January 25th, 2015
Boosting the Signal
Just so you folks know, I sent this email to the Wikimedia Foundation earlier tonight.
Just so you folks know, I sent this email to the Wikimedia Foundation earlier tonight.
To Whom It May Concern,
This year, for the first time, I donated money to support the Wikimedia Foundation, and I thought I had done a good thing in doing so.
However, the recent news that your Arbitration Committee has made a decision to permanently ban five writers and editors, in response to pressure from members of the so-called Gamergate community, has decreased my respect for, and confidence in, your organization and its policies.
This year, for the first time, I donated money to support the Wikimedia Foundation, and I thought I had done a good thing in doing so.
However, the recent news that your Arbitration Committee has made a decision to permanently ban five writers and editors, in response to pressure from members of the so-called Gamergate community, has decreased my respect for, and confidence in, your organization and its policies.
I hope someday to be able to donate to your organization again. For now, however, I join other members of the Internet community in saying that, until you fix Wikipedia's systemic bias against women, you will not get another penny from me.
And please do not indulge in the traditional defense of the disingenuous and cowardly; do not say, "We are not responsible." Of course you are, because you are financing and supporting the toxic atmosphere of its administrative and cultural infrastructure.
The buck stops with you.
Most sincerely,
Kathryn J. Routliffe
With many thanks to
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