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

[Puppy]

I did not select those examples. Others did. I merely post them here for 
consideration of the concept that there may indeed be subtle gender bias 
- including an overall denial that there /is/ any bias - without 
endorsement or comment - nor did I state that any of the examples given 
were trolling.

Matt R wrote:
> --- Puppy <puppy at KillerChihuahua.com> wrote:
>   
>>  From others, one of who "hopes we'll look back on this and not believe 
>> how bad it was"
>> --
>> No need for women-only channels? The problem may be worse than you 
>> realised...
>>
>> Below are some of the responses to the announcement of wikichix's founding.
>>     
>
> kc, it's entirely not clear, but from the immediate context of the thread it
> seems you're saying that all those responses you quoted are examples of
> trolling. Disagreement or failure to see a problem isn't trolling.
>
> If the WikiChix are going to have an impact on Wikipedia at large, one of the
> things they're going to have to do is talk to men about it at some point. And
> in doing that, they're going to have to be willing to give evidence to those
> who can't see a problem and otherwise respectfully interact with people who
> disagree. 
>
> -- Matt
>
> Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Matt_Crypto
> Blog: http://cipher-text.blogspot.com
>
>
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