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Irony Alert: Ms Gardner was the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, a site which has 90% male contributors and has had ongoing
by sparkzilla 12y ago
Irony Alert: Ms Gardner was the Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, a site which has 90% male contributors and has had ongoing problems with the harassment of women contributors.
- Retra 12y agoHow is that ironic?
- jameshart 12y agoBecause she failed to single-handedly reverse the trend in the context of wikipedia, she loses the right to express an opinion about how bad it is?
- sparkzilla 12y agoShe wasn't single handed. She had the huge resources and budget of Wikipedia available to her. She had the power to guide a team in the inner organization, and many thousands of people beyond. She had access to a huge PR platform. She did nothing substantive when she had the chance to take action, so why should we take anything she says now seriously?
- erikpukinskis 12y agoBecause speaking the truth and being capable of changing it are different things?