[Gendergap] Fwd: Photo of the Day on Wikimedia Commons

[carolmooredc at verizon.net]

Racist, homophobic and anti-semitic comments are certainly criticized 
and people ask for their removal. A pattern of such comments could get 
one banned. The same should be true for obviously sexist comments. In 
fact, it's here
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civil#Identifying_incivility 
- after a long debate with some editors strongly opposed to adding such 
sexist comments.

    * (b) personal attacks
      <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks>,
      including racial, ethnic, sexual, gender-related and religious
      slurs, and derogatory references to groups such as social classes
      or nationalities;



On 5/26/2011 2:53 PM, Sarah wrote:
>> 2011/5/26 Ryan Kaldari<rkaldari at wikimedia.org>
>>> Those types of comments are a lot worse than unnecessary. They create a
>>> sexualized environment that is exclusionary to anyone who isn't a
>>> heterosexual male. If this doesn't make sense to you, please read through
>>> http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Sexualized_environment
>>>
>>> These types of comments should be removed on sight. If you see them,
>>> please delete them or email me. Thanks.
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:34, Béria Lima<beria.lima at wikimedia.pt>  wrote:
>> If you start the censure in Commons, Ryan, your cause will be in Adm
>> noticeboard "on sight"
>> _____
>> Béria Lima
>> Wikimedia Portugal
>> (351) 963 953 042
> Béria, you've rightly asked that people not generalize their
> responses, where they assume everyone feels as they do. But the same
> applies to you. You're not offended by these comments. You would see
> their removal as censorship. Others disagree, and their arguments are
> valid too.
>
> It would be interesting if we could try to find common ground.
>
> I agree with you that it's important not to be over-sensitive. But a
> big problem is that women have been taught for hundreds of years that
> they're just over-reacting when they say they see discrimination.
>
> So the question is: how do we create an environment that's welcoming
> for as many groups as possible -- including groups who are sensitive
> to perceived discrimination, and groups who are sensitive to perceived
> censorship?
>
> Sarah
>
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