I don't know a lot about this case, but taking a cursory look at the diffs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Gamergate_controversy&d…
...presumably an "excessive edit" is a derogatrory way of saying "a single
large edit". In which case I would probably have said the same as this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Gamergate_controversy&d…
To be feminist or to not be feminist...
I once read about a mother who went into a toy shop with her little girl. She was walking
towards the check-out with a toy fire truck and some Lego when she was stopped by a member
of staff who pointed out that the store had dolls. The mother said that her daughter
didn't like dolls, that she likes trucks. She was about to move off again when the
staff member pointed out that the store sold pastel Lego (as opposed to the primary
coloured bucket of Lego that she had picked up). I'm sure she didn't think of
herself as a feminist until that moment.
I find that most people who join feminist groups / gender gap mailing list etc. never
thought of themselves as feminists until they had a "Lego moment".
My Lego moment was reading this article:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/fashion-news/the-wag-wannabes-9… about a
19 year-old who was hoping to become the wife or girlfriend of a footballer (soccer
player).
"The lifestyle is amazing. Nice house, expensive
cars. Wherever
footballers go they are recognised and
have people looking up to them.
They know they
can be with anyone - it's a privilege when they pick
you."
Marie
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:24:12 -0500
From: carolmooredc(a)verizon.net
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] press coverage of Gamergate arbcom case
On 1/25/2015 6:17 PM, Nathan wrote:
I think the lesson it sends is that a righteous cause is not a defense
against accusations of disruption, nor a license to violate other
policies. I'm sure that among the restricted people are those with
positions I'd support along with many others, but that doesn't put
their behavior above reproach. Tony Sidaway was hardly the paragon of
a calm and thoughtful administrator - insightful as he often was,
there was a reason he was fired as a clerk and barred from simply
requesting his bit back.
The problem being that ArbCom is so political that most
members see
editors they dislike/disagree with on issues/content as disruptive even
if their disruption is minor compared to that of the editors they feel
more sympatico with. And of course if the "community" (i.e., gangs of
editors who are allies) decide to target someone it's just easier
politically to sanction those persons than not. And if they have a lot
of supporters it is safer NOT to sanction them.
This issue was very clear in GGTF arbitration where a few people were
targeted by most posters, over and over for the same issues, at least
til the end when an Arbitrator added a couple more needing sanctions.
It's less clear in Gamergate because there are more participants being
targeted by many more participants on many different issues.
CM
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