Based on standard english practice, I address someone who's gender I do not know, using masculine gender. I assume others do the same. There is a page, http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen, which can be utiliZed if you wish to be identified as female. It doesn't appear that most women care though.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: erik_moeller@gmx.de (Erik Moeller) Reply-To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Date: 16 Jul 2003 21:13:00 +0200
sannse-
Anthere asked:
You a woman Sannse ?
Yep. Despite the number of kind e-mails I get offering to enlarge my penis ;)
I haven't bothered to correct those on Wikipedia who have presumed I'm male - it hasn't bothered me and doesn't seem worth the typing. But since seeing you comment on this I've realised you are right - we have a tendency to presume anyone without an obviously female name is male. And I do it myself all the time. I can't think of a single contributor with a gender-neutral name that I picture as female (unless they have identified themselves as such).
Well, I've been thought to be a woman several times. Since my username is "Eloquence", perhaps that's a good sign. ;-)
Regards,
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