+1. I totally agree with Nathan. On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Nathan <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is a similar argument to those made against Egypt or Israel etc. It's > a facile and false notion that holding Wikimania in a particular city is an > implicit political endorsement for the national government of the host > city. You could just as easily interpret it in the opposite manner - > holding a Wikimania event in Egypt, Israel, China, the U.S. or elsewhere > supports knowledge liberalism and draws attention to the mission of the WMF > in the areas where it may be most poignant. More likely, the decision of > where to hold the event is made independent of political concerns and the > WMF, as well as the host Wikimedians, take no political positions implicit > or otherwise. > > ~Nathan > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
