[WikiEN-l] Introducing a new mailing list

Mon Dec 4 18:07:55 UTC 2006

> On 12/4/06, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> > mailing list has been created for female wiki editors to discuss
> > issues of gender bias in wikis and ways to encourage
> [snip]
> > If you are female and interested in wikis, I would like to

This is the most disappointing thing I have seen wikimedia do. I very
rarely post on these lists, and even more rarely on the non-technical
ones. When I first read this proposal I thought, "Oh that would be an
interesting list to listen to". I was then shocked and saddened when I
read that I would be excluded on my gender. Don't think this doesn't
hurt people when you exclude them, and don't think that every man
reading this lacks the same sense of hurt and rejection you would have
if there was a male only list, or a white only list. I can assure you,
it's the same, and some people are hurt by it just as much.

Our gender bias is a fine topic of discussion, but instead of
discriminating based on gender, why not discriminate based on who is
interested?

If this proposal continues I would strongly support it being entirely
hosted by non foundation resources. I don't want to support
discrimination of any kind.

Very saddened,

Judson