It is really shocking and shameful behavior. <div>To my surprise, the edit war is still going on there.....</div><div>I have put the article to my &#39;watch list&#39;.</div><div>It can be a good assignment for those who want to work for the issue of gender bias to restore the article to its original form. (At least to see that more and more meaningful information is added) It will be learning about rules in the process.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I dont know how much time I will be able to dedicate for this right now. But I plan to edit the article and to fight vandalism there.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 12:56 PM, Ashwin Baindur <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ashwin.baindur@gmail.com" target="_blank">ashwin.baindur@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<h1 style="line-height:1.083em;font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,times,serif;margin:0px 0px 8px;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism-toward-female-novelists.html?emc=tnt&amp;tntemail1=y&amp;_r=0" style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;line-height:normal;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">Wikipedia’s Sexism Toward Female Novelists</a> </h1>

<h1 style="line-height:1.083em;font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,times,serif;margin:0px 0px 8px;font-weight:normal"><font>by</font> <font>Amanda Filipacchi</font></h1>
<div><span style="line-height:12px;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">New York Times, Published: April 24, 2013</span></div><div><span style="line-height:12px;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>

</span></div><div><span style="line-height:22px;font-size:15.199999809265137px;font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,times,serif">I JUST noticed something strange on Wikipedia. It appears that gradually, over time, editors have begun the process of moving women, one by one, alphabetically, from the “American Novelists” category to the “American Women Novelists” subcategory...</span></div>

<div><br></div><div><h1 style="line-height:1.083em;font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,times,serif;margin:0px 0px 8px;font-weight:normal"><font><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism.html?emc=tnt&amp;tntemail1=y" target="_blank">Wikipedia’s Sexism</a></font></h1>

<div><h1 style="line-height:1.083em;font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,times,serif;margin:0px 0px 8px;font-weight:normal"><font>by</font> <font>Amanda Filipacchi</font></h1>
<div><span style="line-height:12px;color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">New York Times, Published: April 27, 2013</span></div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="line-height:22px;font-size:15.199999809265137px;font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,times,serif">Early last week I noticed something strange on Wikipedia. It appeared that, gradually, over time, the volunteer editors who create the site had begun moving women, one by one, from the “American Novelists” category to the “American Women Novelists” subcategory. ... </span><span style="line-height:22px;font-size:15.199999809265137px;font-family:georgia,&#39;times new roman&#39;,times,serif">s soon as the Op-Ed article appeared, unhappy Wikipedia editors pounced on my Wikipedia page and started making alterations to it, erasing as much as they possibly could without (I assume) technically breaking the rules. They removed the links to outside sources, like interviews of me and reviews of my novels....</span></div>

<div><br></div><br>--<br>Warm regards,<br><br>Ashwin Baindur<br>------------------------------------------------------</div>
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