User talk:TK-P

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Your class project to contribute women's studies articles will be much appreciated. It's great to see that Countering Systemic Bias is prompting people to focus on some neglected areas. Again, welcome! - BanyanTree 03:09, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Let me second that welcome. I'm looking forward to see you and your students' contributions! Kind regards, — mark ✎ 03:14, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Your new article

I noticed that you had recently written an article Feminine Beauty & the USA Popular Media for Wikipedia. I would like to comment on your piece here, in the spirit of working together to make Wikipedia even better. While I found your article quite interesting -- and I am quite sympathetic to the points you make -- I believe that your article is more of an essay à la Montaigne than an encyclopaedic article. It seems to be, to a certain extent at least, a work of original research. When you write, "Even though women shouldn’t be as caught up with their weight and being thin, it is hard to avoid when a person constantly faces things that make them feel pressured," it is clear that you write as an advocate, and your piece veers towards being an editorial. Are "the expectations set for women today... completely unreal?" Perhaps they are, but this is an opinion. For instance, there has recently been some research that has tentatively suggested that an ultra-low calorie diet (for men and women) can lead to greater longevity as well as greater energy during old age. Also, one could very plausibly argue that with obesity becoming more and more of a problem, not only in the U.S. but worldwide, that social pressure to be thinner is actually positive.

These issues are complicated, and as I have said, I am actually rather sympathetic to the opinions that you have expressed here. However, and here is the important thing, they are *opinions*, not facts. Thus, I would kindly suggest a rewrite of your article, in order to make it no longer be a work of original research, to deal with some NPOV problems that show up and to change its tone. --Zantastik 23:55, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] More remarks

Dr. Kasperick-Postellon,

I would like to add a bit to what I said earlier. I think that what you're doing with your students is an excellent idea -- it's innovative ideas like these that make Wikipedia better. However, perhaps it might be good if you told your students a bit more about the style that Wikipedia expects (npov encyclopedia pieces, rather than essays), as I have found some similar problems in other articles your students have contributed. But with these changes, your students' articles are wonderful contributions to Wikipedia, and are badly needed when some of these vitally important topics simply aren't dealt with. Zantastik 06:01, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)


Agree with everything said by Zantastik. Lotsofissues 16:51, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] An anti-feminist conspiracy?

You might be interested in this 210.50.69.1 10:11, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rape on college campuses

Hi TKP, I've just done a quick copy edit of the above, but there are quite a few problems remaining with it, many to do with the lack of complete citations. I've left a comment on Talk:Rape on college campuses and I've also inserted some invisible questions in the text. Your input would be much appreciated. Best, SlimVirgin (talk) 19:55, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)