IMHO at least two other bids has had "the venue and accommodation on
a single site".
If people are looking for another reason it could because there is
not a simple reason like this.
Regards
Ilario
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Da: beesley(a)gmail.com
Data: 25.09.06 14.20
A: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List"<foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org>
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Oggetto: Re: [Foundation-l] Taipei chosen to host Wikimania 2007
It was almost certain that a decent bid from Asia
would be
successful.
No it wasn't and I wish people didn't have this misconception.
All of the bids were considered against a range of criteria, not
only
location. Amongst many other factors, Taipei offered the venue and
accommodation on a single site, and their organizing team had
prior
experience from running the Chinese Wikimania this year. It's
unfair
to them to suggest they only won because they're in Asia.