I don't understand in which possible world anyone thought this was a good idea.
The MfD, that is. It, and the entire discussion in favour, reads as some sort of caricature of the worst SJW-type excesses. M. On Sun, 3 Mar 2019 at 16:41, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > As the last second repost had the same format error, I am trying for a > final time. How embarrassing! > > **** > > I would like to apologise to SMcCandlish and Barbara (WVS), and more > generally to the Wikipedia community, for any possible implication > given in my previous email to this list, that authors of the > problematic Signpost "Pronouns beware" essay, might in any way be > thought to be transphobic. This was an important matter to word > precisely and accurately. I take responsibility and apologise, it was > stupid of me to fail to ensure that there could be no way that my > words might appear to be intended as an attack on the person, rather > than criticism of the judgement used when writing this essay, and the > choice to publish it on Wikipedia. > > I refrained from correcting this email previously, as it was thought > to be better to avoid stirring up any further drama, however this was > being interpreted by one of the authors as deliberately avoiding > making any correction.[1] I apologise for that misjudgement, and my > failure to understand how a delay would appear. My thanks go to > SMcCandlish for raising their complaint that a correction was needed. > > The rest of this email runs on the long side, if you have been > following the deletion discussion, there is probably nothing new here. > :-) > > My action in acting transparently as a whistleblower, was to criticise > the editorial judgement of creating an essay which made jokes about > pronoun usage which would, and has, been read as making a bad joke > that mocks genderqueer and transgender people. This problem of how the > article could be read, was raised by others before publication. > Overwhelmingly the deletion discussion created for the essay has had > feedback from many long term and experienced Wikipedians who were > alarmed and upset that the article was published without this problem > being acted on, and either halting publication, or ensuring a > resubmission so there could be no confusion that the article appeared > abusive or a failure to respect genderqueer and nonbinary people.[0] > Many deletion comments have called the article "transphobic". Nobody > as far as I have seen, has mistakenly called the authors transphobes. > There is a good faith presumption that cause is an error of judgement. > It has been explained several times by myself and others in related > Wikipedia discussions that objecting to a published joke being > offensive to a minority group, in no way implies or presumes that the > author(s) deliberately intended to cause offense to that minority > group.Thanks, > > Thankfully the Signpost essay has been hidden from view while the > deletion discussion continues, an action that resolves the immediate > issue, and removes any need for me to be involved. > > I have not made a complaint to the Technical Spaces Code of Conduct > Committee, and decided to let a thread on meta stay closed with regard > to use of a unpaid volunteer WMF related title that requires > compliance with the Code of Conduct. > > I sent a friendly confidential email to the Wikimedia Wiki Education > project for comment, as Barbara chose to publish the essay using the > unpaid volunteer account that specifically represented Wiki Education, > though again, this was not a formal complaint. I had one informal > reply back saying they were looking into it. I have not emailed anyone > else with regard to the authors or their actions. Explicitly, I have > not contacted anyone's employer nor anyone else not directly part of > Wikimedia projects. > > Barbara has thoughtfully stated in a personal email to me, and on her > Wikipedia talk page, that she is preparing a formal apology as one of > the coauthors. > > Thankfully SMcCandlish has agreed with the article being hidden from > view, and continues to debate the article deletion. They chose to > raised an ANI request against me for "canvassing and > incivility/aspersions in gender-related disputes", which was closed > without action toThanks,day.[3] At the time of writing this email, there > are > claims by SMcCandlish that they are "accused of being a transphobe", > it is unclear who is doing this.[4] > > The WMF have taken the unusual step of refusing an email promoting the > Signpost on the announcements list, due to "multiple reports of > concerns related to potentially harmful content in the February 2019 > edition of the Signpost". I made no formal email complaint to the WMF > about Signpost, or anything else. The multiple reports were from other > concerned people that are unknown to me. Sadly the immediate personal > response to the WMF by the Signpost Production Manager has been "I > find your rejection of my email to be an empty political gesture > bowing to political pressure from braying sheeple."[5] No other > Signpost contributor has made any other reply, either personally or on > behalf of Signpost. I have seen no plans or proposals to change or > improve the review process or policies for the Signpost. > > Thank you for those sending private messages of encouragement, support > and information. Should anything similar happen on Wikipedia in the > future, this experience has taught me to run as fast as possible in > the opposite direction, rather than putting my head above the parapet. > Becoming a figure of hatred is not worth the stress, or having to read > targeted mockery wrapped as "jokes", published on the project you love > and support. Throughout our Wikimedia projects, there remains huge > room for improvement in how best to ensure correct, friendly and > respectful treatment of minorities, especially us queers. > > Links > 0. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-02-28/Humour > 1. > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&type=revision&diff=885937612&oldid=885936723 > 2. https://enThanks,. > wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-02-28 > 3. > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&type=revision&diff=885954601&oldid=885953822 > 4. > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-02-28/Humour&curid=60098422&diff=885957940&oldid=885957573 > 5. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-02-28 > > Thanks, > Fae > -- > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > Wikimedia LGBT+ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_LGBT+ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
