User talk:Goodwinsands

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Documentation of a tag-team harassment campaign

I've removed this material, as both of my harassers have now been site banned. Goodwinsands (talk) 19:36, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GGTF arbcom

I don't think your recent edits to the GGTF case pages are particularly helpful. They seem to add nothing to what has already been said and they look somewhat like gravedancing. - Sitush (talk) 13:40, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The point I'm trying to make is that ArbCom has decided, rightly, to take a broader look at Carol's patterns of disruptive editing, which extend far beyond GGTF in scope and scale and timeframe. They're right to do so. Those who see Carol's banning are looking only at an incident or two, and I want to remind people there's much more on the ground than that. Goodwinsands (talk) 14:25, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, but I think you have made that point now. - Sitush (talk) 18:23, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. It's very frustrating to see such an important issue swept into the Carolmooredc Field of Dysfunction. Goodwinsands (talk) 18:24, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

... which is the same metaphorical Field that you will be swept into unless you are careful. Like it or not, this thing is being represented as a male vs female issue by some people and, believe me, some of those people are not likely to let it drop. That being the case, you need to be careful not to paint a target on your own back. - Sitush (talk) 18:32, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I understand and appreciate your concern, and that's why I didn't comment until after the proposed decision was already posted, as much as I wanted to do so before. Several times today already I've gotten something ready to post and then withdrawn it. Those who want to see this as exclusively a gender issue, or who find that it resonates with their own experiences with gender and tech culture, will feel and do what they feel and do without my occasional input. My deep frustration is how she has made the issue *more* difficult for women while telling herself she's actually *helping* them. I felt after AE that she likely wasn't long for Wikipedia, but it's really a shame that she had to latch onto one of Wikipedia's most intractable problems as a last-ditch effort to buoy herself up. Goodwinsands (talk) 20:06, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
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