[WikiEN-l] WikiWomen (was Partial deletion)

Wed Jul 16 19:13:00 UTC 2003

sannse-
> Anthere asked:

>> You a woman Sannse ?
>>

> Yep.  Despite the number of kind e-mails I get offering to enlarge my penis
> ;)

> I haven't bothered to correct those on Wikipedia who have presumed I'm
> male - it hasn't bothered me and doesn't seem worth the typing.  But since
> seeing you comment on this I've realised you are right - we have a tendency
> to presume anyone without an obviously female name is male.  And I do it
> myself all the time.  I can't think of a single contributor with a
> gender-neutral name that I picture as female (unless they have identified
> themselves as such).

Well, I've been thought to be a woman several times. Since my username is  
"Eloquence", perhaps that's a good sign. ;-)

Regards,

Erik