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| :::I have not looked at the page that you are editing (or trying to edit) but let me offer one opinion (mine) as to what you might have walked into. Many articles about contentious subjects, a large number of which are about "women's issues" (probably there is a better term but this should do for now) are subject to repeated editing attacks by editors with an agenda. Usually what might be considered an anti-feminist one. they stand out because they are new editors, or attempt to pass themselves off as new editors, frequently they have a ], and typically they edit very few or just one or two articles and they often are pushing the point that sexism and violence and discrimination and objectification of women does not exist, or that men have it just as bad as women. In the surface you appear to fall into that category - ] and your contributions are all in the sexism article and some of the content you have tried to add (I have not read it yet, this posting is not about content). This is just my view of what might be involved here. Einar aka ] (]) 18:59, 22 February 2015 (UTC) | :::I have not looked at the page that you are editing (or trying to edit) but let me offer one opinion (mine) as to what you might have walked into. Many articles about contentious subjects, a large number of which are about "women's issues" (probably there is a better term but this should do for now) are subject to repeated editing attacks by editors with an agenda. Usually what might be considered an anti-feminist one. they stand out because they are new editors, or attempt to pass themselves off as new editors, frequently they have a ], and typically they edit very few or just one or two articles and they often are pushing the point that sexism and violence and discrimination and objectification of women does not exist, or that men have it just as bad as women. In the surface you appear to fall into that category - ] and your contributions are all in the sexism article and some of the content you have tried to add (I have not read it yet, this posting is not about content). This is just my view of what might be involved here. Einar aka ] (]) 18:59, 22 February 2015 (UTC) | ||
| :::: Hello Einar! Well, you are of course 100% correct that I created this account only for the edits on the sexism article and it is my first and only account. I did a lot of editing before, but never on such a controversial topic and I never needed an account to communicate with other users (articles on statistics are a lot easier :-)). I am currently really trying to make this article better in terms of quality. Many sources are outdated, wrongly interpreted, or just dead links. The structure would also need some serious re-work but I can't do that alone. I would want to have some more male articles in the article, not meaning 50:50 but changing from 99:1 to 95:5. If you are interested, I would be happy about your help. If you are just concerned about my intentions, I hope I could convince you that I am not a troll.] (]) 19:13, 22 February 2015 (UTC) | |||
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Your comments on the sexism article
I am a host at the Teahouse and I prefer to discuss this topic on your talk page. I don't know what kind of answers any of the other hosts are going to leave in response to your question but like you, I am quite appalled at the low quality of this article. Everything you said is true! I am choosing to become involved as an impartial editor, new to the discussion, and not as a Teahouse host. There are so many things wrong with this article, that I cannot even begin to list them. So keep your eyes open, and I thank you for bringing such a poorly written article to my attention I needed a break from writing about butterflies.
- Thank you for your motivation! We can move the discussion of the article to the article talk page. Lucentcalendar (talk) 07:23, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
- I have not looked at the page that you are editing (or trying to edit) but let me offer one opinion (mine) as to what you might have walked into. Many articles about contentious subjects, a large number of which are about "women's issues" (probably there is a better term but this should do for now) are subject to repeated editing attacks by editors with an agenda. Usually what might be considered an anti-feminist one. they stand out because they are new editors, or attempt to pass themselves off as new editors, frequently they have a red linked user name, and typically they edit very few or just one or two articles and they often are pushing the point that sexism and violence and discrimination and objectification of women does not exist, or that men have it just as bad as women. In the surface you appear to fall into that category - red linked name and your contributions are all in the sexism article and some of the content you have tried to add (I have not read it yet, this posting is not about content). This is just my view of what might be involved here. Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 18:59, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
- Hello Einar! Well, you are of course 100% correct that I created this account only for the edits on the sexism article and it is my first and only account. I did a lot of editing before, but never on such a controversial topic and I never needed an account to communicate with other users (articles on statistics are a lot easier :-)). I am currently really trying to make this article better in terms of quality. Many sources are outdated, wrongly interpreted, or just dead links. The structure would also need some serious re-work but I can't do that alone. I would want to have some more male articles in the article, not meaning 50:50 but changing from 99:1 to 95:5. If you are interested, I would be happy about your help. If you are just concerned about my intentions, I hope I could convince you that I am not a troll.Lucentcalendar (talk) 19:13, 22 February 2015 (UTC)
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