#tooFEW feminists engage Wikipedia

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#tooFEW feminists engage Wikipedia

Unread post by HRIP7 » Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:14 pm

Al-Jazeera: #tooFEW feminists engage Wikipedia
On March 15, groups from across the United States will participate in a project titled Feminists Engage Wikipedia. Initiated by THATCamp Feminisms and WikiWomen's History Month , the event will attempt to improve the coverage of women, women's history and feminism by creating and editing various Wikipedia pages.

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Re: #tooFEW feminists engage Wikipedia

Unread post by thekohser » Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:20 pm

Should be interesting to watch the usual "hive" mentality react to these new "agenda-driven", "single purpose accounts" who come in and format their reference citations incorrectly. Good luck, ladies!
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Re: #tooFEW feminists engage Wikipedia

Unread post by EricBarbour » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:24 pm

That "article" was rather incoherent....

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Re: #tooFEW feminists engage Wikipedia

Unread post by Moonage Daydream » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:57 pm

I sure hope no one posts about that on Reddits' Men's Rights forum. Which is here. That would just be asking for edit wars.

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Re: #tooFEW feminists engage Wikipedia

Unread post by Cla68 » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:00 pm

HRIP7 wrote:Al-Jazeera: #tooFEW feminists engage Wikipedia
On March 15, groups from across the United States will participate in a project titled Feminists Engage Wikipedia. Initiated by THATCamp Feminisms and WikiWomen's History Month , the event will attempt to improve the coverage of women, women's history and feminism by creating and editing various Wikipedia pages.
It would be funny if they started noting the misogynist elements in the different video game articles, then used cabalistic tactics to prevent the video game gang from reverting their additions.

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