly senior Googler) my job would have been to deal with it
internally, and confidentiality rules would have prevented me from saying
much in public.But as it happens, (although this wasn’t the way I was
planning on announcing it) I actually recently left Google..."
https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/so-about-this-googlers-manifesto-1e3773ed…
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 3:16 AM, Risker <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6 August 2017 at 23:08, Neotarf <neotarf(a)gmail.com> wrote:
......
Women who do not want to interact on these terms, with individuals who
are quite probably minors, are being silenced. I have heard that
professional women are being recruited for Wikipedia, women whose employers
would ordinarily be expected to protect them from a 'hostile work place',
but they are being required to post their real identities on their talk
pages, along with the names of their employers. and a COI form statement.
They are also required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that prevents
them from revealing any harassment they experience in Wikipedia, or from
even revealing they have been required to sign an NDA. These women will
join Wikipedia, and listen to the pitch and eat the bagels, and Wikipedia
gets to count them as female editors, but very few of them go on to make
that second edit, because it's their professional reputation on the line.
If Wikipedia wants women editors they are going to have to come to terms
with this.
This is a very inflammatory thing to say, Neotarf, and I need to insist
that you show some proof of this. Links to discussions or requirements,
please. This is far too sensationalistic to allow it to sit here without
serious evidence.
Risker/Anne
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