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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 24 Jan 2014

    "I feel that if she was a white male, no one would consider her anything special (or worthy of a wikipedia entry)." THANKS WIKIPEDIA EDITORS

    5:16 PM - 24 Jan 2014
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      1. Ken Eklund‏ @writerguygames 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Once upon a time, embracing the long tail of human knowledge was Wikipedia's strength

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      1. Angie‏ @growingupgamers 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame about you!? No way. You're an absolute inspiration & your work is impressive. Gender has nothing to do w/either of those comments

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      1. Matt Hayles‏ @mathayles 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame goddammit Internet of Men. Or as we usually call it, "the Internet."

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      1. Ben Garvey‏ @bengarvey 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame that sucks. I created this game influenced by your work (I wrote it immediately after reading RiB) http://kidsdungeonadventure.com 

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      1. Deanna Seigler‏ @dmseigler 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Note the dude wasn't brave enough to sign his name, either.

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      1. Melissa Techman‏ @mtechman 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame @YvonneMMu I and several others added to wikipedia entry for @lizcastro so as to save it fr being deleted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Castro …

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      1. Invincible Defeat‏ @GeezerHead 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Everyone deserves a Wikipedia entry.

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      2. Steven Isaacs‏ @mr_isaacs 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame ewwwwww. Really?

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      3. Josh Mika‏ @iJoshmika 24 Jan 2014
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        @mr_isaacs @avantgame #Unreal You do realize you're affirming my #digitalliteracy #wikiality lessons, right? Thank you...? #tlchat #edchat

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      1. Michael Gomez‏ @GetIncumbo 26 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Big picture: at least nonsense is visible from Wiki editors AND we get to criticize. Old days had only back room chatter.

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      1. Cypress  🍁‏ @Cypy 25 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame doubt the commenter has read your incredible book... or for that matter, any books at all.

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      1. Josh Mika‏ @iJoshmika 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Digital guise... Does #intelligence + #beauty = #threatening? Disingenuous #wikipedia commentary #digitalliteracy

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      1. PhantomFox‏ @Gerbeedee 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame I see that sexism is still alive and kicking then,

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      1. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame Is there any way I could send you a DM?

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      1. Digital Maverick‏ @digitalmaverick 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame That is truly appalling :-(

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      1. Alice Keeler‏ @alicekeeler 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame WHAT?! Does it really say that?

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      1. Jacob Shreve‏ @_shreve 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame you’ve done a lot of good for a lot of people, and it has nothing to do with owning a vagina. Just ignore the haters.

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      1. Chaos‏ @chaosprime 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame christ on a bike, are people still trotting out "importance" in deletion debates? THE FUCKING NOTABILITY STANDARD IS COVERAGE

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      1. Joe‏ @jakuuire 24 Jan 2014
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        @avantgame I think you're worthy.....

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