Gnangarra admitted to deliberately using a provocative tone to get attention ("I chose my tone intentionally to draw attention to the competition"). Acting surprised that people were aggrieved is disingenuous.
On the topic of sexism: the underrepresentation in the Wikimedia community of every demographic that is not white men is such a stain on the moral character of the projects and a threat to their long-term survival. The ways in which this lack of diversity is reinforced and perpetuated by behavioral norms are by now so well-documented that ignorance and lack of malice are not excusable. In my opinion, if you are not making a conscious, deliberate effort to make this community kinder and more welcoming, you are part of the problem. All the more so when the topic under discussion is an initiative to engage women editors and improve the breadth of coverage of topics relating to women.
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 6:19 AM, Vi to vituzzu.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
+1 to your email Yaroslav.
I'd just underline Gnangarra's original email wasn't sexist, it's so unfair to vilify criticism towards contests as sexism.
Vito
2017-10-16 9:33 GMT+02:00 Yaroslav Blanter ymbalt@gmail.com:
My (rejected) message below anyway. [CUT because of boring filter rule] Cheers Yaroslav
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