Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2015/Candidates/Drmies/Questions

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Question from Smallbones

2. Wikipedia is starting to have a reputation for bullying and misogyny, see, e.g the recent article in The Atlantic by Emma Paling, "Wikipedia's Hostility to Women”.
   Are you willing to take serious steps to stop bullying of editors on Wikipedia? especially bullying directed toward women editors? Is this one of your top 2 priorities? What would you consider to be a more important priority than stopping the bullying? Smallbones_(smalltalk) 17:11, 10 November 2015 (UTC)

   I read the article, thank you, and it is not a fair account. Regardless, misogyny is a problem in most parts of our societies and particularly on the internet. It is not the only one: racism, antisemitism, etc. are equally serious problems. Wikipedia is clearly not a safe zone, though it's a much better places than some other places on the Internet. My top priority is to learn how ArbCom really works and to try to make it more transparent, to see if I can help make it work better. As for serious steps, bullying is a blockable offense and I've handed out many an indef-block for racist, sexist, anti-gay, antisemitic, anti-Muslim edits.

Question from LynnWysong

2. Please reference this diff. Do you have any misgivings about making this statement and encouraging the discourse that went on in this thread? Lynn (SLW) (talk) 03:46, 14 November 2015 (UTC)

question from Beeblebrox

2. This is a follow-up tp the above question: Don't you think that's alittle old-fashioned. I mean, c'mon man. Allt he movies and TV shows these days show everyone just tearing each clothes off and going for it. Foreplay is apprently dead. Given your outdated stance, would you recuse yourself as an arb should foreplay or kissing issues come before the committee?

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