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Yes, I believe zoia was named as a tribute to Zoia Horn, FWIW. -Mike On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Kevin S. Clarke <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Actually, I find the "playing" with Zoia itself offensive. As per my > > response to my own message. > > > > It objectifies women. Treats them as play-things. Makes me very > > uncomfortable. > > I think you're reading too much into Zoia's gender here. As Ross > said, the previous bot was named panizzi (Anthony Panizzi). The names > have just been picked from famous library folks. I don't imagine > anyone would have a problem finding a famous male librarian to rename > the bot to, though. I don't think there is anything to read into the > gender of the bot here. > > > But to have a "play-thing" that is gendered is a really, > > really bad idea. In fact, to have a "play-thing" of any kind on the > channel > > might not be a good idea. > > Would you object to a male name? I don't think "playing" with a bot > is a bad thing. I've "played" with real people in the room in the > same way. The nice thing about a bot is that you know you'll get a > response (whereas rsinger might just ignore me). > > As I said, I think you're reading too much into the bot's gender in > this case, but I can't imagine anyone would have qualms about renaming > the bot to a male name. The name is pretty inconsequential; it was > just meant as a tribute to famous folks in our field. > > Kevin >