[WikiEN-l] WikiWomen (was Partial deletion)

Wed Jul 16 19:38:52 UTC 2003

Based on standard english practice, I address someone who's gender I do not know, using masculine gender.  I assume others do the same.  There is a page, http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWomen, which can be utiliZed if you wish to be identified as female.  It doesn't appear that most women care though.

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: erik_moeller at gmx.de (Erik Moeller)
Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
Date:  16 Jul 2003 21:13:00 +0200

>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
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