tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post8875163587579962512..comments2024-03-03T13:55:46.243-08:00Comments on Ambling Along the Aqueduct: A couple more links-- for the outrageTimmi Duchamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00673465487533328661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-46577971420081113942013-04-30T10:13:00.168-07:002013-04-30T10:13:00.168-07:00"The volunteer editor excuse only goes so far..."The volunteer editor excuse only goes so far."<br /><br />Seriously. They pull that with a lot of things--trans issues, e.g. And yet they have like a gazillion policies that they do manage, by and large, to enforce!Ethan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11207042480666924085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360814020056871156.post-84542505310982637152013-04-29T10:32:08.056-07:002013-04-29T10:32:08.056-07:00Filipacchi followed up a couple of days later with...Filipacchi <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/opinion/sunday/wikipedias-sexism.html" rel="nofollow">followed up a couple of days later with a post</a> noting that Wikipedia editors had screwed with her Wikipedia page after her op-ed was published. That's inexcusable. <br /><br />I posted about the original article on Facebook and immediately got a polite version of the standard response: This is Wikipedia, so just go fix the page and don't complain about it. The implication is that no one should criticize Wikipedia because they, too, can go in and edit.<br /><br />First of all, similar issues pop up regularly on Wikipedia. The organization needs to look at why it's so vulnerable to sexist actions like this and to put into place a policy that stops it. The volunteer editor excuse only goes so far. Wikipedia is an established nonprofit that can afford to locate offices in San Francisco. Surely it has some resources to address sexism. Obviously it could have blocked edits to Filipacchi's page after her op-ed came out, just as an example. That was clearly retaliation, something the organization should prevent.<br /><br />Secondly, even if I had time to volunteer edit on Wikipedia, I don't have any burning desire to use such time teaching feminism 101 to the other editors. Women shouldn't have to devote their energy to fixing these stupid mistakes any more than people of color should have to spend all their time correcting blatant racism. Wikipedia needs to come up with policies that rein this stuff in. I'm pretty sure they have policies on similar issues. I suspect no editor would get away with inserting creationist nonsense into the evolution page, just as an example.Nancy Jane Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030267999537291250noreply@blogger.com