User talk:Susiebowers

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Despite the rather fraught nature of the converstaion at Talk:Susanna Centlivre, I hope you stick around - there are plenty of articles to be getting on with. -- ALoan (Talk) 20:31, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. I welcome your welcome and intend to stay indeed. Susiebowers 23:29, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Changes to user page
I like them! scribblingwoman 23:19, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Simple, and to the point. --Susiebowers 13:18, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I am blocked...
I am connected to a network in which about 300 students and teachers use the same IP address. I have never vandalized! I am committed to providing a service to Wikipedia, not in harming pages. Can I please edit from this network connection again?


 * I have unblocked 198.164.159.4 and reblocked with anon only. That should clear up the problem for you.  If it doesn't, please let me know. --BigDT 03:35, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Yay! Thanks BigDT--Susiebowers 13:57, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Women writers
Thanks for taking the trouble to let me know about this deleted category - by chance I only noticed the deletion (as a result of attempting to use the category) and was adding my voice to the protest at the same time you let me know! A depressing decision which I do hope can be successfully appealed... Dsp13 00:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I just (finally) submitted the category for review for reinstatement. Fingers crossed. scribblingwoman 14:38, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

categories
Hi Susie

Thanks for the note about not adding articles to a categ and its subcat -- I was going to drop you a line, but great to see that you got there ahead of me :)  Keep up the good work!

BTW, are you aware that Category:Women writers was referred back to CFD (see Categories for discussion/Log/2007 March 23). It may yet be deleted. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)


 * Also, sorry for not replying sooner to your kind note on my talk page about the deletion review. I do try to be open to changing my mind at CFD, but I have to confess that I don't always get there ... and I find CFD a rather frustrating process.  Some regular contributors to CFD always vote to delete any category by gender, regardless of the arguments in favour and in spite of the guideline WP:CATGRS.  I'm afraid that it's a bit of a vicious circle, and part of a wider problem: there is a strong anti-intellectual current at CFD, and although there are some very good and thoughtful regulars, CFD works best with fairly simple issues.  When it encounters a more complex issue such as the relevance of gender, CFD can often break down quite badly, with too many contributors wrongly confusing gender blindness with gender neutrality, and a hard core who regard any categorisation relating to womens role in the world as part of some left-wing conspiracy. :(
 * I love the idea of wikipedia, but sometimes the practice can be disillusioning. I usually just try to focus on the bits which go well ... --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Closure of CFD on Category:Women television writers
You may be interested that I am contesting Radiant's closure of this CFD: see User talk:Radiant%21. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:09, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Deletion review of Category:Women television writers
See Deletion review/Log/2007 April 21. Having nominated the category for deletion review, I am notifying all those who participated in the original CFD, plus the closing admin and the independent reviewer. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:04, 21 April 2007 (UTC)