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 <itzik(a)infra.co.il> wrote:
+1. I totally agree with Nathan.
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> 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
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