Does anybody happen to know why Russia and Moldova are classified as Global North whereas Ukraine and Belarus are classified as Global South, from the WMF point of view? There is some discussion (specifically about Belarus) at the talk page, but it is too heated and I was not able to get the point.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Countries_by_Regional_Classification
I notice this in the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013. I am wondering whether this has more serious implications like finance distribution etc.
Cheers Yaroslav
I think the reason is more than obvious: Belarus is south of Moldova and Ukraine is in between, so it went south. As Russia is basically on the east of all of three countries, it's logical to put it among the northern countries. On Jun 11, 2015 9:59 PM, "Yaroslav M. Blanter" putevod@mccme.ru wrote:
Does anybody happen to know why Russia and Moldova are classified as Global North whereas Ukraine and Belarus are classified as Global South, from the WMF point of view? There is some discussion (specifically about Belarus) at the talk page, but it is too heated and I was not able to get the point.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Countries_by_Regional_Classification
I notice this in the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013. I am wondering whether this has more serious implications like finance distribution etc.
Cheers Yaroslav
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On 2015-06-11 22:03, Milos Rancic wrote:
I think the reason is more than obvious: Belarus is south of Moldova and Ukraine is in between, so it went south. As Russia is basically on the east of all of three countries, it's logical to put it among the northern countries.
Not that I object the general reasoning, but Belarus is north of Moldova (Ukraine is either way).
Cheers Yaroslav
On Jun 11, 2015 10:06 PM, "Yaroslav M. Blanter" putevod@mccme.ru wrote:
On 2015-06-11 22:03, Milos Rancic wrote:
I think the reason is more than obvious: Belarus is south of Moldova and Ukraine is in between, so it went south. As Russia is basically on the
east
of all of three countries, it's logical to put it among the northern countries.
Not that I object the general reasoning, but Belarus is north of Moldova
(Ukraine is either way).
Besides it's not nice to write spoilers on the public list, I would remind you that according to the 6th century naming rules, every White Sea has to be south of every Black Sea. As Moldova is closer to the Black Sea than Belarus, Belarus is closer to the White Sea, it's logical that Belarus is on the south of Moldova.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod@mccme.ru wrote:
Does anybody happen to know why Russia and Moldova are classified as Global North whereas Ukraine and Belarus are classified as Global South, from the WMF point of view?
For some reason this discussion made me think we need a map. So, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Global_North_and_Global_South,_accor...
Reminds me of https://xkcd.com/753/.
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