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when wikipedia started, i immediately opened an account. for one, i have family that are important figures in Puerto Rican history and wanted to make sure their pages were there; but Latin American Studies is my expertise. wasn't for the editors who harassed me out of contributing.
and sure enough, after ±2 decades it's mostly WHITE Puerto Rican MEN in those pages.
what will y'all do so afroindigenous women scholars like me can contribute?
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That's a shame. I was very active in the early years on Wikipedia. On somewhat different issues, I noticed some people in forums complaining that Wikipedia must be controlled by (X meaning certain organization) ; I took a look at articles they were complaining about, and it seemed to me more that there were a small number of regulars with (X agenda) gaming the system - I made suggestions on how others could use the same tactics to game the system back 1/3
@blogdiva @wikimediafoundation
While I'm still on Wikipedia, I've been more on Wikimedia Commons since.
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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
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