Is there a GC wiki? If not, I am willing to host one.

submitted by Bitchcraft from self.GenderCritical

We need a wiki for two reasons:

  • In order to have an introduction for people who have just discovered GC or want to know what the deal with 'TERF' is. Right now, every time somebody uses the word TERF on reddit, somebody asks what it means and the TRA brigade arrives within seconds to spread their defamation. This shit is a psyop, I swear.

  • Backing content up is not enough, the saved content has to be reuploaded and made accessible in a readable, google-findable way. It is only a matter of time until detrans content gets banned off reddit. In my opinion, content by detransitioners is the most important resource for people who are experiencing disphoria and/or getting groomed by the TRAs. A centralized, well-curated list of YouTubers who made videos about detransitioning, a backup of high-quality content from r/detrans, and documentation of adverse SRS outcomes would make a real difference.

If there isn't a wiki somewhere already, I'm willing to set up a mediaWiki instance.

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[–]madderthanhell 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Great idea! Just a caveat about "google-findable." A recent post on GC (before banning) pointed out that the Google search algorithm seemed to have been adjusted recently to foreground TRA content on "gender critical." Whereas in the past the gender critical subreddit had been the first or second item listed on page one of results, driving traffic to the sub, suddenly google searches for the term "gender critical" rendered up pages of TRA propaganda maligning and misrepresenting gender critical feminism before listing any actual gender critical resources (the gender critical subreddit itself was suddenly buried on page 3). The banning of the reddit GC sub seems to have brought mentions back up to page one however these are mainly through the distorted TRA lens (e.g. pink news "Reddit just banned its viciously transphobic 'gender critical' page). So it will be important to put energy (and resources) into an effective strategy for ensuring visibility of the new wiki.

[–]threefingersam 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

GC is easier to find on alternate search engines, like "duck duck go." not entirely on topic, but I've noticed that google is generally not a very effective search engine anymore

[–]Bitchcraft[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You are probably right about googles algorithm bias. One of the reasons the GC situation is opaque to outsiders is that content discovery algorithms are biased against us, not just on Google, but I believe on Twitter as well. This does not even require a conspiracy on the part of the platform, people maliciously spamming the report button already has that effect.

[–]fogellegof 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is a wonderful idea! I'm not aware of an existing Wiki, so we really should set one up. I'm willing to contribute if you need any support!

[–]ascom 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Happy to help, here too

[–]FemaleInFysics 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even if one already exists, I would love to join you in making a new one. Just let me know.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That would be a couple of dozen kinds of helpful. For countering the TRA language manipulation bullshit, and as a primer for newcomers to GC . . .

[–]womenopausal 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think there is one. https://spinster.xyz/@FeministWiki