Wikipedia Purged a Group of Feminist Editors Because of Gamergate [View all]

[Veilex]

Silencing Feminists is exactly the wrong answer.

There's been way too many attempts to silence the conversation as of late.
No progress can be made if no one is communicating.

For nearly as long as the antifeminist culture war known as Gamergate has raged across the internet, a microcosm of the battle has taken place on Wikipedia. Should Gamergate defined as a push for ethics in gaming journalism, or a paranoid campaign against women in gaming? This week, Wikipedia's highest court made a major decision in favor of the former.

http://internet.gawker.com/wikipedia-purged-a-group-of-feminist-editors-because-of-1681463331