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There is no basis in your purported belief that quality contributions that follow the rules will get deleted. Wikipedia editors are not out there to suppress w
by epgui 3y ago
There is no basis in your purported belief that quality contributions that follow the rules will get deleted.
Wikipedia editors are not out there to suppress women— The fact that this de facto happens is more likely a reflection of systemic social issues.
- kwhitefoot 3y agoSurely Wikipedia editors are part of society? So > is more likely a reflection of systemic social issues. contradicts > Wikipedia editors are not out there to suppress women
- yau8edq12i 3y agoThe basis for my belief that it happens is that I've seen it happen.
- teddyh 3y agoLinks or it didn’t¹. 1. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36123641 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36123641>
- yau8edq12i 3y agoHere is some starting point for your search: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wikipedia-bias-1.6129073 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wikipedia-bias-1.6129073 See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletionism_and_inclusionism_in_Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletionism_and_inclusionism_i...
- teddyh 3y agoI wanted you to provide links to what you have seen happen, like you said you had.