Having read the Foundation press release, I have to say that if it were a Wikipedia page, I would have edited it since it is quite misleading as written. I understand the reticence to mention other countries since I expect you want to portray China as a rogue actor here and I'm sympathetic to that agenda but, on the other hand, being encyclopedic and truthful really is kind of our brand.
On Mon, Jul 25, 2022, 11:16 AM Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jan, > > Well, the accuracy of the press release would be enhanced if it mentioned > the support China received from over a dozen other countries. > > This isn't just my opinion: > > https://twitter.com/Wikiland/status/1550515724673761280 > > Congratulations on the ECOSOC accreditation. > > Andreas > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 1:36 PM Jan Gerlach <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Andreas >> >> China was in fact the only country to oppose the Wikimedia chapters' >> request for observer status. Other countries for political or unknown >> reasons may have aligned with China's position on process, but no country >> besides China unilaterally or independently opposed the Wikimedia chapters' >> request. >> >> Relatedly, you may have seen that the Wikimedia Foundation just obtained >> accreditation at the UN's Economic and Social Affairs Council where a >> similar situation was unblocked by a vote of the member countries: >> >> >> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/07/22/wikimedia-foundation-earns-accreditation-to-the-united-nations-economic-and-social-affairs-council-ecosoc/ >> >> >> Best, >> Jan >> >> >> == >> >> >> >> Jan Gerlach >> Public Policy Director >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 1 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600 >> San Francisco, CA 94104 >> [email protected] >> >> >> Andreas Kolbe <[email protected]> schrieb am Fr., 22. Juli 2022, 19:44: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> A week ago, the WMF issued a press release, "Seven Wikimedia chapters >>> rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property >>> Organization (WIPO)": >>> >>> >>> https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2022/07/15/seven-wikimedia-chapters-rejected-as-permanent-observers-to-wipo/ >>> >>> This stated, in part, "China was the only country to oppose the >>> Wikimedia chapters’ request for observer status, again, claiming that >>> chapters were complicit in spreading disinformation and are subsidiaries of >>> the Wikimedia Foundation. These statements are unfounded and misrepresent >>> Wikipedia’s model which prioritizes accuracy, neutrality, as well as the >>> fact that the chapters are completely autonomous." >>> >>> About a week ago, I had seen and retweeted a Twitter thread[1] by James >>> Love[2], the Director of Knowledge Ecology International, listing a whole >>> litany of countries that had supported China's position. >>> >>> I checked the webcast of the July 15 WIPO proceedings today,[3] and >>> there were over a dozen countries – Russia, Belarus, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, >>> Tajikistan, Iran, Syria, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Nicaragua, Cuba, Bolivia, >>> Venezuela, North Korea – that took the floor to support and endorse China's >>> position – more, in fact, than took the floor to support the chapters' >>> approval. >>> >>> Would it be possible to amend the press release accordingly? >>> >>> Best, >>> Andreas >>> >>> [1] https://twitter.com/jamie_love/status/1550520525180518400 >>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Love_(NGO_director) >>> [3] Available here: https://webcast.wipo.int/ (afternoon session of >>> July 15, part 6. Admission of Observers) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >>> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >>> Public archives at >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/FFW3N6PUH4FBTVTARHVY7KRYK57T5NTP/ >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines >> at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l >> Public archives at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/D2PSLNKVG2DJXVUTXPA5374TTHPPCFMK/ >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/TPITH2A7Y4KPCXXNNXRPD4T4K2JIFL32/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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