Where in the world is Durova?, With Carmen San Diego? Options

[Kelly Martin]

I suspect the proportion of transgendered people on WP might actually be less than in the general population. Those guys and gals probably get enough exposure to bullies in real life.

Online services like Wikipedia are, or at least appear, attractive to marginalized persons. The ability to conceal one's minority status means one will presumably not be harassed for it, and Wikipedia's bully culture gives them the opportunity to be the bully instead of the victim. Your rationale is also inconsistent with decades of studying of bullying, which has consistently indicated that a significant portion of adult bullies and abusers were the victims of bullying in childhood; having been bullied is at least somewhat predictive of becoming a bully in later life.

[Zoloft]

I suspect the proportion of transgendered people on WP might actually be less than in the general population. Those guys and gals probably get enough exposure to bullies in real life.

I've known enough transgendered folk to know a significant proportion take standing up to bullies as a challenge, not something to be feared.

This post has been edited by Zoloft: Fri 16th September 2011, 4:20am

[Wikifan]

is Durova the admin from ED? that article was hilarious.

[everyking]

Looks like she ended up on the wrong side of an ArbCom decision? That's a shame. Not many editors can persist through that kind of treatment.