This tweet seems to be the source of that remark from her; it is difficult to say who exactly the sexist troll remark is directed at since it's worded in a sly way which says the problem isn't sexist trolls.
It's a very trollish way to accuse somebody of being a sexist troll. Like if I were to say to a third party "Jim and I had an argument.. the problem ISN'T that Jim is a fascist asshole, but rather that..." Strictly I'm not accusing Jim of being a fascist asshole, but really I am.
Yea... seems a bit immature too. Didn't address anything the wiki dude said and blamed "society at large" for not producing enough notability for wikipedia.
Also in that twitter thread she says:
"She may have discovered an element, .."
Ironically, it seems the wikieditors did more research because they posted
"Her Oak Ridge autobio says her part of the discovery of the new element was to "contribute ... to the purification of the Bk-249 used to help discover Z=117""
Using the very source that she used to create the article, it is known that she:
I really appreciate her effort and goal but with just this one article she's:
- spread misinformation (possibly deliberately)
- broke wikipedia's rules on "canvassing support"
- accused people of bigotry (for merely disagreeing)
All in all, not very helpful to her cause at all... instead of celebrating what is clearly an interesting person, we are now here debating accolades because the original author got carried away.
I don't know if she's trying to do that. To me it reads as humorous candor - baldly naming the thing people are probably suspecting and then saying that's not happening.
https://web.archive.org/web/20190210190740/https:/twitter.co...
It's a very trollish way to accuse somebody of being a sexist troll. Like if I were to say to a third party "Jim and I had an argument.. the problem ISN'T that Jim is a fascist asshole, but rather that..." Strictly I'm not accusing Jim of being a fascist asshole, but really I am.