[Foundation-l] Wikimania and the Muhammad pix

[Philippe Beaudette]

I decided some time ago to not attend Wikimania (with deep regret, because I 
was excited that I might be able to make it this time around).  My decision 
was initially based upon Egypt's restrictions upon LGBT people, and I will 
not financially contribute to my own oppression.

This most recent dust-up seems to solidify that decision in my mind.

With all respect - and I have a lot of it - for the members of the 
committee, I believe the jury erred in selecting Egypt as the home of 
Wikimania.

Philippe


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From: "Chad" <innocentkiller at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 1:26 PM
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Wikimania and the Muhammad pix

> 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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