Dear Language Committee members,
On behalf of the Wikimedia CEE Hub, I am approaching you regarding the situation related to the Montenegrin Wikipedia incubator project and the possibility of this project being marked as ineligible (based on your assessment of Montenegrin language).
CEE Hub was approached by Montenegrin community members who are upset by the development of the situation. They feel disappointed and left out.
I would like to kindly ask you to consider taking additional steps before coming to any final conclusions. The language topic is a sensitive one in the Balkans and it should not be taken lightly. Further engagement and conversation on this topic with the Montenegrin community (no matter what the final decision will be) would be in accordance with the standards of our Movement Strategy.
We are all in this WM movement together, striving to ensure inclusion, welcoming and safe environment therefor I am once again kindly asking you to engage with our volunteers and Montenegrin community: communicate with them clearly, hear them out, organize meetings where they can also talk to you and hear you.
CEE Hub can support this engagement with the community or help in other ways if you want. No matter what the final decision will be, let’s make sure that all the right and just steps were taken.
Thank you in advance for your feedback.
Best wishes,
Barbara Klen
*CEE HUB Coordinator*
Tel. +385 91 1504 413
Web. www.wmceehub.org