On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, I'm quite the pragmatist. You are being an idealist by > assuming that can just go with the nice solution and it will all work > out fine, despite the very real risks involved with a top-5 website > appearing to take sides in a major international dispute. >
What might these terrible consequences actually be? "Wikipedia sides with Kosovo independence, gives local organization chapter status: U.N. Security Council resolution condemns interference"? Pragmatism would have you first identify the actual consequences, then determine if they are significant, then decide if they present an insurmountable hurdle to action. I don't think the issue of chapters is particularly politically radioactive, so... If the groups of people in Kosovo and in Serbia are non-overlapping, then I don't see why we would allow political issues, that have nothing to do with the Wikimedia Foundation, to unnecessarily limit Wikimedia reach and resources in that region. Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
