David 'DJ' Hedley a écrit:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wouter Steenbeek" musiqolog@hotmail.com To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 5:53 PM Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Homosexuals and other groups overrepresented here(was: sco/fiu-vro in danger)
David 'DJ' Hedley wrote:
Indeed, the amount of openly LGBT Wikipedians is interestingly high. I
don't
know why Wikipedia is so appealing to homosexual contributors, but it appears to be that it is.
We also have a disproportionate number of left handed people.
--Jimbo
And of Asperger's syndrome bearers... It's just an advantage here when you're somehow deviant... ;-). Such a project with an open,
non-hierarchical
philosophy simply appeals to those who are not in in real life. (Please
take
this with some irony, the undersigned is in one of these groups...)
Wouter
Well, i'm left-handed, but I don't have Asperger's syndrome. Infact i've never heard of it :/
Hmmmm
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aspergian_Wikipedians
By the way, has Aplank left us ? I have not seen him in quite a while. He is even listed TWICE on the Aspergian list :-)
I wonder if I should not add myself on it as some told I was a light autist as a child.
.... I just read something scary
''Autism presents in a wide degree, from those who are nearly dysfunctional and apparently mentally retarded to those whose symptoms are mild or remedied enough to appear unexceptional ('normal') to the general public. These autistic persons are often classified as "nerds" or "geeks" by their peers.''
Nerds ?
Geeks ??
Wikipediholics ???
Ant