[WikiEN-l] Systemic bias wrt gender

[charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com]

Puppy wrote   
> Would our "welcoming attitude" to women and "being on the lookout for 
> bad behavior and mitigating its effects" include chastising men who make 
> overtly sexist and insulting remarks? Alphax made such remarks, and thus 
> far two people have spoken up - Mindspillage, a female; and Guettarda.

I'll speak up, though I said something indirect earlier. I have no idea what Alphax was thinking he was doing, but I hope in future he'll do it in another forum, or, better, not at all. (If people don't pile on, it can be because 'don't feed the trolls' is sound advice.)

>There is no longer any question 
> of whether there is gender bias on WP: it has been demonstrated here. 

Don't assume this is representative of Wikipedia. 
> Sean actually attacked Guettarda for calling bigotry what it is 

I heartily disapproved of that, (a) because it was wrong, and (b) because it prolonged the discussion of inappropriate comments. By the way, all these posts are very public.


Charles

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