Girth Summit @ RfA
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 11:28 am
The only thing that should be being discussed in any critic forum, is why the Wikipedians are absolutely refusing to accept there is something wrong about having an Administrator with a name like that. That should be the case at any time, but especially when they are supposedly trying to be sensitive to the need to appeal to the sort of women who are clearly being put off by the rampant women hating lad's culture of Wikipedia.
Natural home of the Wikipedia patriarchy Wikipediocracy of course are just joining in the fun of pretending it isn't an issue, lampooning those who might object, sending agent MrErnie in to make drama, inadvertently helping serious critics highlight the issue. Gamergate offshoot Wikiinaction was so horrified at the thought of showing concern for women by highlighting this as a critical issue, they banned me.
The capacity for this user name to embarrass and even humiliate women, particularly when used by someone in a position of nominal power and authority over them, should be obvious to anyone who is a native English speaker. If you genuinely need it explaining to you, -----------------, because the world is changing, and people like you aren't going to survive another fifty years. If you don't isolate yourself willingly, a la Eric Corbett or Dennis Brown, you will be forcibly ostracized, a la Ritchie333 (Ritchie Swann) and Drmies (Dr. Michel Pieter Aaij).
I was initially prepared to assume good faith on behalf of the user given his explanation for what his user name means to him, but I can no longer do so. Having admitted that he accepts the username can be seen as problematic, he has made the conscious decision to value his own attachment to it, above that concern, even though there is literally no contest between those two competing interests, not if you're committed to Wikipedia for the right reasons. That immediately casts doubt on his judgement, and whether or not the statements he has made about being sensitive to concerns are even genuine.
It's worth noting his actual explanation doesn't even make sense, since he has made several suggestions that he is overweight, certainly to the point workmates would make a point of humiliating him for it, but apparently at the very same time he was also a keen mountain runner. The Wikipediots of course have accepted this unquestionably, even though it's obvious you can't be both.
I initially thought he might mean he was being called girth because he was probably so muscular from all that exercise, but no, he's been quite clear the issue is his weight, exacerbated by long periods sitting down in front of the computer, wikifiddling (when he's supposed to be working, like many Wikipedians). There is of course no way for anyone to verify anything about his story, other than the fact it is probably true that Girth is an adaptation of his real first name.
I think it far more plausible that yes, he was called girth for being overweight, and he probably hated it. As he withdrew into a life of isolation, as Wikipedia editing is, he probably thought it would be a good way to fight back, by owning his nickname. Only he would know the truth. The addition of summit doesn't have to have been because of his alleged hobby, it could more easily be explained by a desire to pick a username that implies the very thing some people are now interpreting it as meaning, without being in your face obvious, him already having admitted he was aware at the time he might be asked to change it.
Voila, a decade later he now has a purpose in life and a beloved digital moniker that makes him feel good about himself, perhaps even at the expense of the women who perhaps have been so unkind as to judge him by his appearance. And now, at RfA, when it came to having to offer a plausible explanation for why he chose this name, no wonder he had a rather complex but questionable story preprepared, one that handily casts himself as having a particularly masculine hobby.
It is well understood of course that the mistake liars often make, is to give too much detail. He was prepared to explain it, even expecting the question, and tellingly, has offered the most detail about a mundane thing that I have ever seen on Wikipedia. To the point of even arguably risking him being outed (initials, first name, dates, unusual job roles).
So it clearly means a lot to him to be able to keep it. Would you really be that attached to a dumb nickname that means nothing to anyone else? Far more persuasive is that he wants to keep it so badly because its more likely intended meaning is well known to his new friends at Wikipedia, and it means a lot to him, how they perceive him.
A big dicked hero that other men want to be and women want to fuck. It will be soon forgotten that it is supposedly about his weight, indeed it is already clear the only interesting bit for those of his friends who are not prepared to believe he's wanting to send that message to women, mostly because they are women, is the claim he runs up mountains for a hobby. Win win, right?
Everything about this bloke suggests he was always aware that he wasn't going to be required to change his username by the scummy women hating lad culture loving Wikipedia community, even though he knew it could be an issue for some, aware as he was it his massive lead before it was even raised as an issue. Hence why he has seemingly so quickly and easily slipped into making the same jokes about it as his defenders have.
