I made a little post on why this is just as a ridiculous idea as Egypt.
http://wikinewsie.org/editors_blog/?p=53
I have been speaking against Wikimania since the decision was made to hold Wikimania 2008 in Alexandria, Egypt http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2008/Bids/Alexandria.
Now the decision has been made to hold Wikimania 2009 http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. My opinion: Another flop.
In my opinion, Wikimania should be more about the people who contribute to the various Wikimedia Foundation projects and less about seeing what’s the classiest and or fanciest areas we can hold the event.
Lets be realistic for a second. Contributers, at least from my personal experience are not rich. Many of them are young adults and some are even older. But my point is not more than half of all contributers can’t afford to fork out thousands of thousands of dollars to travel, in some cases across several continents, to go to Wikimania. Not to mention that Wikimania should be held in a place where most contributers would feel safe or welcomed.
I would also like to see Wikinews get something out of this. Wikimania obviously gets some kind of press, so why is Wikinews not the first thing the Foundation goes to to release such information? Why have they not made an effort to see Wikinews is definitely part of Wikimania(s)?
*See the link above for more.*
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Jason Safoutin < jason.safoutin@wikinewsie.org> wrote:
I made a little post on why this is just as a ridiculous idea as Egypt.
Perhaps the Wikinews mailing list isn't the best place to publicise this ;)
~ Paul W
No matter it was deleted anyways. Apparently no where is.
Paul Williams wrote:
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Jason Safoutin <jason.safoutin@wikinewsie.org mailto:jason.safoutin@wikinewsie.org> wrote:
I made a little post on why this is just as a ridiculous idea as Egypt.Perhaps the Wikinews mailing list isn't the best place to publicise this ;)
~ Paul W
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Yes, it was deleted because it was an unprofessional rant that reflected poorly on the Wikinewsie blog. Go read the BBC Editors' blog to see what posts should look like. Yes, you're not constrained by NPOV, but it isn't the place to attack the choice for the 2009 Wikimania location. That has next to nothing to do with work on Wikinews.
On the subject of the Wikimania location, what exactly is wrong with Buenos Aires? This makes it reachable for people in South America and gives them the opportunity to attend. The criteria you seem to apply mean it would never be held outside North America or Europe and such would be a great disservice to contributors from many other parts of the world who would be denied a visa to locations such as the UK or USA.
-----Original Message----- From: wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikinews-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jason Safoutin Sent: 30 March 2008 23:58 To: Wikinews mailing list Subject: Re: [Wikinews-l] Wikimania 2009: Buenos Aires.Why?
No matter it was deleted anyways. Apparently no where is.
Paul Williams wrote:
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Jason Safoutin <jason.safoutin@wikinewsie.org mailto:jason.safoutin@wikinewsie.org> wrote:
I made a little post on why this is just as a ridiculous idea as Egypt.Perhaps the Wikinews mailing list isn't the best place to publicise this ;)
~ Paul W
Wikinews-l mailing list Wikinews-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikinews-l
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