I'm sorry for not posting this sooner.
Carol Moore dc: I was sad to learn that you had been banned or barred from Wikipedia. You edited a lot of the libertarian and more right-wing flavored political articles, and did a very good job of it. I am surprised that anyone would have a problem with your editing work. I was in respectful awe of you, as you were so authoritative and seemed well-regarded by even the most hard-core Rothbard and Mises fans, many of whom have strong opinions and are devoted followers of the subject matter. I mean no disrespect by this, as I have edited some of the Austrian economics articles and BLPs too.
Lightbreather: I actually was getting to know you a little bit, and am so sorry to learn that you have been harassed into retiring. That is just awful of them. There are so few women who edit Wikipedia, and even fewer people who edit what I consider serious topics that it is a terrible shame to lose two who were subject matter experts. Yes, we are all equal in Wikipedia (yadda yadda...except when we aren't) but there aren't a surplus of editors who write well and know what they are talking about, of either gender.
I use LinkedIn and am looking for work right now. I would be horrified if what Risker described happened to me: "I've had to have three separate LinkedIn accounts purporting to be me taken down over the last 8 years, for example; others have had their personal images and names attached to accounts on porn sites, paid editing sites, and a fair number of other unsavory sites..."
~ FeralOink (Ellie Kesselman)
Yeah, I was sorry to hear about this too. Good luck with everything you do.
Marie
Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 17:00:42 -0700 From: myindigolife@gmail.com To: gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Retired
I'm sorry for not posting this sooner. Carol Moore dc: I was sad to learn that you had been banned or barred from Wikipedia. You edited a lot of the libertarian and more right-wing flavored political articles, and did a very good job of it. I am surprised that anyone would have a problem with your editing work. I was in respectful awe of you, as you were so authoritative and seemed well-regarded by even the most hard-core Rothbard and Mises fans, many of whom have strong opinions and are devoted followers of the subject matter. I mean no disrespect by this, as I have edited some of the Austrian economics articles and BLPs too. Lightbreather: I actually was getting to know you a little bit, and am so sorry to learn that you have been harassed into retiring. That is just awful of them. There are so few women who edit Wikipedia, and even fewer people who edit what I consider serious topics that it is a terrible shame to lose two who were subject matter experts. Yes, we are all equal in Wikipedia (yadda yadda...except when we aren't) but there aren't a surplus of editors who write well and know what they are talking about, of either gender.
I use LinkedIn and am looking for work right now. I would be horrified if what Risker described happened to me:"I've had to have three separate LinkedIn accounts purporting to be me taken down over the last 8 years, for example; others have had their personal images and names attached to accounts on porn sites, paid editing sites, and a fair number of other unsavory sites..." ~ FeralOink (Ellie Kesselman)
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