This is the Wikipedia community of 2019, every last one of them (157 at current count). Making dick jokes aplenty, or loudly putting down dissent as idiotic, all to support the ridiculous idea that there should somehow be no issue in the real world with them naming their Administrators after sexist tropes, when they could be welcoming and respecting women.
Natural home of the Wikipedia patriarchy Wikipediocracy of course are just joining in the fun of pretending it isn't an issue, lampooning those who might object, sending agent MrErnie in to make drama, inadvertently helping serious critics highlight the issue. Gamergate offshoot Wikiinaction was so horrified at the thought of showing concern for women by highlighting this as a critical issue, they banned me.
The capacity for this user name to embarrass and even humiliate women, particularly when used by someone in a position of nominal power and authority over them, should be obvious to anyone who is a native English speaker. If you genuinely need it explaining to you, -----------------, because the world is changing, and people like you aren't going to survive another fifty years. If you don't isolate yourself willingly, a la Eric Corbett or Dennis Brown, you will be forcibly ostracized, a la Ritchie333 (Ritchie Swann) and Drmies (Dr. Michel Pieter Aaij).
I was initially prepared to assume good faith on behalf of the user given his explanation for what his user name means to him, but I can no longer do so. Having admitted that he accepts the username can be seen as problematic, he has made the conscious decision to value his own attachment to it, above that concern, even though there is literally no contest between those two competing interests, not if you're committed to Wikipedia for the right reasons. That immediately casts doubt on his judgement, and whether or not the statements he has made about being sensitive to concerns are even genuine.
It's worth noting his actual explanation doesn't even make sense, since he has made several suggestions that he is overweight, certainly to the point workmates would make a point of humiliating him for it, but apparently at the very same time he was also a keen mountain runner. The Wikipediots of course have accepted this unquestionably, even though it's obvious you can't be both.
I initially thought he might mean he was being called girth because he was probably so muscular from all that exercise, but no, he's been quite clear the issue is his weight, exacerbated by long periods sitting down in front of the computer, wikifiddling (when he's supposed to be working, like many Wikipedians). There is of course no way for anyone to verify anything about his story, other than the fact it is probably true that Girth is an adaptation of his real first name.
I think it far more plausible that yes, he was called girth for being overweight, and he probably hated it. As he withdrew into a life of isolation, as Wikipedia editing is, he probably thought it would be a good way to fight back, by owning his nickname. Only he would know the truth. The addition of summit doesn't have to have been because of his alleged hobby, it could more easily be explained by a desire to pick a username that implies the very thing some people are now interpreting it as meaning, without being in your face obvious, him already having admitted he was aware at the time he might be asked to change it.
Voila, a decade later he now has a purpose in life and a beloved digital moniker that makes him feel good about himself, perhaps even at the expense of the women who perhaps have been so unkind as to judge him by his appearance. And now, at RfA, when it came to having to offer a plausible explanation for why he chose this name, no wonder he had a rather complex but questionable story preprepared, one that handily casts himself as having a particularly masculine hobby.
It is well understood of course that the mistake liars often make, is to give too much detail. He was prepared to explain it, even expecting the question, and tellingly, has offered the most detail about a mundane thing that I have ever seen on Wikipedia. To the point of even arguably risking him being outed (initials, first name, dates, unusual job roles).
So it clearly means a lot to him to be able to keep it. Would you really be that attached to a dumb nickname that means nothing to anyone else? Far more persuasive is that he wants to keep it so badly because its more likely intended meaning is well known to his new friends at Wikipedia, and it means a lot to him, how they perceive him.
A big dicked hero that other men want to be and women want to fuck. It will be soon forgotten that it is supposedly about his weight, indeed it is already clear the only interesting bit for those of his friends who are not prepared to believe he's wanting to send that message to women, mostly because they are women, is the claim he runs up mountains for a hobby. Win win, right?
Everything about this bloke suggests he was always aware that he wasn't going to be required to change his username by the scummy women hating lad culture loving Wikipedia community, even though he knew it could be an issue for some, aware as he was it his massive lead before it was even raised as an issue. Hence why he has seemingly so quickly and easily slipped into making the same jokes about it as his defenders have.
This is the Wikipedia community of 2019, every last one of them (157 at current count). Making dick jokes aplenty, or loudly putting down dissent as idiotic, all to support the ridiculous idea that there should somehow be no issue in the real world with them naming their Administrators after sexist tropes, when they could be welcoming and respecting women.
