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Thank you!--Nattes à chat (talk) 22:21, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

An editor is banned for harassment and it attracts a small encyclopedia's worth of comment. One of Wikipedia's most shameful failings is detailed and it attracts two words worth of comment. Oh my aching head. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:07, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

• I hope to attend the London Wikimedia Meetup No. 144 on Sunday 14 July 2019 in Penderel's Oak pub, London WC1, from 1300. Immediately I read this I was aware of an unconscious bias against female Wikipedians. (1) The Meetup is at lunchtime - many "traditional" women will be cooking lunch for their friends/families. (2) Sunday - often the only free weekday for many women. (3) the venue is a Wetherspoon's pub famous for its "real ale" & most real ale drinkers are still men of a certain age (including me! Mea culpa) Kirby Steve (talk) 17:51, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

• Wikipedia should be using the 'non-gender' approach. Editors must not be identified and/or treated as being 'male' & 'female'. GoodDay (talk) 17:55, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

• @GoodDay: It's easier said than done. Although there is consensus to have gender-neutral language across the main space, there is no restrictions on users' identification. I supposed it's a reflection of our real world - people just cannot exist without having a gender identity. Having a genderless society is a utopia. THE NEW ImmortalWizard(chat) 20:29, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

• There are no gender-specific roles in my household; 'The kitchen anyone can cook in'. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 03:27, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

• Just as important and relevant now as when it was first published, unfortunately. - CorbieV ^☊ ☼ 22:32, 15 July 2019 (UTC)