I must admit I had concerns, but they're allayed considerably by the statement that HK is fiscally independent from the PRC. Hopefully having such a free event in an area of the world where freedom of information is in relatively short supply will do wonderful things for the movement and the world!
Thank you to WMHK for clarifying things. Richard Symonds On May 10, 2012 11:47 PM, "James Alexander" <[email protected]> wrote: > It does, at least at some level, seem to be an argument (usually from > different people) every Wikimania. There just isn't a way to have it in a > place that everyone is happy with (especially if you want to rotate around > the world. I'd also point remind people that among all of the places > Wikimania has been it's also been in Taiwan in 07. It has seemed to be much > better to do the selection non-politically (while not being shy about who > we are and what we believe). > > James > > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Itzik Edri <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
