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PeterKa
Joined December 16, 2013
update on Gardner
As an ex-Wikipedian, editors are now free to post personal attacks against me. They even give out my real name, supposedly a big no-no under WP:OUTING. In an Orwellian twist, the past is fair game too. Some oversighter has gone through the discussion archive and removed my most effective arguments. When I took my story to Wikipediocracy. I was blocked almost immediately with the notation, "If they didn't let you get away with this on Wikipedia, you certainly can't do it here." Apparently, my essay on gender categories had offended someone with the authority to ban me on both sites. Sue Gardner was executive director at that time. She managed Wikipedia in a very political way, and aggressively pushed left-wing points of view in numerous discussions.
As an ex-Wikipedian, editors are now free to post personal attacks against me. They even give out my real name, supposedly a big no-no under WP:OUTING. In an Orwellian twist, the past is fair game too. Some oversighter has gone through the discussion archive and removed my most effective arguments. When I took my story to Wikipediocracy. I was blocked almost immediately with the notation, "If they didn't let you get away with this on Wikipedia, you certainly can't do it here." Apparently, my essay on gender categories had offended someone with the authority to ban me on both sites. Sue Gardner was executive director at that time. She managed Wikipedia in a very political way, and aggressively pushed left-wing points of view in numerous discussions.
*'''Update.''' From what I have read of Gardner's writing, I can say that I proudly represent everything she hates: "the crusty old desk guy who knows the style guide backwards,"[http://m.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/] the guy who favors "accuracy" over "kindness,"[http://suegardner.org/2013/09/04/how-wikipedia-got-it-wrong-on-chelsea-manning-and-why/] and the guy thinks "Ganges" is an excellent name for a river in India.[http://www.fastcompany.com/1739776/wikipedias-librarian-world]
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