Feminist SF Wiki talk:Mission

When I set this up, I intended it to be in some sense a "feminist sf" version of wikipedia. With much more elaboration and specific information on relevant topics than wikipedia.

For instance, I'm pretty unhappy with the direction that wikipedia has gone in terms of "women in science fiction" replacing "feminist science fiction". Yes, I can edit wikipedia; but, there used to be *more* content in wikipedia, and a specific entry for "feminist science fiction" back in the day. Things move on, and my sense is that wikipedia is converging on being a general interest encyclopedia. People are cleaning up and trying to get rid of "non-general-interest" information. I may be wrong about that sense. But to the extent that wikipedia is general interest, this is a subject specific interest and should be much more detailed.

But we can also talk about process as well -- perhaps there are feminist processes that would be somewhat different here. The open editing process of wiki is inherently democratic and feminist in some respects. But there may be feminist issues that we need to confront with the wiki, too.

Hey ... this is starting to feel like a MISSION discussion. I'm going to edit the front page and move this stuff there. LQ 11:47, 27 April 2006 (PDT)

A misconception/confusion that crops up over Whileaway-the-LJ-community is whether its purpose is the discussion of feminist SF or feminist discussion of SF (well, it's both, but the former interpretation is catchier). How much importance do you want to give to entries on sexism and sexist SF (or SF by women who may not be feminist) on this Wiki? Ide Cyan 12:08, 27 April 2006 (PDT)