[Foundation-l] Wikimania and the Muhammad pix

[Chad]

That's enough for me to say no to Wikimania. Has anyone talked to any
of our Wikimedia friends in Egypt to see what's going on first-hand?

-Chad

On Feb 20, 2008 2:16 PM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
> It should be noted that Egypt has just banned 2 German Newspapers (Die
> Welt, and Frankfurter Allgemaine), the Wall Street Journal, and The
> Observer over posting the Muhammad cartoons, which was followed with
> demonstrations by university professors, deans, and students chanting
> "Jews, Jews,  watch out, the army of Muhammad will return!".
>
> http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003712323
>
>
> This is really the kind of environment we want to host a Wikimania in?
> I'd have much more respect for people who BOYCOTT Wikimania in the
> name of free speech, freedom of the press, and journalistic integrity.
>
> -Dan
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 20, 2008, at 1:46 PM, Andrew Whitworth wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Great idea. Let's sit down and discuss the issue some more. I'm sure
> >> polite civil discussion and a reassurance of NPOV will certainly make
> >> Iran feel better about the issue.
> >
> > I'm not talking about more endless discussion, I'm talking about
> > getting information together into a centralized resource. That's
> > something that we haven't done yet, and we can't expect anybody to
> > make good decisions on this matter without having all the information
> > available.
> >
> > --Andrew Whitworth
> >
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