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History of Feminism

chrisa

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8. According to the article, gamergate accounts were banned too, but they were probably trolls.

Reply to ismnotwasm (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 27, 2015, 03:39 PM

Jan 2015

Imo, any account that violates the rules should be banned. If pro-gamergate users were given any favoritism, that would be wrong. It would also call into question Wikipedia's mission and motives.

Reading the arbitration for this, it also seems like many of the people were banned for talk page decorum, edit-warring, and single purpose account editing.

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Wikipedia Purged a Group of Feminist Editors Because of Gamergate [View all] Veilex Jan 2015 OP

Um, question: shenmue Jan 2015 #1

"is there a Femipedia or something yet?" Veilex Jan 2015 #12

Yay! shenmue Jan 2015 #13

Wikipedia needs to be free of subjective entries and opinions. chrisa Jan 2015 #2

ProGamerGate? ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #3

I don't understand what you're asking. Please elaborate. chrisa Jan 2015 #4

I mostly use Wikipedia to look up obscure comic book characters el_bryanto Jan 2015 #5

The thing is, their "facts" usually aren't facts. chrisa Jan 2015 #6

Do you know if only feminists were banned? ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #7

According to the article, gamergate accounts were banned too, but they were probably trolls. chrisa Jan 2015 #8

I should sign up again ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #11

I went to the Wikipedia site where the decision was discussed and found this: Maedhros Jan 2015 #9

Wow ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #10

Many of the Gamergaters are misgonyistic YoungDemCA Jan 2015 #14

You're actually talking about two things here. chrisa Jan 2015 #15