Should feminist petitions stay in Feminist Chat?

Having just checked feminist activism there is a petition from October in there.

So we should be good to post and discuss petitions on that board.

I only just discovered this

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/feminist_activism

Perhaps petitions could legitimately go here?

All credit to @Jellylegsni for the original idea wigglybluelines!

ps. a reminder of where the Petitions Board is located (someone asked on your thread in SiteStuff where it was as she could not find it!)
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/petitions_noticeboard

Here is what LilyMumsnet said in the thread on Site Stuff that wigglybluelines posted, which is more open-ended and constructive than AuntieStella's summary:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/3645184-MNHQ-please-can-feminist-petitions-stay-in-the-feminism-section?msgid=88747701

Hi folks,

We do understand where you're coming from with this - lots of other boards want similar with regards to being able to post petitions.^

The issue is, all petitions are important and worthy to the poster/topic. We have a separate section because if we didn't, the main boards would be overrun.

Unfortunately if were to allow FWR to post petitions, albeit, relevant and topical ones, we'd have to do the same elsewhere and there are many boards where we've concerns users wouldn't know when to stop.

We have no plans to change things at the moment but as ever, we'll bear this in mind (and we could give some thought to promoting the petitions topic).

I replied repeating the suggestion that someone else made in this thread . . . it was Jellylegsni

thank you for replying so promptly.

There was an alternative suggestion on FWR, which was to create a thread specifically to advertise Petitions posted on the Mumsnet Petitions Board. Would Mumsnet have any problems with FWR doing that?

Petitions do not crop up often at all on FWR but when they do they are on far from trivial matters.

No reply to that as yet from Mumsnet.

"How can we get the petition about lobby groups seen by more people?"

Circulate it amongst your friends, and on campaigning sites where it is permitted.

MN is a chat site, and MNHQ were quick and firm with their answer on the Site Issues thread. There's no prospect of a change in policy, or one topic being treated differently from others on this.

Not RTFT but I agree feminist petitions should remain in feminist chat.

How can we get the petition about lobby groups seen by more people? It's got about 1000 signatures so far but I feel it could get loads more if it was seen by the majority of regular people who don't buy into the daft ideology and who are now concerned about it after the notorious Canadian person and the weightlifter etc.

wigglybluelines "I quoted you, MoleSmokes"

Tally is 946! Very nearly the first thousand.

Petitions here: YES

Do I object to petitions here: NO

Another one who had no idea there was a "Petitions Board".

Obviously, only relevant Petitions. If something is not relevant to Feminism/Women's Rights (the URL is actually "womens_rights") then someone is sure to report it.

Posting a Petition often leads to discussion about the issue - which can be helpful if someone is unsure about whether or not to sign. Those discussions are not going to take place if the Petition is shunted off to what sounds like a Zombie Zone going by previous comments.

A Petition can be relevant to an existing discussion. It makes no sense at all to make a new post on the Petitions Board and then link to it in the Discussion here, assuming that in itself is even allowed. So, also allow linking to Petitions that are relevant to an existing discussion.

If people spam links to Petitions, they will get reported.

What other Boards want is up to regular posters and Mumsnet. I don't see how what we might want to happen here conflicts in any way with practice on other Boards.

I didn't know there were Rules about Petitions - I have read the Rules but I don't remember seeing anything about Petitions. If there is something in the Rules, I had forgotten all about it

Yes I would like to see feminist petitions on FWR.

Just noticed that this is right at the tail of the front page of FWR, so thought I'd bump.

Tally is 676, so we're rolling along quite well.

I’d be happy to see feminism related petitions here too. Until this thread, I didn’t know there was a petitions board.

Maybe this thread (or a similar one) could be bumped when a new petition is put up, assuming policy doesn’t change....

Maybe we should start a petition...

Or how about an AIBU thread with voting buttons?
I think ItsAllGoingToBeFine has the salient points, it shouldn't be special dispensation for FWR.

^I think that relevant petitions should be allowed in relevant boards, but I agree with not allowing crowdfunders.

The only boards petitions shouldn't be allowed on are chat and AIBU, and obviously talk guidelines would apply.^

I think that relevant petitions should be allowed in relevant boards, but I agree with not allowing crowdfunders.

The only boards petitions shouldn't be allowed on are chat and AIBU, and obviously talk guidelines would apply.

Thanks to all that managed to sigh the petition