On Sep 10, 2014 8:41 AM, "Nathan"
<nawrich(a)gmail.com
<mailto:nawrich@gmail.com>> wrote
Hi Sarah, I'm sorry if I was unclear. I was understanding Carol as
saying that there were sexist comments in the ANI she linked (where
Andreas' quoted comment was found). I read the entire AN/I thread and
the editor review and found none.
I did not know that the harassing individual was a woman until now. If
it was mentioned in passing in the ANI, I missed it.
Frankly, unless a woman through her user name makes it clear she is a
woman, given the predominance of males, I've come to the point where I
do not even bother to try to figure it out. Even with women joining the
Gender gap task force, I don't always check it out and sometimes when I
have there also was no indication on their user page. One such woman
went around complaining I didn't know she was a woman, when there had
been no indication. We are not mind readers. I have often regretted
using my real name and an obviously female name. However the last week
or so I have see the fact that so many women feel forced to hide their
sex to prevent their being ignored, reverted, harassed, etc. as a kind
of burqa we are forced to wear to protect ourselves. It's pretty sad.
In any case, the ANI itself is still primarily relevant to off-wiki
criticism and whether women can use a *twitter hashtag* to identify
criticism and whether we should... Thus I've added that to the subject
line to stay on topic.
While I'm not going to promote the idea, I think anyone is serious about
it they might take it to Village Pump - or the WP:Canvas or
WP:Forumshopping pages.
CM