[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

[cohesion]

On 10/10/07, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:
> To me this sounds like he thinks the content of the conference changes
> depending on where it is held, which is what I was questioning.
> Perhaps his implication was: hold in English speaking nation => most
> talks are about English language projects => more "worthwhile" for
> him. It's not like Taipei had an abundance of talks only about Chinese
> language projects, so I don't think this holds.

A little bit of both. I would rate usefulness as how relevant the
discussion is to things most wikimedia users use. Also, the proportion
of the community that can attend the events and generate interesting
discussion/topics.

I didn't attend in Taipei, were most of the attendees semi-local? I
had always assumed so. If they weren't then that only highlights
Greg's concerns regarding exotic locations. If they were, but the
majority of discussions were about topics that didn't concern them
that seems weird too. I guess a clearer way of stating it, since I
mostly care about enwiki and commons, *to me* the more people from
those communities that can come the more useful/interesting. :)

Of course this is all just my opinion, that goes without saying :)

Judson
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