[Foundation-l] [Wikichix-l] Moderating an open list

Puppy puppy at KillerChihuahua.com
Tue Dec 5 11:45:38 UTC 2006


I would have preferred that not be done precipitously, without allowing 
time for discussion. This is what, a two-day-old list, and a few men 
have bitched about reverse discrimination, so oh too bad, let's toss the 
women off the island??? "Peace of the community???' Bullshit. Several 
men have supported the idea of a closed list. At least one woman (me) 
has suggested opening the list. What about the peace of mind of women 
contributors, to have a safe place to discuss issues? Oh, that's a 
"women's topic" so its irrelevant? No. I don't think so. Its a pity this 
was not discussed in any greater detail, rather than being (like so many 
of the concerns which *led* to this list) being summarily dismissed. I 
also find it telling that the /women's/ concerns were ridiculed and 
dismissed as invalid, yet the /men's/ concerns led to almost immediate 
action. How sadly typical.

Angela wrote:
> I'm not willing to fight about so I'll move the list to Wikia, but
> it's quite upsetting that despite the clear need for this list,
> Wikimedia are not willing to support it. Perhaps the old Wikimedia
> WikiChix list can be made into an open but moderated one.
>
> Angela.
>
> On 12/5/06, florencedevouard <anthere at anthere.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> It seems best for the peace of the community that the Wikichix-l list is
>> not hosted on Wikimedia servers.
>> Could you move it to another place please Angela ? A Yahoo Group maybe ?
>>
>> Please receive my apologies.
>>
>> Ant
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