Hoi,
And I disagree utterly with your pov. Do try and suggest to ban white
people. The organisation of Wikimania 2005 and 2006 would have been so
much easier; every body could have been meetings in a pub on a Friday
night. I would even suggest that there would not have been much of a
Wikipedia without white people. As to women, there is a present need for
a safer environment for women this was shouted down by males who felt
insulted by the suggestion. You have correctly indicated three areas
where we could do better; language, race and gender.
Thanks,
GerardM
Matt R schreef:
--- Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
If "common sense" means that
discrimination is permitted than I do
agree. When discrimination is permitted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a
black veil darkens what used to be a more bright promise of a world.
Sheesh, let's cut back on the melodrama a notch, eh? I'm not suggesting banning
white people. I'm not demanding that female users must identify themselves by
writing in a pink font. What I am saying is that editors who enter into
non-trivial interactions on the English Wikipedia should be obliged to have a
handle that can be grokked by speakers of the English language.
-- Matt