Thought for the Day

[bcholmes]

We’ll start with the good news. After a second move discussion, Wikipedia has decided to move the article on Chelsea Manning back to her actual name instead of misgendering and misnaming her. This brings us to the bad news, which is essentially everything else, and in particular everything surrounding the arbitration committee case. This case has led to the declaration that calling out transphobia on Wikipedia is unacceptable, that trans activists are disqualified from working on articles involving trans subjects, and that it’s more acceptable for people employed by the US military to covertly edit the Chelsea Manning article than it is for trans advocates to do so openly.

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Because that is how these people work. It’s not that they hate trans people consciously or actively. They just hate the thought that they might have to change some aspect of their lives, however trivial, for them. [...]

– Philip Sandifer, Wikipedia Goes All-In on Transphobia

Mirrored from Under the Beret.

Comments

[wild_irises]

There just isn't enough facepalm in the world for this. Sumana Harihareswara works for the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm thinking I should get in touch with her and find out what the procedure would be for initiating real change in this area ...

[bibliofile]

Reading most of that article (never mind the comments) made me want to avoid Wikipedia like the plague. o.m.g. some people