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I don't get it - I've read through the discussions regarding this whole move, and it was handled in what I would see as the most sensible manner: 1. Article re
by matthewmacleod 13y ago
I don't get it - I've read through the discussions regarding this whole move, and it was handled in what I would see as the most sensible manner:
1. Article renamed to "Chelsea Manning" within minutes of first announcement.
2. Article moved back and forth over a couple of hours as various contributors disagree.
3. Request for discussion submitted by a user to move back to initial title, on the basis that controversial or unexpected page moves should be discussed or consensus reached before happening.
4. A week or so of discussion results in the conclusion that the page should be left with the initial title for at least 30 days, when a new proposal should be submitted for discussion.
5. New proposal raised as suggested.
6. Subsequent discussion takes place and decision is made to rename article.
7. Article is renamed.
What I see in this blog post is a bunch of petty ad-hominem attacks by somebody who's pissed they didn't get their own way. I don't think that amounts to the obviously incorrect and purposefully misleading title "Wikipedia goes all-in on transphobia."
Wikipedia is a massive, sprawling bureaucracy - it's true. There are petty rivalries and fiefdoms, and this blog demonstrates that clearly (although perhaps not from the perspective the writer intended.) But I don't, on the whole, see a massive problem in evidence. It's pretty much just excessive melodrama of the sort which one sees whenever a large group of people try to govern themselves, and it'll either sort itself out or Wikipedia will fall and something else—probably something that makes a better attempt at solving the bureaucracy problem—will take its place.
- ben0x539 13y agoYour recounting doesn't really do justice to the manner in which those discussions happened, or the apparent bias of the arbitration committee, which is much more the point of the article than those numbered bits you're summarizing.