On 30/08/2007, Claudio Mastroianni gattonero@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