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2011/7/21 Deryck Chan <[email protected]>

> I must agree with Craig here: that the chapters conference served only
> vegan food this year wasn't a popular decision among southeast Asian
> delegates either. You can't please everyone, and it is important to know
> whom to please. Avoiding Sabbath and Ramadan is probably a good culturally
> aware idea for a Wikimania in Israel; abstinence from pork for a Wikimania
> in Poland (there were vegetarian options) probably not.
> On Jul 21, 2011 8:27 PM, "Craig Franklin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The problem with what you're proposing is that everyone has something
> they
> > don't want to see, and sooner or later you'll annoy someone by omitting
> > something they need. Case in point: the recent Chapters conference in
> > Berlin was vegan food only, which clashed with my cultural requirement to
> > have fish on a Friday.
> >
> > You simply can't make everyone happy.
> >
> > On 21 July 2011 22:22, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> The reason why I suggested that we make a commitment that "future
> >> Wikimanias won't clash with Ramadan or certain other "culturally
> >> sensitive" dates", Is that as Harel pointed out it isn't just Islam
> >> that has dates we should avoid (and I appreciate that Muslims are
> >> exempt from their fast on their way to and from Wikimania). I accept
> >> that it won't be easy to come up with dates that work for a culturally
> >> sensitive global organisation, and I'm aware that this isn't the first
> >> time we've clashed with Ramadan. Globalisation is hard, coming up with
> >> a midyear date that doesn't clash with anything we don't want to clash
> >> with will not be easy, but if we truly want to Globalise the pedia we
> >> should at least try to do this.
> >>
> >> I don't observe Ramadan, or watch sport, and I'm happy to eat pork.
> >> But if we want future Wikimanias to be open to a truly global
> >> community then I believe that we should aim for Gdansk to be the last
> >> Wikimania with Pork on the menu and Haifa the last that clashes with
> >> any major religious event (I have no objection to a two hour break for
> >> sports fans provided there is, as at Gdansk, an alternative for the
> >> sportsphobic amongst us).
> >>
> >> WereSpielChequers
> >>
> >> On 20 July 2011 22:41, Casey Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Manuel Schneider
> >> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >> We discussed that last year and someone came up with a sensible
> remark:
> >> >>
> >> >> If you are travelling during Ramadan, you are excempted from the
> fast.
> >> >
> >> > It should also be noted that Wikimania 2009 also took place during
> >> > Ramadan, and Wikimania 2012 will miss it by only a few days.
> >> >
> >> > There's also already a page on wikimania2011wiki directed at the
> >> > Muslim Ramadan-observing Wikimaniacs that has been up for almost an
> >> > entire year (August 2010!).
> >> > <http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ramadan>
> >> >
> >> > Having Wikimania during Ramadan isn't a showstopper... they can still
> >> > partake in all of the normal Wikimania activities, and this year's
> >> > Wikimania has already made plans to support them.
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Casey Brown
> >> > Cbrown1023
> >> >
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