----- Original Message -----
From: "Wouter Steenbeek" <musiqolog(a)hotmail.com>
To: <wikipedia-l(a)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 :/
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