On 16 September 2011 14:13, Brian McNeil brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 15:10 +0100, Katie Chan wrote:
There seems to be an unspoken underlying assumption in this thread that efforts that can be seem to be directed as appeasing Scottish nationalists would not at the same time upset unionists.
I'd say that is assuming the "extreme" unionist position; that there is *only* the United Kingdom, or Great Britain. Those holding such a position are in a very, very small minority.
"Wikimedia in Scotland" seems like a fair balance though.
Exactly. Scotland has a well-defined geographic, and cultural, identity. It isn't "appeasing nationalists" to accept reality.
Oh it's worse than that. It's a well-defined geographic, and cultural, identity invented by George IV's PR man. The fact that people have tried to build a nationalist identity around it is vaguely sickening. "Wikimedia Alba" would at least have the advantage of being a somewhat authentic identity. Yes I'm aware that traditionally any civilised lowlander would rather eat their own kidney than have any dealings with those highland bandits but from what I understand that is no longer the case (bloody meddling English).