On 30/08/2007, Claudio Mastroianni <gattonero(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think we are starting to see an attitude worse than
last year.
What's this bad competition?
That's fucking rich, given the whole state of affairs with managing
Wikimania *is* a giant competition. It's as bad as the Olympic bid.
Sean's comment was almost certainly not implying any sort of bad
feeling; I think he was "borrowing" the idea of more direct regional
co-ordination from the other teams, and let's face it, the London bid
needs some co-ordination right now.
I don't see why you don't expect to see a "bad" attitude, given the
fact that those involved in judging the entries like to hype things up
to fever pitch. Quite honestly, during the Wikimania bidding period, a
good chunk of the Wikimedia community adopt a nasty, regionalist
attitude, which is completely counter to the spirit of the conference.
Rob Church