[WikiEN-l] An observation

Sun Nov 12 20:28:30 UTC 2006

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Oskar Sigvardsson stated for the record:

> If there is an overwhelming amount of males over females it usually
> signifies something bad (with a few exceptions, like say professional
> wrestling). We have a host of brilliant female editors but apparently
> not many of them are running for arbcom. This is a very, very bad
> thing. We should encourage gender equality whenever we can, just
> saying "We are wikipedia, here gender doesn't matter" is naive. There
> is obviously a problem here and we should work to fix it. We don't
> want to be a boys-club.

Skipping the sarcasm, why would a "brilliant female editor" want to be
on the ArbComm?  It's a nasty job no sane person would ever want to do.

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