Comments on: Wikipedia and Feminism http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/10/wikipedia-and-feminism/ Nearly all of us root for fairness, not for our own sex. - Nicholas Kristof Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: phio gistic http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/10/wikipedia-and-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-2575 phio gistic Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:47:47 +0000 http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=4226#comment-2575 It seems like Wikipedia editing is a game of of obsession and endurance, with the winner being the person with the biggest axe to grind and the most time on his hands. It seems like Wikipedia editing is a game of of obsession and endurance, with the winner being the person with the biggest axe to grind and the most time on his hands.

]]> By: If it’s on the internet it must be true « Feminocracy http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/10/wikipedia-and-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-2574 If it’s on the internet it must be true « Feminocracy Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:26:37 +0000 http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=4226#comment-2574 [...] it’s on the internet it must be true Wikipedia and Feminism at Feminist Law Professors As of this past September, Wikipedia has been cited by U.S. courts [...] [...] it’s on the internet it must be true Wikipedia and Feminism at Feminist Law Professors As of this past September, Wikipedia has been cited by U.S. courts [...]

]]> By: Ann Bartow http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/10/wikipedia-and-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Ann Bartow Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:16:24 +0000 http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=4226#comment-2573 It's not just Farley he wiki-stalks, it's also MacKinnon, Dworkin, Linda Boreman, Robert Jensen, Sheila Jeffreys, Robin Morgan, the Redstockings, Ellen Willis, Susie Bright, Betty Dodson, almost anything or any person related to feminism. Even the entry on "feminism"! I think judges and their clerks get lazy and sloppy, that's the best guess I have as to why they are citing wikipedia. It’s not just Farley he wiki-stalks, it’s also MacKinnon, Dworkin, Linda Boreman, Robert Jensen, Sheila Jeffreys, Robin Morgan, the Redstockings, Ellen Willis, Susie Bright, Betty Dodson, almost anything or any person related to feminism. Even the entry on “feminism”!

I think judges and their clerks get lazy and sloppy, that’s the best guess I have as to why they are citing wikipedia.

]]> By: phio gistic http://www.feministlawprofessors.com/2008/10/wikipedia-and-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-2572 phio gistic Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:35:33 +0000 http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=4226#comment-2572 It must be frustrating for Dr. Farley to have an anti-feminist, pro-porn/prostitution fanatic on Wikipedia appoint himself gatekeeper of the page about her work. Most first-year college courses disallow Wikipedia as a reference, why is it used in courtrooms? It must be frustrating for Dr. Farley to have an anti-feminist, pro-porn/prostitution fanatic on Wikipedia appoint himself gatekeeper of the page about her work.

Most first-year college courses disallow Wikipedia as a reference, why is it used in courtrooms?

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