[WikiEN-l] An observation

Thu Nov 9 00:04:56 UTC 2006

On 11/8/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/8/06, Michael Snow <wikipedia at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > We have, so far, twenty announced candidates for next month's
> > Arbitration Committee election. To the best of my knowledge, none of
> > them is female.
> >
> > In previous elections, we also had very few female candidates, yet one
> > of them finished either first or second in each of the last two
> > elections. I'm sure we have some female contributors who would be
> > well-qualified and bring a valuable perspective to the arbitration
> > process, and I would encourage them to consider running.
> >
> > --Michael Snow
>
> Since when did we care about gender on wikipedia?
>
That's what I was thinking.

<sarcasm>How many of the arb com candidates are protestant?</sarcasm>
Who cares if an arb com candidate is male or female?

Anthony